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sors, ducts, and in general all apparatus and installations existing for common use; ~f} The premises for the lodging of janitors or care- takers of property; and fig} All other elements of the building convenient or necessary to its existence, maintenance, and safety and nor- mally ~n common use. A component of a common element is any identifiable part of a common element which may be separately purchased and which has an expected useful life which is different than other parts of the common element . Com arable hausin . Housing which is decent, safe, and sani- tary, i n compliance with al 1 applicable municipal codes and open to all persons regardless of race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, or gender. Housing is comparable if it is provided with facilities reasonably similar or equivalent to that provided by the landlord in the dwelling unit in which the tenant then resides in regard to each of the following: ~a} Apartment size, being no less than 8o percent of the area square footage of the dwelling unit in which the tenant then resides; fib} Rented for an amount no more than 12o percent of the last month's rent paid by the tenant to the owner of the property to be converted. Rent shall not include money paid or charges collected by the lessor for the provision of utility services; ~c} The same number of bedrooms; ~d} Simi 1 ar kitchen and bath foci 1 i ti es; fie} Similar special facilities for the particular ten- ant's needs ~f that tenant is handicapped or elderly, includ- ing but not limited to elevators and security features; ~f} Similar cooling and heating systems; fig} Similar accessibility in terms of time and travel and distance from public transportation routes to the tenant's place of employment, community and commercial facilities, schools, medical services, and transportation; and, ,~h~ Such other factors as may be identified in adminis- trat~ve rules issued hereunder. A unit is not comparable if it is located in a building for which a notice of planned con- version has been given or for which reasonable evidence exists that the owner of such building is contemplating conversion to condominium ar cooperative units. "Comparable housingrr does not include: any hotel, motel, or other similar struc- ture or room therein used primarily for transient occupancy, in which at least 60 percent of the rooms is devoted to liv- ing quarters far short-term tenants or guests or used for transient occupancy; any rental unit in an establishment which has as its primary purpose the providing of diagnostic care and treatment of diseases, including but not limited to has i- tals convalescent h p omes, nursing homes, and personal care homes; or any dormitory or institute of higher education or private bearding school dwelling unit which is rovided for p student occupancy. Ordinance - 2