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Section 8-1998.6 – Notice Requirements. <br /> <br />(a) An owner of any residential real property or mobilehome space subject to <br />this provision shall, on or before the date of commencement of a tenancy, give the <br />tenant a written notice in a form prescribed by the City which must include the following <br />information: <br /> <br />(1) The existence and scope of this Division 5 of Chapter 8 of the <br />Santa Ana Municipal Code; and <br /> <br />(2) The tenant’s right to respond to any Fair Return Petition filed with <br />the City by the owner pursuant to section 8-1998.3. <br /> <br />(b) As part of any notice to increase rent, an owner must include: <br /> <br />(1) Notice of the existence of this Division 5 of Chapter 8 of the Santa <br />Ana Municipal Code; and <br /> <br />(2) The tenant’s right to respond to any Fair Return Petition filed with <br />the City by the owner pursuant to section 8-1998.3, unless such <br />rent increase is pursuant to an approved Fair Return Petition. <br /> <br />(3) No rent increase shall take effect until the requirements of this <br />Division have been met. <br /> <br />(c) The owner must give notices to the tenant in the language that the owner <br />and tenant used to negotiate the terms of the tenancy (e.g., English, Spanish, Chinese, <br />Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Korean) as well as English. <br /> <br />Section 8-1998.7 – Violations. <br /> <br /> It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to violate or fail to comply <br />with any provision of the ordinance. The violation of any provision of this ordinance <br />shall be punished as provided in SAMC section 1-8. <br /> <br />Section 5. The City Council finds that this ordinance is not subject to the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to sections 15060(c)(2), <br />15060(c)(3) and 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it will not result in a <br />direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, because <br />there is no possibility it will have a significant effect on the environment, and it is not a <br />"project", as defined in section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines. <br /> <br />Section 6. If any section, subsection, phrase, or clause of this ordinance is for <br />any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the <br />remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would <br />have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, p hrase or clause thereof <br />EXHIBIT 1