Possible move required & Purr Request

Well I had a letter from my apartment complex management in my mail when
I got home tonight. It was a new rental/lease agreement that goes into
effect in thirty days on March 1st, 2006. The most notable of the
changes listed on it is it says in bold print "No Pets Have Been
Authorized". I don't think they are going "no pets" but they have had a
declaw requirement which has not been enforced. Purrs are requested that
I can get my two cats "authorized" and if not and I have to move that I
find a place within the time allotted if I have to move. I will call
the on-site manager tomorrow to get more information. I will find a
place as there are plenty of places around. Plus purrs are requested if
they are getting tough on pets or going no pets as there are quite a few
cats in residence here.

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)...

Even if the building has new owners, don't they have to
"grandfather" the pets already in residence? They can
change the rules to allow no pets with new tenants, but I
don't think they can legally compel existing tenants to move
(so long as you pay your rent, etc.)

rrb...

I have done some research in this area and have found nothing in the
rental code that states that they have to grandfather anyone unless they
chose to for a good tenant as a courtesy or at their discretion. I did
not read the whole rental code as I currently don't have time to do that
but did search through it for key terms - as it is in electronic format.
All that I could find was they with proper notice - usually thirty days
or at the end of the terms of a lease - they could change a rental/lease

rrb...

That should be in the case of a month-to-month rental agreement with
thirty days notice. In the case of a lease it should be at least thirty
days prior to expiration of the lease.

agreement at will anyway they wanted to provided it does not go against
any section of the rental code.

Yoj...

Purrs are on the way.

Victor Martinez...

Lots of purrs that you end up better than you are now. :)

Sam...

Purrs on the way that they will come into a large dose of reasonableness.

NMR...

Purrs on the way hope everything works out

Adrian...

Purrs for you and your cats, and all the other cats that live there.

Steve Touchstone...

Purrs on the way for things to work out. I certainly understand where
you're coming from. It wasn't that long ago that I was in a similar
situation. My complex had new owners who decided they were going
tostart enfrcing the already existing no pet clause for new tenants.
Tenants who already had cats were told they could keep one cat, but
that it would have to be declawed. I received the letter on Friday
afternoon. I spent the weekend printing declaw information from the
internet (and asking for purrs from the folks here), and first thing
Monday I tracked down the new owners and gave them notice I'd be
moving. To make a long story shorter, they relented and said I could
keep my cats and not declaw - though they did ask for a pet deposit
for each cat.

ladyjane...

When I moved into my current apartment complex, I spent 45 minutes
carefully reading over both leases - both mine and the cat's. Yes,
the cat had his own lease! It said that cats must be declawed, and
not only did I tell them that I wouldn't do it,I made sure they
crossed out that line and initialed it - just in case.

Good luck with the new/old place, wherever you end up.

Jane
- owned and operated by Princess Rita

I can't complain tthough. This is what made me decide to find a home
for Whitey, the mostly white, black and white tom cat that I'd been
feeding for a couple years. I found him a home, but he didn't make the
move either. He moved in with me and got a new name - Rocky.

rrb...

Thanks for the purrs everyone but it turned out it was nothing. The
on-site manager said the mailed rental agreement can be ignored.
Apparently some yahoo in the building management firm mailed them out in
error.

Steve Touchstone...

Great news, what a relief.

Enfilade...

Excellent.

My place here expects me, when I move out, to clean the carpet and pay
to replace it if it's been damaged beyond "Reasonable wear and tear."
It does have a few stains, some from coffee, others from kitties
barfing medicines, so I may have to, but I would rather buy a new
carpet than remove or declaw my kitties (who don't even scratch this
carpet)

rrb.

meee...

Oh Good! that's a relief!

meee...

hope everything works out.....my lease says '1 outside cat' yeah
right.....we now have 6 inside cats. My landlord isn't too nosy, so i just
shut them in the bedroom til the inspection's over. Purring!!!

Steve Touchstone...

well, when I moved in there was a no pet clause. I asked for and
received an exemption for my two cockatiels, but didn't jave cats at
the time. Then of course LB showed and demanded to move in - and a
couple weeks later her kittens. I told the then owners and manager I
wanted to keep one kitten and LB. The old owners and manager were all
animal people, and they said no problem. The clause was only there in
case a pet caused problems - like someone else said like a dog with
separation anxiety who barked, or some such thing. Actually, when I
went on trips the then manager would come and feed the gang and scoop
the boxes. Then, when the complexes sold the new owners were NOT
animal people, and they decided to enforce the no pet clause. They
actually thought they were doing me a favor offering to let me declaw
and keep one of my two cats and were surprised when I told them I'd be
moving. That's when they back pedaled and agreed I could keep them all
and not declaw - I imagine it helped that I was already a long time
tenant who had even looked after the office and helped with
maintenance when asked.