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REL:6/9/94
ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2224
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
ADDING SECTION 8-10 TO THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE ON ON-SITE
CARETAKERS FOR LARGE APARTMENT HOUSES
AND HOTELS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 8-10, which said
section reads as follows:
Sec. 8-ZO.
On-site caretakers for large apartment buildings
and hotels.
A manager, janitor, housekeeper, or other responsible person
shall reside upon the premises and shall have charge of every
apartment house in which there are 16 or more apartments, and of
every hotel in which there are 12 or more guest rooms, in the event
that the owner of any such apartment house or hotel does not reside
upon said premises. Only one caretaker would be required for all
structures under one ownership and on one contiguous parcel of
land. If the owner does not reside upon the premises of any
apartment house in which there are more than four but less than 16
apartments, a notice stating his name and address, or the name and
address of his agent in charge of the apartment house, shall be
posted in a conspicuous place on the premises.
SECTION 2: Section 8-10 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, as
added by this ordinance, corresponds to a regulation of the
Department of Housing and Community Development of the State of
California: specifically, Section 42 of Article 5 of Subchapter 1
of Chapter 1 of Division 1 of Title 25 of the California Code of
Regulations. It is adopted by the City of Santa Ana pursuant to
the authority set forth in 17958 of the Health and Safety Code of
the State of California. Pursuant to section 17964 of the said
Health and Safety Code those officers and employees of the Planning
and Building Agency specified in section 1-18.1 of the Santa Ana
Municipal Code are charged with the enforcement of said Section 8-
10.
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
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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.
ADOPTED this 5th day of July , 1994.
ATTEST:
c. cuy f
~l~erk of the Councll~/
Mayor
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Young Aye
Pulido Aye
Lutz Aye
McGuigan Aye
Mills Aye
Moreno Aye
Richardson Aye
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Edward ~ C~r
city Attorney
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION
State of California
County of Orange
I, IANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance
,~'~q'- ~-.-~..~ to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City
of Santa Aha onff~..~ ,.~ ~¢ ~; and that said ordinance was published in
accordance
with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.