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Ordinance No. NS - ____ <br />Page 3 of 44 <br />DIVISION 1. – GENERALLY <br /> <br />Section 8-3100 – Title <br /> <br />This Article shall be known in its entirety as the “City of Santa Ana Rent <br />Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance” and, for the sake of convenience, as <br />the “Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance.” <br /> <br /> <br />Section 8-3101 – Background <br /> <br />The Rent Stabilization Ordinance, previously adopted by the City Council on <br />October 19, 2021, and the Just Cause Eviction Ordinance, also previously adopted by <br />the City Council on October 19, 2021, are hereby amended pursuant to this newly <br />adopted Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance. <br /> <br /> <br />Section 8-3102 – Definitions <br /> <br />a) For purposes of this Article, the words and phrases shall be defined as set <br />forth herein, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning is intended. <br /> <br />b) Words and phrases used in this Article, which are not specifically defined, <br />shall be construed according to their context and the customary usage of the language. <br /> <br />c) Words and phrases defined: <br /> <br />“Annual Allowable Rent Adjustment” means the limit on the Maximum <br />Allowable Rent iIncrease, which a Landlord may charge on any Rental <br />Unit each year. <br /> <br />“Capital Improvement” means an improvement, addition or major repair to <br />a Rental Unit that were paid for and completed after November 19, 2021 <br />(the effective date of the first adopted Rent Stabilization Ordinance), <br />provided such new improvement, addition or major repair has a useful life <br />of five (5) years or more and that is required to be amortized over the <br />useful life of the improvement, such as: structural, electrical, plumbing, or <br />mechanism system, roofing, carpeting, draperies, stuccoing the outside of <br />a building, air conditioning, security gates, swimming pool, sauna or hot <br />tub, fencing, children’s play equipment permanently installed, the <br />complete exterior painting of a building, and other similar improvements as <br />defined under the straight line depreciation provisions of the Internal <br />Revenue Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto and <br />determined by the Rental Housing Board. Capital Improvement does not <br />include normal or routine maintenance, repair, replacements, and/or <br />deterioration resulting from an unreasonable delay in the undertaking of <br />EXHIBIT 1