Terms of lease

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55:18-4. Terms of lease

A lease entered into under authority of this act shall specify:

a. The term of the lease and the conditions, if any, under which the lessee may be entitled to renewal thereof or to the exercise of an option to purchase the leased property upon expiration, or during the term, of the lease. Such option to purchase shall be nontransferable.

b. The annual rental to be paid to the municipality, and the manner of payment.

c. The date, or a series of dates, running from the date of execution of the lease, upon which the rehabilitation or conversion, or specified stages thereof, shall be completed.

d. The number and type of dwelling units to be provided in the rehabilitated or converted structure or structures, including the respective numbers of units to be provided for single occupancy and for families of varying sizes, together with the facilities to be provided in each unit, or in varying types and sizes of units, and in common areas or for common use of all tenants.

e. The schedule of rents to be charged for units of varying type, size and location, which schedule shall be subject to the provisions of section 6 of this act.

f. The interest on the fair market value of the property and structure, as determined at the time of execution of the lease to which interest the municipality shall be entitled upon purchase by the lessee pursuant to options, or on any terms provided for in the lease or by the terms of this act.

g. Any other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, or of any other law, to which the lessor municipality and lessee may agree.

L.1983, c. 335, s. 4, eff. Sept. 2, 1983.


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