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<br />Jwf/lar 8.27.07 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-2757 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 21-120r.I(a) OF <br />THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO EXTEND THE <br />FEE CHARGED TO FINANCE THE CITY'S PROACTIVE <br />RENTAL ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. <br /> <br />THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA HEREBY ORDAINS AS <br />FOllOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City Council hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: <br /> <br />A. In June of 1990 the Mayor's Task Force on Neighborhood Standards and <br />Preservation recommended the implementation of a mandatory inspection <br />program for all residential rental properties in the City of Santa Ana. <br /> <br />B. On July 19, 1992, representatives from the Planning and Building Agency <br />and various apartment associations met and reached agreement on the <br />Proposed Proactive Residential Enforcement Program. <br /> <br />C. The purpose of the proposed program was to promote public health, <br />safety and welfare through a proactive program of periodic and systematic <br />inspections of all residential rental properties in the City of Santa Ana. <br /> <br />D. The spirit of the proposed program was to promote environments in which <br />unsanitary conditions and life safety hazards are reduced for occupants of <br />residential rental properties and inspection would ensure that building <br />systems providing water, sewage disposal, heating and electricity are safe <br />and operational and encourage the residential rental industry to affect <br />repairs and conduct preventative building maintenance before deteriorated <br />conditions upon rental property reach gross proportions. <br /> <br />E. The adoption of the Proactive Rental Enforcement Program necessitated <br />increased staffing to focus enforcement efforts exclusively on the identified <br />proactive rental inspection areas. <br /> <br />F. The additional staff positions and operational costs were proposed to be <br />borne through the adoption of an annual inspection fee assessed to <br />members of the residential rental industry who voluntarily chose to engage <br />in the business of residential rentals. <br /> <br />G. All fees assessed under proposed program bear a direct correlation <br />between the amount of the fee and the actual cost of the services <br />provided. Therefore, all fees charged under the Proactive Rental <br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-2757 <br />Page 1016 <br />