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"Accessible Structure" means a building or structure that is not secured or is open <br />in such a way as to allow public or unauthorized access to the interior. <br />"Administrative Penalty Payment Due Date" means the date that is the 10th day <br />after the issuance of an abatement order, a notice of violation issued pursuant to <br />SAMC Section 1-21.7 (1). <br />"Agreement" means any written instrument that transfers or conveys title to <br />residential or commercial real property from one owner to another after a sale, <br />trade, transfer or exchange. <br />"Beneficiary" means a lender participating in a real property transaction that holds a <br />secured interest in the real property in question identified in a deed of trust. <br />"Buyer" means any person, partnership, association, corporation, fiduciary or other <br />legal entity that agrees to transfer anything of value in consideration for real <br />property via an agreement. <br />"Dangerous Building" means any building or structure reasonably deemed by <br />authorized City staff to represent a violation of any provision specified in the <br />Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, International Property <br />Maintenance Code, and California Health and Safety Code section 17920.3. <br />"Days" means Calendar days. <br />"Deed of Trust" means an instrument whereby an owner of real property, as trustor, <br />transfers a secured interest in the real property in question to a third party trustee, <br />as security for a loan issued in the context of a real property transaction. This <br />definition applies to any and all subordinate deeds of trust; i.e., 2nd trust deed, 3'd <br />trust deed, etc. <br />"Deed In Lieu Of Foreclosure" means a recorded instrument that transfers <br />ownership of property from the trustor to the holder of a deed of trust upon consent <br />of the beneficiary of the deed of trust. <br />"Default" means the material breach of, or failure to fulfill, a legal or contractual duty <br />arising from or relating to a deed of trust. <br />"Distressed" means any building, structure or real property that is subject to a <br />current notice of default and/or notice of trustee's sale, pending tax assessors lien <br />sale and/or any real property conveyed via a foreclosure sale resulting in the <br />acquisition of title by an interested beneficiary of a deed of trust, and/or any real <br />property conveyed via a deed in lieu of foreclosure/sale, regardless of vacancy. <br />"Enforcement Official" means the City Manager, the Building Official, and/or any <br />employee or agent of the City of Santa Ana designated and/or charged with <br />Ordinance No. NS -2927 <br />Page 3 of 12 <br />