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ORDINANCE NO. 1116(CC5)
(City Council Series) .
AN ORbINANC~ ~F~THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA NONICA ADDING
CJli\P~R 6 TO ARTICLE IV ~OF THE SANTA
~ICA MUNICIPAL'CODE, RELATING TO
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, AND ESTABLISHING
A LIMIT ON, TRE NUHBE~, OF RENT RAISES
PERHISSIBLE f'rtTHIN ONE {l} YEA~.
WHEREAS, the Clty Councl1 of {:he City of Santa
Monica, at its Meetings of September 12, 1978 and
January 9, 1979, has heard from the public and has received
staff reports conqerning the regulation of rental property;
and
WHEREAS, the City Colincll finds that some amount
of speculation in r~sidential real property and some number
of in~lationary rent raises are occurrin~.~i~hin_the City;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that an exercise
of the police power, wlthout extenSlve interference wlth the
free housing marke~,- is necessary to curb abuses and protect
the health, safety, and welfare of the public, partlcularly
t~e eld~rly, those with f1xed incomes, and farnilles w~th
children; and
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tvHEREAS, the City Council .finds that limiting
landlords to one (1) rent raise per Year w~ll tend to dis-
courage speculati~~ ~nd gouging and add stability to the
rental housing market;
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NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE aITY OF
SANTA MONICA ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 6, entitled "Residentlal Rental
Property II is hereby added to Artlcle IV of the Santa f.lonlca
Munlcipal Code to read as follows:-
SECTION 4601. "LEGISLATIVE FINDING AND PURPOSE.
The City C~unc~L f~nds that the existence of spe-
culative and infl~~ionary rent raises in resldentlal real
property w1thln the City of Santa Monica presents a suffl-
ciently serious threat to the health, safety and welfare of
the C2ty to requlre leglslat10n to curb abuses In the rental
housing market, to maintaln the existing supply of rental
hOUSing stock and eliminate unnecessary evictlons, and to
diScourage speculation ana exorb1tant rent increases.
SECTION 4602. RECOGNITION OF STATE LAW AND
FORTHCOMING MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
The City Council recognlzes that the State of Cali-
fornia has enacted Chapter 2 of T2t1e 5 of the Clvil Code
and Chapter 3 of T1tle 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
relating to the hiring of real property and actions for the
possession thereof, and further recognlzeS that an ln2tlative
to provide for a comprehensive system of rent control within
the Clty of Santa Monica has been placed on the ballot for
approval by the voters at the April 10, 1979 Mun2cipal Elec-
tion. The C1ty Councll declares that this Chapter 15
intended to be construed in harmony with eXlsting State law
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and independent of the proposed charter amendment lnltiatlve.
SECTION 4603. LIMIT ON RENT RAISES.
Durlngthe period from January 23, 1979 through
December 31, 1980, the rent for any residential rental unit
in the City of Santa Monlca shall not be increased unless
at least one (I) year has expired S1nce the effective date
of the last previous rent increase received by the unit.
This limitation applies irrespectlve of changes in the owner-
ship of property. For the purpose of this Chapter, a rent
raise 1S deemed to have occurred on its effect1ve date.
SECTION 4604. EXCEPTIONS.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sectlon 4603, a
landlord may raise the rent on a res1dential rental unit upon
its voluntary vacatlon by a tenant or upon eviction of a tenant
for non-payment of rent or breach of lease or rental agreement.
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to
be 1nvalid or unconstitutional by a declslon of any court of
competent jurisdict~on, such dec1sion shall not affect the
validity of the remalnlng portions of the ordinance. The City
CQuncil hereby declares that it would have passed th1s ordln-
anpe and each and every section, subsectlon, s~ntence, clause
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or phrase not declared inval1d or unconstitutional WlthOut
regard to whether a~y> portion of the ordinance would be
subsequently decla~ed invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 3. The Mayor shall sign and the CitYi
Clerk shall attest to the passage of this ordinance. The
City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the
off1cial newspaper withln fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
The ord~nance shall become effective after thirty (30) days
from its adoption.
ADOPTED and APPROVED th~s 13th day of
February
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS 13th
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OF Febn)ary
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MAYOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE,
No, 1116 , WAS DULY AND REGULARLY INTRODUCED AT A MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 23rd DAY OF January
J 1979; THAT
THE SAID ORDINANCE WAS THEREAFTER DULY ADOPTED AT A MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 13th DAY OF February
BY THE FOllOWING COUNCIL VOTE:
J 1979
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: BambTlck, Cohen, Reed, Swink
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Scott, van den Steenhoven
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Trlves
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