Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code
Parent Document: Portland Land Use Code
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.portlandmaine.gov/asset/a5dcd1dc-4117-40b3-b3da-74a56919e14b ↗
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day period, the developer may not convey or         17.4.5 Conversion permit
    offer to convey the unit to any other person        Before conveying or offering to convey a converted
    during the following 180 days at a price or on      unit, the developer shall obtain a conversion permit
    terms more favorable than the price or terms        from the Building Authority. The permit shall issue
    previously offered to the tenant, unless the        only upon receipt of a completed application
    more favorable price or terms are first offered     therefore in a form to be devised for that purpose,
    exclusively and irrevocably to the tenant for an    payment of a fee of $25,000 per converted unit, to
    additional 60-day period. This subsection shall     be adjusted annually in the same way as the fee
    not apply to any rental unit that, when             under Chapter 14, Section 17.1.8 of this code, at least
    converted, will be restricted exclusively to        $1,000 of which shall be appropriated to the
    nonresidential use. If, within two years after a    Housing Safety Office for the administration and
    developer records a declaration of                  enforcement of the Rent Stabilization Ordinance,
    condominium, the use of any such unit is            Chapter 6, Articles XII and XIII of this code, and the
    changed such that but for the preceding             remainder of which shall be paid into the Jill C.
    sentence, this subsection would have applied,       Duson Housing Trust Fund, and a finding, upon
    the developer shall be presumed to have             inspection, that each unit, together with any
    converted in violation of this article.             common areas and facilities appurtenant thereto, is
                                                        in full compliance with all applicable provisions of
17.4.4 Relocation payments                              Chapter 6, Articles II, III, and V and Chapter 10,
If the tenant does not purchase the unit, the           Article II of the City of Portland Code of Ordinances,
developer shall, before the tenant is required by the   and the Life Safety Code as adopted by the state.
developer to vacate, make a cash payment to the         The developer shall post a copy of the permit in a
tenant in an amount equal to the amount of rent         conspicuous place in each unit and shall make
paid by the tenant for the immediately preceding        copies available to prospective purchasers upon
two months, provided that this requirement shall        request.
not apply to any tenant whose gross income
exceeds 80% of the median income of the Portland        17.4.6 Variation by agreement
SMSA, adjusted for family size, as determined by the    No provision of or right conferred by this Section
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban                    17.4 may be waived by a tenant, by agreement or
Development at the time notice is given as required     otherwise, and any such waiver shall be void. Any
in Subsection 17.4.3. Additionally, the developer       attempt to require, encourage, or induce a tenant
shall, upon demand, provide assistance to the           to waive any provision hereof, or right conferred
tenant in the form of referrals to other reasonable     hereby, shall be a violation of this article. Nothing
accommodations and in determining the tenant's          herein shall be construed to void any term of a lease
eligibility for relocation payments as provided         which offers greater rights than those conferred
herein.                                                 hereby. CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 17-11 HOUSING
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