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REL/fm 3/27/78 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1417 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANAAMEND- ING SECTION 8-1156 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTIONS 8-1160 AND 8-1161 THERETO TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE, 1976 EDITION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That section 8-1156 of the Santa Aha Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-1156. Adoption by reference. There is adopted by the City that certain Code known as the Uniform Housing Code, 1976 Edition, and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are deleted by the amendments set forth in this article, of which said Code not less than three (3) copies have been and are on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Council of the City. The said Code is adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein as provided for in Section 419 of the Charter of the City, and, subject to all amendments set forth in this article, shall be in effect within the City of Santa Ana from the effective date of this ordinance. Any provision of this article amending the "Housing Code" or "Uniform Housing Code" shall be construed as amending the said adopted Code, 1976 Edition, including such provisions enacted prior to the enactment of this ordinance and not thereafter repealed. The said adopted Code, 1976 Edition, as thus amended, together with all other provisions of this article, shall be known as the Housing Code of the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 2: That the Santa Aha Municipal Code, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 8-1160, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 8-1160. Authority (Section 201(a)). Section 201(a) of the Uniform Housing Code is amended to read as follows: Authority. The Building Official is hereby authorized and directed to administer and enforce all of the provisions of this Code and the Health Officer shall enforce those portions of the Code as they apply to sanitation, maintenance, ventilation, use or occupancy. SECTION 3: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 8-1161, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 8-1161. Right of entry (Section 201(b)). Section 201(b) of the Uniform Housing Code is amended to read as follows: Right of Entry. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this code, or whenever the Building Official, the Health Officer or their authorized representatives have reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building or upon any premises, any condition which makes such building or premises substandard as defined in Section 202 of this Code, the Building Official, the Health Officer or -1-