Exemptions from city real property sale rules

(a) The following are exempt from this article: (1) Disposal of real property of the board of water supply; (2) Disposal of any real property acquired by the city specifically for the purpose of disposing of the property; provided that the ordinance or resolution authorizing the acquisition specifically provides for the disposal of the city real property by means other than those specified in this article; and (3) Disposal of real property constituting a housing unit or unimproved housing lot acquired or developed by the city when the unit or lot is disposed individually. (b) A unit or lot is disposed “individually” when disposed: (1) After a solicitation of bids or offers for that unit or lot by itself; and (2) In a transaction separate from the transaction disposing any other city real property. (c) When units or lots in a housing project are placed for sale to the public or class of the public, the solicitation of offers for a unit or lot in the project is deemed a solicitation for “that unit or lot by itself” which complies with subsection (a)(1). (d) For the purposes of this section, “housing unit” means a single-, two-, or duplex-unit dwelling, including the zoning lot that the single-, two-, or duplex-unit dwelling is situated on, and other appertaining real property interests. “Housing unit” also means a dwelling unit in a multi-unit dwelling and the appurtenant real property interests to the unit. “Unimproved housing lot” means a zoning lot, with no or only infrastructure improvements, on which a single-, two-, or duplex-unit dwelling must be constructed by the acquisitor. “Duplex-unit dwelling,” “multi-unit dwelling,” “single-unit dwelling,” and “two-unit dwelling” has the same meaning as defined under Chapter 21.