18.38.030 Purposes.
This chapter creates controls for condominium development, conversion and maintenance, as it is recognized that the condominium form of ownership of property creates unique problems relating to the land use, aesthetic, social and economic environment of the City. Therefore, it is the purpose of this chapter to accomplish the following:
A. Assure adequate maintenance of condominiums, as their fragmented ownership may result in conditions of disrepair that are inimical to the public health, safety, and welfare.
B. Assure that condominium projects are capable of satisfying the more demanding physical needs of long-term owners in contract to the lesser expectations of short-term rental occupants.
C. Maintain the availability of an adequate supply of multifamily rental housing. In a period of extreme scarcity of multifamily rental units, conversion of such units to condominiums would work a hardship on tenants who are unable to purchase the units they occupy and are unable to find equivalent replacement housing in the Lower Ross Valley.
D. Provide for maintenance of rental units within projects that are converted, especially for the handicapped and elderly. (Ord. 1030 § 2(12), 2018; Ord. 667 § 1 (part), 1981)