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RESOLUTION NO. 72-8g A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Aha adopted Resolution No. 70-90, declaring the intention of the City of Santa Arm to treat persons displaced by city action in a manner compatible with their best interests; and WHEREAS, the California Assembly Bill 533, adopted as Chapter 1574, mandates that all public entities provide: 1. Relocation assistance in a specificmanner for persons displaced from their homes, businesses, or farms due to acquisition of property for public use; 2. Relocation payments for the costs involved in relocating; 3. Uniform real property acquisition procedures and policies; and WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works is recommending the adoption of rules and regulations patterned after those already adopted by the California Division of Highways and by the Orange County Board of Supervisors; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: 1 . The Director of Public Works is hereby responsible for the implementation of Chapter 1574, California Statutes 1971, and is hereby author- ized to establish procedures for said implementation. 2. The Director of Finance is authorized to make Relocation Assistance payments as provided in Chapter 1574, Califorhia Statutes 1971, upon submission of claim forms approved by the Director of Public Works. 3. All City Departments are directed to cooperate with the Director of Public Works in this matter. 4. The following standards for a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling are adopted: a. Conforms with local building, housing, and occupancy codes for existing structures. b. Has a continuing supply of drinkable water. c. Has a kitchen with hot and cold water, a sink with sewage connections and has area for stove and refrigerator with proper utility connections. d. Mas adequate heating system for the living area. e. Has a bathroom well-lighted and ventilated and affording privacy to a person within it, containing a lavatory basin and a bathtub or stall shower properly connected to an adequate supply of hot and cold running water, and flush toilet, all in good working order and properly connected to a sewage system. f. Has provision for artificial lighting in each room. g. Is structurally sound and adequately maintained. h. Has a safe unobstructed exit leading to safe open space at ground level. (In a building of three or more stories, each common corridor must have at least two safe exits.) i. Meets the following standards of habitable floor space: (1) 150 square feet for the first occupant, and (Z) at least 100 square feet for each additional occupant. Habitable floor space means the area used for sleeping, living, cooking, and dining; it does not include closets, pantries, bathrooms, service or utility rooms, hallways, foyers, unfin- ished attics, storage spaces, cellars, and similar spaces.