Evanston, Ill., City Code § 5 § 5-4-4-1

(A) A declarant of a conversion condominium shall give each of the tenants in possession of units subject to this Chapter notice of intent to convert no less than two hundred ten (210) days prior to requiring the tenants to vacate, at least one hundred twenty (120) days of which must elapse before the recording of the condominium instruments with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. The notice shall be concurrently filed with the City as provided in Subsection 2-1 of this Chapter.
(B) The notice of intent must set forth the rights of tenants under this Chapter and must include Section 4 of this Chapter as an attachment. Such notice shall be hand delivered or sent by certified mail.
(C) No tenant may be required by the declarant to vacate upon less than two hundred ten (210) days' notice, except by reason of nonpayment of rent, conduct that disturbs other tenants' peaceful enjoyment of the premises or other substantial violations of the terms of the rental agreement. The terms of tenancy may not be altered during that period.
(D) Nothing in this Section permits termination of a lease by a declarant in violation of its terms.
(E) Any tenant under a lease entered into subsequent to the effective date of this Chapter, who receives a notice of intent to convert shall at any time after receipt of the notice have the right to terminate the lease with sixty (60) days' written notice to the landlord, which sixty (60) days shall start to run from the date that the next rental payment is due. Such termination shall be without penalty or other termination charge to the tenant. By delivering the notice of termination to the landlord, the tenant waives the right to purchase the unit under Section 5-4-4-2 of this Chapter.
(F) Where an existing tenant's lease has expired and not been renewed, at the landlord's behest, and within ninety (90) days of the last effective day of said lease, a notice of intent to convert has been served on any tenant in that building, the most recent tenant whose lease had expired shall have the rights of purchase and of relocation as if he/she were still a tenant of that unit. This Section does not apply to termination of leases for violations of their terms or default by the tenant.
(G) Those tenants under a lease entered into subsequent to the effective date of this Chapter who, within thirty (30) days of signing of a lease whether or not they have moved into the unit, receive notice of intent to convert, shall have fifteen (15) days from receipt of that notice to serve an immediate fifteen (15) day notice of their intent to vacate or not to honor said lease. There shall be no penalties assessed against tenants who void their lease pursuant to this Section. Failure of said tenant to utilize this fifteen (15) day notice right is not a waiver of his/her rights to give a sixty (60) day notice as set forth in Subsection 4-1(E) above.
(H) Failure of a declarant to give notice as required by the above subsection, is a defense to an action for possession, unless the tenant knowingly avoids receiving or delivery of said notice of intent.
(I) The provisions of this Section shall prevail over any conflicting provisions of the Landlord-Tenant Ordinance (Chapter 3 of this title) except that for leases entered into or renewed prior to the effective date of this Chapter, Subsections 4-1(E) and 4-1(F) of this chapter shall not apply.