TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS
CHAPTER 9-1200. CONDOMINIUM AND COOPERATIVE CONVERSIONS
§9-1206. Condominium Conversion Moratorium.
(1) (a) For a period of eighteen (18) months, no
individual, partnership, association, corporation or other entity owning,
operating or managing a multiple occupancy dwelling, any part of which is
located in the City of Philadelphia, intending to convert any such existing
multiple occupancy dwelling to a condominium or condominiums shall file a
Declaration of Condominium, Declaration Plan or Code of Regulations with the
Department of Records of the City of Philadelphia or any other agency of the
City of Philadelphia, and neither shall the Department of Records of the City of
Philadelphia nor any other agency of the City of Philadelphia accept any
Declaration of Condominium, Declaration Plan or Code of Regulations calling for
the conversion of an existing multiple occupancy dwelling to a condominium or
condominiums for a period of eighteen (18) months.
(b) For a period of
eighteen (18) months to run concurrently with the eighteen (18) month period
referred to in [Subsection] (1)(a) of this section, no notice, pursuant to
Section 9-1204(1)(a), shall be sent.
(c) The Commission shall be
empowered to seek injunctive relief to enforce this section.
(2) During
this period, the City Planning Commission shall undertake, utilizing the powers
granted by this Chapter, a comprehensive and detailed study of the process and
effect of condominium conversions. The purpose of such study shall be to
formulate proposals for legislation to protect purchasers and tenants, to
accommodate the interests of owners interested in converting rental properties
to condominiums, and to develop a comprehensive plan for facilitating an orderly
process of condominium conversions and a balance between rental and condominium
housing stock.