§ 20.04.050. Exemptions.

These regulations shall not apply to:

A.

The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores, or similar spaces within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobilehome parks, or trailer parks;

B.

Lease of agricultural land for agricultural purposes;

C.

Mineral, oil, or gas leases;

D.

Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code of the State of California;

E.

Conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity, or public utility;

F.

Subdivisions created by short-term leases (terminable by either party on not more than thirty (30) days' notice in writing) of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation defined as such by Section 230 of the Public Utilities Code;

G.

The leasing of public properties;

H.

Boundary line or exchange agreements to which the State Lands Commission or a local agency holding a trust grant of tide and submerged lands is a party;

I.

The financing or leasing of any parcel of land, or any portion thereof, in conjunction with the construction of commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel;

J.

The financing or leasing of existing separate commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel;

K.

Any separate assessment under Section 2188.7 of the Revenue and Taxation Code;

L.

The conversion of four (4) or less existing rental residential units, to a stock cooperative ownership;

M.

The conversion of a community apartment project as defined in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code, to a condominium if all of the following requirements are met:

1.

At least seventy-five percent (75%) of the units in the project were occupied by record owners of the project on March 31, 1982; and

2.

A final or parcel map for the subject site was properly recorded after January 1, 1964, with all of the conditions of that map remaining in effect after the conversion.

N.

The conversion of a stock cooperative as defined in Section 11003.2 of the Business and Professions Code, to a condominium if all of the following requirements are met:

1.

At least fifty-one percent (51%) of the units in the cooperative were occupied or individually owned by stockholders of the cooperative on January 1, 1980. As used in this paragraph, "a unit is individually owned" means a person or any entity owns an interest in no more than one (1) unit in the cooperative;

2.

No more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares of the cooperative were owned by any one (1) person - including an incorporation or Director of the cooperative, on January 1, 1980; and

3.

A person renting a unit in a cooperative at the time of conversion shall be entitled to all tenant rights in State or local law, including, but not limited to, those rights provided in Sections 20.32.030, 20.32.040, 20.32.050, 20.32.070, and 20.32.080, as applicable.

(Ord. C-5975 § 1 (part), 1983)