For purposes of sections 47-282 to 47-293, inclusive:

(1) “Conversion notice” means the conversion notice specified by section 47-284;

(2) “Converted unit” means a dwelling unit or a space or lot in a mobile manufactured home park that (A) was not in a common interest community when originally leased to its current tenant and (B) is now in a common interest community or is located in a building in which a unit is being offered for sale, or in a mobile manufactured home park in which a space or lot is being offered for sale, as part of a common interest community;

(3) “Tenant” means a tenant, as defined in section 47a-1, or a resident, as defined in section 21-64, including a resident who owns his own mobile manufactured home;

(4) “Conversion tenant” means a tenant who occupies a dwelling unit or a space or lot in a mobile manufactured home park both before and after it becomes a converted unit; and

(5) “Transition period” means, with respect to a conversion tenant, the period of time beginning on the date when that tenant's dwelling unit or space or lot in a mobile manufactured home park becomes a converted unit, and ending nine months after that tenant receives a conversion notice or when his existing lease ends, whichever is later.

(P.A. 83-474, S. 84, 96; P.A. 87-358, S. 1 P.A. 91-383, S. 24.)

History: P.A. 87-358 amended the definition of “transition period” to increase the period from 180 days to 9 months; P.A. 91-383 amended the definition of “converted unit” to include a space or lot located in a mobile manufactured home park, added the definition of “tenant”, amended the definition of “conversion tenant” to include a tenant who occupies a space or lot in a mobile manufactured home park, and amended the definition of “transition period” to replace “apartment” with “dwelling unit” and include a tenant's space or lot in a mobile manufactured home park.

Cited. 207 C. 441.