Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.portlandmaine.gov/asset/ae8cabd1-66eb-4a1c-9224-92bbca5e792f ↗
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as necessary. The remaining life of the housing     whether acting as principal or agent, records a
     unit shall be presumed to be a minimum of 30        declaration of condominium that includes real estate,
     years.                                              any portion of which was previously a rental unit.
B.   Whenever funds from the Housing Trust Fund
     are used for the acquisition, construction, or      18.4.3 Protection of tenants
     substantial rehabilitation of ownership housing,    A.   Notice of intent to convert. A developer shall
     the City of Portland shall impose enforceable            give to each tenant, meaning any occupant in
     resale restrictions on the owner to keep the             lawful possession of a rental unit, whether by
     housing unit affordable for the longest feasible         lease, sublease, or otherwise, written notice of
     time, while maintaining and equitable balance            intent to convert at least one 120 days before
     between the interests of the owner and the               the tenant is required by the developer to
     interests of the City of Portland.                       vacate. If a tenant has been in possession of any
C.   The affordability restriction requirements               unit within the same building for more than
     described in this subsection shall run with the          four consecutive years, the notice period shall
     land and the City of Portland shall develop              be increased by 30 additional days for each
     appropriate procedures and documentation to              additional year, or fraction thereof, to a
     enforce these requirements and shall record              maximum of 240 additional days. The notice
     such documentation in the Cumberland County              shall set forth specifically the rights of tenants
     Registry of Deeds.                                       under (A), (B), and (C) of this subsection and
                                                              Subsection 18.4.4, and shall contain the
18.4 CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION                                   following statement:
18.4.1 Purpose                                                  If you do not buy your apartment, the
The purpose of this section is to regulate the                  developer of this project is required by
conversion of rental housing to condominiums, to                law to assist you in finding another place
minimize the potential adverse impacts of such                  to live and in determining your eligibility
conversion on tenants, to ensure that such                      for relocation payments. If you have
converted housing is safe and decent, and to                    questions about your rights under the
maintain a reasonable balance of housing                        law, or complaints about the way you
alternatives within the city for persons of all                 have been treated by the developer, you
incomes.                                                        may contact the Department of
                                                                Permitting & Inspections, City of
18.4.2 Applicability                                            Portland, 389 Congress Street, Portland,
This section shall apply to the conversion of any               Maine 04101.
rental unit to a condominium unit. For the               B.   If the notice specifies a date by which the
purposes of this section, developer shall mean any            tenant is required to vacate, the notice may
person or other legal entity, but not including an            also serve as a notice of termination under the
established lending institution unless it is an active        applicable law of forcible entry and detainer, if
participant in a common promotional scheme, who,              it meets the requirements thereof. The notice CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 18-11 HOUSING
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