Connecticut General Statutes 47-283 – Definitions
For purposes of sections 47-282 to 47-293, inclusive:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 47-283
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
(1) “Conversion notice” means the conversion notice specified by § 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 § 47a-1, or a resident, as defined in § 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.