8.44.020 - Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
A.
"Act" means Chapter 36 of the Acts of 1976, as amended from time to time.
B.
"Board" means the Rent Control Board established by Section 5 of the Act.
C.
"Controlled rental unit" means any unit included in the definition under Section 3(b)
of the Act.
D.
"Removal from the market," as applied to a controlled rental unit, means and includes
but is not limited to:
1.
Occupy as an owner of a unit which is a condominium unit, if the most recent occupant
was a tenant, even if the prospective owner-occupant is the tenant, unless the prospective
owner-occupant is the current tenant of the unit who has continuously occupied it
as a tenant since before August 10, 1979, and intends in good faith to occupy it indefinitely
as its owner; or
2.
Demolish, but no unit has been removed from the market by demolition until its physical
destruction has begun; or
3.
Rehabilitate, repair or improve, other than as required by the laws of the Commonwealth
or the City, in such a way as to prevent residential occupancy during the course of
the rehabilitation, repair or improvement. This provision shall not apply to rehabilitation,
financed at least in part by community development block grant funds, of a building
owned by a nonprofit corproation and intended for owner-occupancy by low and moderate
income persons; or
4.
Convert to a cooperative as the term is used in Section 3(b)(4) of the Act, all or
part of any building which contains any controlled rental unit;
5.