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1865s application process, elaboration of the. necessary conditions for permit approval, contents of a TA,P contract, the definition. of comparable housing, the selection of a housing counselor, the con- tents of the housing counselor contract, procedural and substantive rules on dispute resolution and enforcement mechanisms, and rules relating to the expiration and revocation of final conversion per- mits Section 11~ ~aiyer b Director of Conditions ~for~Preliminary and k~inal Permit, the Director may exempt a cooperative housing unit project from the pro~risions of this ordinance requiring the provision of a housing code inspection reports the provision of the engineer/architects certificate, and the obligation to exe- cute a TAP contract as conditions for a preliminary permit as well as the provisions of this Ordinance requiring a warranty, warranty security, cash reser~re account, TAP informational reports and certificate of repairs as conditions for a final conversion permit. Such exemptions shall be for any or all o~ the above obligations or conditions. Any such exemption shall be granted only where the operation of federal or state law or an executed regulatory agreement with a federal or state regulatory agency requires the cooperative housing unit project to offer equivalent protection to affected tenants and prospective purchasers and equivalent displacement benefits to relocated tenants as that afforded under this Ordinance. The Director may issue administrati~re rules ~.dentifying such federal or state regulations, laws, or regulatory programs for housing cooperatives, which duplicate or~offer equivalent protec- tion as that afforded under this Ordinance prior to granting any such exemption. Such administrative rulemaking shall solely be initiated upon a petition for rulemakng to the Director of an interested person. Such petitioner must show that the specific benefits under federal. or state regulation are equivalent to the specific benefits granted under this Ordinance. Once these admn- istrative rules have issued, the application of the rules to any preliminary or final permit application shall be determined and adjudicated in the conversion permit process. Section 12. General Provisions. ~:a} Anti-discrimination Clause. The developer or owner of any condominium unit within a project shall not discriminate in the sale, or in the terms and conditions of sale of any dwelling unit against any person who was or is a tenant of the building to be converted because such tenant opposed in any manner the con- version of such building to a candon~inium. ~b~ Variation b Agreement. Provisions of this Ordi- nonce may not be varied~~~~by agreement and rights conferred by this Ordinance may not be waived prior to the giving of notice of plan- ned conversion. Any tenant benefits allowed under this Ordinance may be waived in writing by a tenant after notice of planned con- Ordinance - 25