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South Portland, ME Code of Ordinances ch. 12 (Housing)

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South Portland, ME Code of Ordinances ch. 12 (Housing)
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(1) Any full or partial payment of rent for a Housing Unit then being
used for residential purposes by a Tenant;
(2) Any full or partial payment of rent for a Housing Unit then being
used for residential purposes made by another Person on behalf of
a Tenant; or
(3) A Housing Unit then being used for residential purposes
shall continue to accept such payments as rent for that Tenant and
for any such Housing Unit during the Moratorium Period.

(d) This section shall not apply to the following types of Housing Units,
residential real properties, or residential circumstances:

(1) Any Housing Unit owned, in whole or in part, by an Owner who, at
the time that Housing Unit was or is rented to a Tenant, owns 10
or fewer Housing Units within the City;

(2) Any rental property or rental unit to the extent that it is not
rented pursuant to an agreement that creates a Lease Tenancy or
Tenancy at Will in that property or unit, and the party occupying
or in possession of the same does not hold any such tenancy in
that property or unit;

(3) Housing Units and housing accommodations in a nonprofit hospital,
religious facility, extended care facility, licensed residential
care facility for the elderly, or continuing care retirement
community facility;

(4) Dormitories owned and operated by an institution of higher
education or a kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, school;

(5) Housing Units and housing accommodations in which the Tenant
shares bathroom or kitchen facilities with an individual Owner who
maintains their principal residence at the residential real
property;