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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shall be hand delivered to the tenant or mailed,           nonresidential use. If, within two years after a
     by certified mail, return receipt requested,               developer records a declaration of
     postage prepaid, to the tenant at the address of           condominium, the use of any such unit is
     the unit or such other address as the tenant               changed such that but for the preceding
     may provide. The notice shall be effective when            sentence, this subsection would have applied,
     actually received. No tenant may be required by            the developer shall be presumed to have
     a developer to vacate without having been                  converted in violation of this article.
     given notice as required herein, except for the
     reasons specified in the applicable law of            18.4.4 Relocation payments
     forcible entry and detainer, and in accordance        If the tenant does not purchase the unit, the
     with the procedures thereof. The terms of a           developer shall, before the tenant is required by the
     tenancy, including rent, may not be altered           developer to vacate, make a cash payment to the
     during the notice period, except as expressly         tenant in an amount equal to the amount of rent
     provided in a preexisting written lease. If, within   paid by the tenant for the immediately preceding
     120 days after a tenant is required by a              two months, provided that this requirement shall
     developer to vacate, the developer records a          not apply to any tenant whose gross income
     declaration of condominium without having             exceeds 80% of the median income of the Portland
     given notice as required herein, the developer        SMSA, adjusted for family size, as determined by the
     shall be presumed to have converted in                U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
     violation of this article.                            Development at the time notice is given as required
C.   Option to purchase. For a 60-day period               in Subsection 18.4.3. Additionally, the developer
     following the giving of notice as required in         shall, upon demand, provide assistance to the
     Subsection 18.4.3(A), the developer shall grant       tenant in the form of referrals to other reasonable
     to the tenant an exclusive and irrevocable            accommodations and in determining the tenant's
     option to purchase the unit of which the tenant       eligibility for relocation payments as provided
     is then possessed, which option may not be            herein.
     assigned. If the tenant does not purchase or
     contract to purchase the unit during the 60-          18.4.5 Conversion permit
     day period, the developer may not convey or           Before conveying or offering to convey a converted
     offer to convey the unit to any other person          unit, the developer shall obtain a conversion permit
     during the following 180 days at a price or on        from the Building Authority. The permit shall issue
     terms more favorable than the price or terms          only upon receipt of a completed application
     previously offered to the tenant, unless the          therefore in a form to be devised for that purpose,
     more favorable price or terms are first offered       payment of a fee as established by the City Council,
     exclusively and irrevocably to the tenant for an      and a finding, upon inspection, that each unit,
     additional 60-day period. This subsection shall       together with any common areas and facilities
     not apply to any rental unit that, when               appurtenant thereto, is in full compliance with all
     converted, will be restricted exclusively to          applicable provisions of Chapter 6, Articles II, III, and 18-12 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE HOUSING
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