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LS 5.2.16 attributable to the program account shall be expended for the proactive rental enforcement program. Section 4. In Chapter 8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, the words "Division 1" shall be inserted after the title "Article X." as follows: ARTICLE X. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. DIVISION 1. GENERALLY. Section 5. Division 2. Is hereby added to Article X of Chapter 8 ( "Property Maintenance ") of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to read as follows: DIVISION 2 — PROACTIVE RENTAL ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. Sec. 8 -1960. Title. This Division of Chapter 8 is known as the "Proactive Rental Enforcement Program" may be cited as such, and will be referred to herein as "this Division ". Sec. 8 -1961. Purpose and Intent. A. Purpose The purpose of the Proactive Rental Enforcement Program (PREP) is to promote public health, safety, and welfare through a system of proactive code enforcement involving residential rental property within the City of Santa Ana. This code enforcement effort is designed to ensure continued compliance with Section 17920.3 of the California Health and Safety Code, Chapter 8 and 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC or Code), the Housing Code, the California Building, Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Codes which, as adopted by the City of Santa Ana, govern substandard building conditions. The implementation of this program also promotes environments in which unhealthy conditions and life safety hazards are reduced for occupants of residential rental property by identifying and correcting code violations which result in: a threat to occupants' safety, a threat to a building's structural integrity including plumbing, heating and electrical systems, and a negative impact on the surrounding neighborhood. B. Intent The intent of this Division is to proactively identify substandard conditions on residential housing property and in residential housing units located thereon; to ensure the preservation, rehabilitation or abatement of rental housing that does not comply with State and local building and housing laws and with maintenance standards established by this Division or is unsafe to occupy; to ensure the health and safety of residents of the City of Santa Ana living in rental housing units. It is the intent of this program to address conditions that are immediate hazards or clearly present a threat to human life, Ordinance No. NS -2898 Page 3 of 22