Cause a unit, not the primary residence of a legal unit owner, to be vacant for one
hundred twenty days or more by refusing to rent or to offer for rent such unit in
good faith or, when a unit is cited as unfit for human habitation, by failure to perform
repairs required to restore such unit to habitable condition. The existence of a vacancy
for one hundred twenty days or more, without a showing of good cause, shall constitute
removal from the market;
6.
Prior to April 1, 1995, record a master deed pursuant to the provisions of G.L. c.183A
or file articles or organization pursuant to G.L. c.156B or c.157, or advertising,
offering for sale or selling a unit as a condominium or cooperative unit;
7.
"Removal from the market" does not include occupancy of a noncondominium unit by the
owner of the building in which it is located or by any member of his/her immediate
family; or a condominium unit which the owner occupied before the tenant occupied
it; or a condominium unit as to which unit it can be shown with respect to its initial
sale after the recording of the master deed that a purchase and sale agreement has
been entered into prior to August 10, 1979, a cancelled check being conclusive proof
of the transaction, or a unit deed recorded in the Middlesex Registry of Deeds prior
to August 10, 1979, whether or not the unit was being used for rental housing on August
13, 1979. No condominium unit once legally occupied by the unit owner shall ever again
be subject to this chapter for any reason.
(Ord. 1161, 1994; Ord. 1159 §§ 1, 2, 1994; Ord. 1095, 1990; Ord. 1093, 1989; Ord.
1014 § 1, 1984; Ord. 980 § 2, 1982; Ord. 966 (part), 1981: prior code Ch. 23 § 1(b))