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Ordinance No. NS - <br />Page 16 of 20 <br />Landlord declaring under penalty of perjury that the information provided <br />in the Rental Registration Form is true and correct. <br />(i) Notices. Any notices or documents required to be provided from a <br />Landlord to a Tenant by this Article or any other federal, state, or local law, <br />including, but not limited to, notice of Rent Increase and notice of eviction, <br />shall be provided to the City through the Rental Registry portal. <br />(j) Proper Registration. Registration of a Rental Unit shall not be complete <br />until the Landlord has: <br />1) Paid all fees and penalties owed to the City with respect to the <br />Rental Unit, including the Rental Registry Fee, imposed pursuant <br />to this Article; and <br />2) Filed a complete and accurate Registration Form for that Rental <br />Unit including all information required by this Division and any <br />policies and procedures adopted by the Board and/or Program <br />Administrator. <br />(k) Commencing October 1, 2023, the City may commence enforcement <br />against any Landlord who fails to register a Rental Unit, or provide current <br />and accurate data regarding a Rental Unit, according to this Division. <br />Furthermore, no Landlord shall advertise for rent, demand or accept Rent <br />for a Rental Unit, or evict any Tenant from a Rental Unit, if the Rental Unit <br />Registration is not complete and accurate. In addition, no petition, <br />application, claim or request, and no Rent increases shall take effect fo r <br />any Rental Unit unless the Landlord has accurately completed the Rental <br />Unit Registration. <br /> <br />(l) The Santa Ana City Council shall not amend the Rental Registry without <br />approval by two-thirds (5/7) of all members of the City Council. <br /> <br />Section 8. Subsection (a) of Section 8-3161 (Rental Registry Fee) of <br />Division 4 (Rental Registry and Rental Registry Fee) of Article XIX (Rent Stabilization <br />and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance) of Chapter 8 (Buildings and Structures) of the <br />Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (new language is <br />underlined): <br /> <br />Effective July 1, 2023, or as modified by resolution of the City Council, an annual <br />Rental Registry Fee shall be imposed on each Rental Unit in the City. All Landlords with <br />Rental Units that are subject to this Article shall pay the Rental Registry Fee as <br />established by the City Council. The Rental Registry Fee is to fund the City's cost to <br />implement, administer, monitor, support, and enforce the provisions of this Article. <br />(a) Amount of Fee. A Landlord shall pay to the City a Rental Registry Fee for <br />each of the Landlord's Rental Units in the City. The amount of the Fee <br />shall be determined by resolution of the City Council adopted from time to <br />time and set forth in the City's Miscellaneous Fee Schedule. The Fee shall <br />not exceed the amount found by the City Council to be necessary to