NS-1893 - Amending of the Uniform Housing Code, 1982 Edition to Provide for the Regulation of Substandard Buildings and Declaring the Reasons for the Urgency Thereof

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ORDIlqANCE NO. NS-1893 AN ~RG~I~CY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING SECTIONS 8-1163 AND 8-1170 /%~ENDING SECTION 1001 AND SECTION 204 OF THE UNIFORM H(N3SING CODE, 1982 ~DITICI~ TO PBOVIDE FOR THE P~TION OF SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS AND DECLARING THE REASONS FOR THE UB~w~CY THEREOF. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN ~ FOLLOWS: SECTI(kN 1: That the Santa Aha Municipal Code is hereby amended by m~t~ing a section, to be n,~bered 8-1163, which said section reads as follows: Section 8-1163. Violations (Section 204). Section 204 of the Uniform Housing Code is amended to read as follows: Section 204. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, whether as owner, tenant, or subtenant, or as the agent of any of the foregoing, to erect, construct, enlarge, equip, use, occupy or maintain any substandard building or any other building or structure which is in violation of this code, or to cause or permit the same to be dome. SECTIC~ 2: ql~at the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 8-1170, which said section reads as follows: Section 8-1170. Substandard Buildings (Section 1001). Section 1001 of the Uniform Housing Code is amended to read as follows: Section 1001. "Substandard Building" shall mean that term as defined in Section 17920.3 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California, as the same now exists and as it may hereafter be amended. SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTIC~ 4: Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordir~nce relating to the collection of any such license or penalty of the penal provision applicable to