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<br />unit ownership;
<br />(b) The foundations, columns, girders, beams, supports,
<br />main walls, roofs, halls, corridors, lobbies, stairs, fire
<br />escapes, entrances and exits of a building;
<br />(c) The basements, yards, gardens, parking areas and
<br />outside storage spaces;
<br />(d) Installation of central services such as power,
<br />light, gas, hot and cold water, heating, refrigeration, air
<br />conditioning, waste disposal, and incineration;
<br />(e) The elevators, tanks, pumps, motors, fans, compres-
<br />sors, ducts, and in general all apparatus and installations
<br />existing for common use;
<br />(f) The premises for the lodging of janitors or care-
<br />takers of property; and
<br />(g) All other elements of the building convenient or
<br />necessary to its existence, maintenance, and safety and nor-
<br />mally in common use.
<br />A component of a common element is any identifiable part of a
<br />common element which may be separately purchased and which has an
<br />expected useful life which is different than other parts of the
<br />common element.
<br />Comparable housing. Housing which is decent, safe, and sani-
<br />tary, in compliance with all applicable municipal codes and open
<br />to all persons regardless of race, creed, national origin, ancestry,
<br />religion, marital status, or gender. Housing is comparable if it
<br />is provided with facilities reasonably similar or equivalent to
<br />that provided by the landlord in the dwelling unit in which the
<br />tenant then resides in regard to each of the following:
<br />(a) Apartment size, being no less than 80 percent of
<br />the area square footage of the dwelling unit in which the
<br />tenant then resides;
<br />(b) Rented for an amount no more than 120 percent of
<br />the last month's rent paid by the tenant to the owner of the
<br />property to be converted. Rent shall not include money paid
<br />or charges collected by the lessor for the provision of
<br />utility services;
<br />(c) The same number of bedrooms;
<br />(d) Similar kitchen and bath facilities;
<br />(e) Similar special facilities for the particular ten-
<br />ant's needs if that tenant is handicapped or elderly, includ-
<br />ing but not limited to elevators and security features;
<br />(f) Similar cooling and heating systems;
<br />(g) Similar accessibility in terms of time and travel
<br />and distance from public transportation routes to the tenant's
<br />place of employment, community and commercial facilities,
<br />schools, medical services, and transportation; and,
<br />(h) Such other factors as may be identified in adminis-
<br />trative rules issued hereunder. A unit is not comparable if
<br />it is located in a building for which a notice of planned con-
<br />version has been given or for which reasonable evidence exists
<br />that the owner of such building is contemplating conversion
<br />to condominium or cooperative units. "Comparable housing"
<br />does not include: any hotel, motel, or other similar struc-
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