Condo conversions in Menifee: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Menifee Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (extracted October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

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Limits on conversions	No more than 5% of the city's convertible rental units may be converted in a calendar year. Applies: A required finding for approval, except as the chapter otherwise provides. § 7.35.070 · code text The proposed project will not convert, during the current calendar year, more than 5% of the potentially convertible rental units in Menifee for the current calendar year, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
Relocation help	Suitable alternate housing at no extra cost to the tenant. Applies: Applies to tenants whose unit is not livable during major remodeling or rehabilitation for the conversion. § 7.35.050 · code text The developer shall provide suitable alternate housing to tenant households, at no additional cost to the tenant, whose unit undergoes substantial remodeling or rehabilitation during conversion, if the unit being remodeled or rehabilitated is not habitable.
Notice to tenants	Notice of intent to convert at least 60 days before the tentative map application. Applies: Applies to each tenant. § 7.35.050 · code text a notice of intent to convert shall be delivered by the subdivider to each tenant at least 60 days prior to submitting an application for the tentative map and conditional use permit. 10 days' written notice. Applies: Notice that an application for a public report will be or has been filed. § 7.35.050 · code text each tenant shall receive ten days’ written notice that an application for a public report will be or has been submitted to the California Department of Real Estate Within 5 days after the subdivider receives the public report. Applies: Notice that the subdivider has received the public report. § 7.35.050 · code text This notice shall be provided within five days after the date that the subdivider receives the public report from the Department of Real Estate. Within 10 days of final map approval. Applies: Notice of final map approval. § 7.35.050 · code text each tenant shall receive written notification within ten days of approval of a final map for the proposed conversion. 180 days' written notice. Applies: Notice of the planned conversion before the tenancy ends, and not before a tentative map is approved. § 7.35.050 · code text each tenant shall receive 180 days written notice of intention to convert prior to termination of tenancy due to the conversion or proposed conversion, but not before the local authority has approved a tentative map for the conversion. Written notice before leasing or renting any unit. Applies: Applies to prospective tenants after the tentative map and development plan applications are filed. § 7.35.060 · code text the developer shall notify any prospective tenants in writing of the intent to convert prior to leasing or renting any unit.
Tenants' right to buy	Exclusive right to buy on equal or better terms than the public, at least 90 days from the public report. Applies: Applies to each current tenant. § 7.35.050 · code text The right shall run for a period not less than 90 days from the date of the issuance of the subdivision public report unless the tenant gives prior written notice of his or her intention not to exercise the right.

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Menifee's code: No more than 5% of the city's convertible rental units may be converted in a calendar year. (A required finding for approval, except as the chapter otherwise provides.) (§ 7.35.070); Suitable alternate housing at no extra cost to the tenant. (Applies to tenants whose unit is not livable during major remodeling or rehabilitation for the conversion.) (§ 7.35.050).

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