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(Amended by Ord. No. 173,011, Eff. 1/30/00.)
It is found and declared that there exist in the City of Los Angeles substandard and unsanitary residential buildings and dwelling units the physical conditions and characteristics of which render them unfit or unsafe for human occupancy and habitation, and which conditions and characteristics are such as to be detrimental to or jeopardize the health, safety and welfare of their occupants and of the public.
It is further found and declared that the existence of such substandard buildings and dwelling units threatens the physical, social and economic stability of sound residential buildings and areas, and of their supporting neighborhood facilities and institutions; necessitates disproportionate expenditures of public funds for remedial action; impairs the efficient and economical exercise of governmental powers and functions; and destroys the amenity of residential areas and neighborhoods and of the community as a whole.
For these reasons it is hereby declared to be the policy of the City of Los Angeles:
(1) That it is in the public interest of the people of Los Angeles to protect and promote the existence of sound and wholesome residential buildings, dwelling units and neighborhoods by the adoption and enforcement of such standards, regulations and procedures as will remedy the existence or prevent the development or creation of dangerous, substandard, or unsanitary and deficient residential buildings and dwelling units; and
(2) That the adoption of the Los Angeles Housing Code is in the interest of the health, safety and welfare of the people of Los Angeles.
(Added by Ord. No. 184,446, Eff. 9/28/16.)
If any provision of this ordinance and Chapter is found to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, that invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this ordinance and Chapter, which can be implemented without the invalid provisions, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
(Amended by Ord. No. 181,744, Eff. 7/15/11.)
DEPARTMENT. The Los Angeles Housing Department. (Amended by Ord. No. 187,122, Eff. 8/8/21.)
GENERAL MANAGER. The General Manager of the Los Angeles Housing Department or the General Manager’s designee. (Amended by Ord. No. 187,122, Eff. 8/8/21.)
ORDER. Any order or notice to comply, correct or abate.
REAP. The Rent Escrow Account Program.
RENT ADJUSTMENT COMMISSION (RAC). The Rent Adjustment Commission as established under Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 151.03. (Added by Ord. No. 185,644, Eff. 7/6/18.)
RSO. The Rent Stabilization Ordinance.
(Title and Sec. Amended by Ord. No. 173,011, Eff. 1/30/00.)
The provisions of this Article shall apply to all residential rental properties with two or more dwelling units, efficiency dwelling units, light housekeeping rooms, guest rooms and suites, as these terms are defined in Section 12.03 of this Code, where one or more of these units are rented or offered for rent on the same lot, land, buildings and structures appurtenant thereto. The provisions shall not apply to: (Amended by Ord. No. 181,744, Eff. 7/15/11.)
(1) Owner occupied units.
(2) Housing accommodations in hotels, motels, inns, or tourist homes. This exception does not apply to residential hotels as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50519(b)(1).
(3) A dwelling unit in a condominium or a nonprofit stock cooperative.
(4) Housing accommodations in any hospital; state licensed community care facility; convent, monastery, or other facility occupied exclusively by members of a religious order; extended medical care facility; asylum; on-campus fraternity or sorority houses; or on-campus housing accommodations owned, operated or managed by an institution of higher education, a high school, or an elementary school for occupancy by its students.
(5) Housing accommodations which a government unit, agency or authority owns, operates, or manages, or which are specifically exempted from municipal regulation by state or federal law or administrative regulation. This exception shall not apply once the governmental ownership, operation, or management regulation is discontinued.
(6) Mobile homes, or mobile home parks, or recreational vehicles as defined in California Civil Code Section 799.29, or recreational vehicle parks. (Amended by Ord. No. 181,744, Eff. 7/15/11.)
(7) Vacant properties.
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