The five-year notice period may be extended by mutual, written agreement between the qualifying tenant(s) and the landlord so long as the qualifying tenant(s) continue(s) to reside in the unit as their primary place of residence with voluntary approval of the landlord.
(I)
Once the qualifying tenant(s) no longer resides in their unit any remaining tenants in said unit shall have six months notice that the owner will be pursuing a final permit from the date the qualifying tenant(s) vacated.
(II)
Owners shall apply for a final permit within 30 days of the qualifying tenant(s) no longer residing in the unit.
(4)
An application to convert shall be submitted to the board within 30 days of tenants being notified as required by section 7-64(a)(2).
(b)
Renting units during conversion.
(1)
If an owner intends to sell or offer for sale fewer than all of the units in a housing accommodation, within the applicable notice period or a reasonable time thereafter, the owner shall give to each tenant in a unit not for sale a notice which (A) informs such tenant of the date when the owner reasonably expects to offer the tenant’s unit for sale and (B) states that, on or about such date, the owner will give to the tenant the notice required by section 7-64(a)(2)(A)-(J) hereunder; and thereafter, at such time as the owner is ready to offer the unit for sale, the owner shall give the tenant then occupying such unit the notice required by section 7-64(a)(2)(A)-(J) hereunder. The notice required herein must be translated into the tenant’s primary language if a need for such translation has been identified or is otherwise apparent to a reasonable person.
(2)