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(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.
(Title and Sec. Amended by Ord. No. 173,011, Eff. 1/30/00.)
Occupancies in existing buildings subject to the provisions of this chapter may be continued as provided in Chapter IX of this Code, except such buildings as are found to be substandard as provided in Section 91.8108 of this Code.
(Amended by Ord. No. 187,108, Eff. 8/6/21.)
A. Effective January 1, 2022, owners of all buildings subject to inspection shall pay a regulatory fee of sixty-seven dollars and ninety-four cents ($67.94) per unit per year. This fee will be due and payable on the first day of January of each year and shall be deemed delinquent if not paid on or before the last day of the month of February each year. The fee will be used to finance the costs of inspection and enforcement by the Department. Should the owner fail to pay the required fee, the City of Los Angeles will recover it utilizing any remedies provided by law, including nuisance abatement or municipal tax lien procedures established by ordinance and/or state law. This fee shall be known as the “Systematic Code Enforcement Program Fee”.
B. For calendar year 2021, owners of all buildings subject to inspection shall pay a one-time supplemental mid- year fee of twenty-four dollars and sixty-two cents ($24.62) per unit within (30) days of the invoice date, which shall not be passed through to the tenant.
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