Item 4: PH on Ordinance Concerning Condominium Conversion

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Public Hearing: An Ordinance Concerning Condominiums and Manufactured Dwelling Parks; Amending Sections 2.1060, 2.1064, 2.1070, and 2.1074 of the Eugene Code, 1971; and Declaring an Immediate Effective Date Meeting Date: June 26, 2006 Agenda Item Number: 4 Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Linda Dawson www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5071 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council will conduct a public hearing on proposed changes to the code provisions governing condominium conversions to allow the use of a reserve specialist to identify the condition of the common areas, to adjust the allowable moving cost benefits to current values, to eliminate the required City inspection, and to clarify the length of the tenant’s right-to-stay period. Please note: An immediate effective date is requested with this ordinancebecause without one, pending conversion applicants would be delayed by the 30 days required by a regular effective date. An immediate effective date requires a 2/3 majority or 6 affirmative votes from the council to enact. Ordinances without an immediate effective date do not take effect for 30 days. BACKGROUND In 1981, the City of Eugene adopted code provisions regulating the conversion of more than two rental dwelling units to condominium or cooperative ownership. Since 1981, the City has adopted numerous amendments to these code provisions. In 1989, the City adopted administrative rules implementing the condominium conversion code provisions. In 2004, the City repealed the 1989 administrative rules and adopted new administrative rules that combined the condominium conversion rules with the manufactured dwelling park closure rules. The condominium conversion code provisions (EC 2.1060 – 2.1084) and the administrative rules (R- 1078-A, et al.) regulate conversions in three ways that affect the existing tenants and potential purchasers of a building(s) to be converted. The current code and administrative rules provide: 1.Protection to existing tenants who reside in the project. The developer hires a housing counselor to work with the existing tenants to find comparable housing. 2.Additional protections and benefits to “special category tenants.” Special category tenants are those tenants that are: L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M060626\S0606264.doc