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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1482REL:mS 2/2/79 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1482 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 41-59 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTION 41-192 THERETO TO REDEFINE "FAMILY" AND LIMIT THE OCCUPANCY OF DWELLINGS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 41-59 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-59. Family. A family is an individual or two or more persons related by blood or marriage or a group of not more than five (5) persons, excluding servants, who need not be related by blood or marriage living together in a dwelling unit. SECTION 2: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-192, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 41-192. Occupancy of dwellings. No person having control over the occupancy or use of any dwelling unit used for residential purposes, including any single-family dwelling, any dwelling unit within any two-family or multiple-family dwelling, or any apartment within any apartment house, shall allow any use or occupancy thereof except by one family, as defined in Section 41-59, together with such subordinate or additional uses as are normally incidental to such single family residential use or are otherwise permitted as accessory thereto by the provisions of this chapter. SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1482 PAGE TWO ADOPTED this 2nd day of the following vote: April , 1979, by AYES: COUNCILMEN: Brandt, Evans, Garthe, Ward, Yamamoto NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: ATTEST: CLERK OF THE COUN~L/~ Bricke~/iz MAYOR APPROVED AS TO FORM: K~/ITH~.O~Attorney