A. At least 60 days before submittal of the tentative map application to the city for processing, the owner or subdivider shall send a notice to each and every tenant in the structure(s) to be converted. The notice shall comply with Government Code Section 66452.18 and contain the following information:

B. A least 60 days before submittal of the tentative map application, the owner or subdivider shall give written notice, in compliance with Government Code Section 66452.17, of the intent to convert to each person applying for rental of a unit in the subject property immediately before acceptance of any rent or deposit from the prospective tenant.

C. The city shall provide each tenant with written notification of planned public hearings for the application for conversion pursuant to Chapter 20.84 CMC.

D. Within 10 days of submittal of an application for a subdivision public report to the State Department of Real Estate, the owner or subdivider shall give written notice of application for the public report to each tenant, and each tenant shall be advised that upon issuance of the public report, it will be made available to any tenant upon request, free of charge.

E. At least 180 days before termination of tenancy due to the conversion or proposed conversion, the owner or subdivider shall provide each tenant with 180 days’ written notice of the intention to convert, in compliance with Government Code Section 66452.19.

F. Each tenant shall be given an exclusive right to contract for the purchase of their respective unit upon the same terms and conditions that the unit will be initially offered to the general public or on terms more favorable to the tenant, and the exclusive right shall run for a period of not less than 90 days from the date of issuance of the subdivision public report by the State Department of Real Estate. The owner or subdivider shall provide written notice of the exclusive right to contract within five days after receipt of the subdivision public report in compliance with Government Code Section 66452.20.

G. No units may be sold in the structure proposed for conversion unless the conversion is approved by the city and until after the final map is recorded and a subdivision public report has been issued by the State Department of Real Estate.

H. Unless tenants of the structure proposed to be converted were given written notice of the intention to convert by the owner or subdivider, or by their respective agent(s), at the time the tenants signed rental or lease agreements, the owner or subdivider shall compensate the tenants for their reasonable relocation expenses.

I. The owner or subdivider shall provide the department of community development with sufficient evidence, satisfactory to the director, that all tenant noticing requirements specified in this section have been properly accomplished. (Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).