The Board of Supervisors finds and declares as follows:
(a) It is found and declared that there exist in the County of San Bernardino, 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.
(b) 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 law enforcement and 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.
(c) Finally, it is found and declared that the business of renting or leasing rental dwelling unit has resulted in instances of absentee landlords and/or off-site managers, which, in turn, has increased the likelihood of instances of substandard buildings and rental dwelling units, health violations, and crime, all of which are a public nuisance.
(d) For these reasons it is hereby declared to be the policy of the County of San Bernardino:
(1) That it is in the public interest of the people of the County of San Bernardino to protect and promote the existence of sound and wholesome residential buildings, rental 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 this Chapter relating to the licensing of rental dwelling units is in the interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the County of San Bernardino.
(Ord. 4044, passed - -2008; Am. Ord. 4328, passed - -2017)