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<br />health or safety. Such conditions will receive full and rapid enforcement. Significant
<br />code violations that are not immediate hazards to human life, health or safety will be
<br />subject to full enforcement proceedings however, reasonable time periods shall be
<br />established for compliance.
<br />In accordance with the provision of Section 17920.3 of the Health and Safety Code,
<br />Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, the Housing Code, the California Building,
<br />Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Codes, it is not the intent of this program to require
<br />mandatory retrofits of exiting conditions which were built or installed according to code
<br />requirements in effect at the time of building or installation and have been maintained in
<br />a good and safe manner, unless the retrofitting is required by ordinance as adopted by
<br />the City of Santa Ana.
<br />Sec. 8.1962. Definitions.
<br />For the purpose of this Division, the following terms, phrases and words shall have the
<br />meanings set forth below.
<br />"City" means the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation.
<br />"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency
<br />of the City, who is hereby authorized to carry out responsibilities under this Division,
<br />including making rules and regulations and adopting guidelines as may be necessary to
<br />aid in the clarification and enforcement of the provisions of this Division, or his /her
<br />designee.
<br />"Leasehold" or "leasehold interest" as applied to any real property shall mean any
<br />person who possesses or shares an estate in realty held under lease. As applied to any
<br />dwelling, building, structure, premises or portion thereof located on such real property,
<br />the term 'leaseholder" and /or "leasehold interest" shall mean any person who
<br />possesses or shares in a contract for exclusive possession or control of any such
<br />dwelling, building, structure, premises or portion thereof for a limited time.
<br />"Leaseholder- lessor" shall mean any person, including the duly authorized agent of
<br />such person, who, while in possession of a leasehold or leasehold interest in any
<br />residential real estate, acts as a lessor by engaging in the subleasing, subletting,
<br />providing, exchanging or trading of any such real property, dwelling, building, structure,
<br />premises or portion thereof without loss of leasehold.
<br />"Person" shall mean, without limitation, corporations of every kind, all firms and
<br />companies, partnerships of every kind, private trusts, real estate investment trusts,
<br />estates, associations, joint ventures, limited liability companies of every kind,
<br />cooperatives, all other types of business entities defined or authorized under federal
<br />and state laws, receivers, trustees, guardians or other representatives appointed by
<br />order of any court, and any natural individuals transacting and carrying on any business
<br />in the city as the duly authorized agent of any of the foregoing.
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