(Added by Ord. No. 173,810, Eff. 4/16/01.)
A. After receiving notice that all orders have been complied with and all violations have been corrected, including but not limited to those that caused the placement into REAP and any subsequent orders or violations, the Department may recommend to the City Council the termination of the rent reductions if it finds:
1. All orders affecting the units and the common areas have been signed off by the appropriate Enforcement Agency; and
2. There are no other outstanding Orders affecting the units or common areas of the building as set forth in Section 162.03 iii.
B. The Department may review an application from a property owner/landlord to terminate the rent reduction for certain units, notwithstanding the continuation of violations affecting other units, if the conditions set forth in Subsection A. are met for those units. The property owner/landlord may only submit one application for each property. The Department shall review any application and recommend termination only if it finds that only minor violations remain in the other units. (Amended by Ord. No. 184,446, Eff. 9/26/16.)
C. The Department may recommend termination of the escrow account if, in addition to the findings in Subsection A or B, it finds that any outstanding and non- appealable electric service and/or water charges pertaining to the property have been paid to the satisfaction of the Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles.
D. If the City Council terminates the escrow account, any funds in that account shall be paid in the following order: (Amended by Ord. No. 184,446, Eff. 9/26/16.)
1. Any administrative fees authorized in Sections 162.07 B.1. and 162.12 that have not yet been collected. Before funds in the escrow account are paid for administrative fees, the Department shall process all applications for release of funds from the escrow account as described in Section 162.07 B.2.
2. Any outstanding fees, fines and penalties imposed pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter XVI of this Code.
If there are insufficient funds in the escrow account to pay the outstanding fees, fines and penalties in this Subsection, the property owner/landlord at the time City Council removes the property from REAP shall be responsible for payment of these fees, fines, and penalties. The Department may follow City guidelines for collections of any outstanding fees, fines and/or penalties.
Any escrow funds remaining after the expenditures as provided herein, and upon City Council removing the Property from REAP, shall be returned to the property owner who owned the property at the time the City Council authorizes the termination of the escrow account. The Department shall refund any remaining escrow account balance to the property owner recorded with the Los Angeles County Recorder’s Office.
E. As a condition of terminating the escrow account, the City Council may order an expedited systematic inspection pursuant to Section 161.805(6) and impose inspection fees, administrative costs and interest pursuant to Sections 161.901.1 through 161.903.1. The City Council may also condition termination of the escrow account on payment of those fees or any other unpaid fees under Subsection D. (Amended by Ord. No. 184,446, Eff. 9/26/16.)
F. If the City Council terminates the rent reduction, the rent will be restored to the original level 30 days after the Department mails the tenants notice of the restoration.
G. Monitoring Program. The City Council by resolution may release a building from REAP with the condition that the property owner/landlord prepay for two annual inspection as provided in Subsection D. herein for the purposes of monitoring the property. (Amended by Ord. No. 184,446, Eff. 9/26/16.)