10-6.2 Definitions.
For the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD. The Board established to exercise powers conferred by Chapter 797 of the Acts of 1969, as amended, and any successor to that Board.
INSTITUTIONAL EXPANSION BOARD. The Institutional Expansion Board of the city.
PUBLIC INSTITUTION. Any educational, literary, benevolent, charitable, health or scientific organization, eligible for exemption from taxation under M.G.L. Chapter 59, Section 5, including corporations, partnerships and trusts controlled or operated for the benefit of such institutions, and any natural or non-natural person acting for the purpose of, or in anticipation of, transferring control of one or more residential units to any such organization, but excluding therefrom religious organizations as defined under M.G.L. Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause II.
REMOVAL FROM MARKET.
(1) As applied to a residential unit, includes but is not limited to, action of a public institution in:
(a) The occupancy of any such unit for any nonresidential use. For the purposes of this Section, occupancy by students, faculty, staff or employees of a public institution, or any use not for residential purposes, shall constitute a nonresidential use;
(b) The demolition of a building containing residential units, except pursuant to lawful government order;
(c) The rehabilitation, repair or improvement of a structure containing residential units, other than as required by the laws of the commonwealth or the city, in such a way as to eliminate such units from the residential rental market; or