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city Council Meeting 1-9-96
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Santa Monica, California
JAN 0 9 1996
TO: Mayor and city Council
FROM: City Attorney
SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending Municipal Code Section
4.36.120 Regarding Temporary Relocation
Payments
At its meeting on December 12, 1995, the City council directed
the city Attorney to prepare an ordinance clarifying the obligation
of owners to pay relocation benefits to tenants displaced as a
result of owner compliance with the retrofitting requirements
imposed by Ordinance Number 1748 (CCS) (the potentially hazardous
structures ordinance).
In response to this direction, the
accompanying ordinance has been prepared and is submitted to the
city Council for its consideration.
The accompanying ordinance amends Municipal Code section
4.36.120 governing relocation benefits. The proposed amendments
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provide that the obligation to pay relocation benefits does not
apply where a tenant is displaced and relocated so that the
landlord can comply with the repair and retrofitting requirements
of Municipal Code Section 8.04.040.050.
However, if the
displacement exceeds a specified time period, the landlord must pay
to the displaced tenant the difference between rent actually paid
by the tenant for temporary accommodations during the period of
displacement and the rent which would have been payable to the
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landlord had the displacement not occurred.
The Ordinance authorizes the Building Official and Director of
Planning and Community Development to jointly extend the period of
time in which to complete the required repairs and retrofitting,
thereby extending the period of time before the payment
requirements described above go into effect. These circumstances
are: (1) prior to tenant displacement the Building Official and
Director determine that repair and retrofitting will take longer
than the time periods allowed due to circumstances unique to a
particular building; and (2) after displacement they determine that
the landlord is diligently proceeding with required repairs and is
unable to complete them within the designated time period due to
the occurrence of events which are unforeseeable by and out of the
control of the landlord. Finally, the ordinance provides that the
landlord's inability to finance the required repairs and
retrofitting to his or her building is not grounds for an
extension.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying ordinance
be introduced for first reading.
PREPARED BY:
Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney
Mary H. strobel, Deputy City Attorney
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City council Meeting 1-9-96
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER (CCS)
(city council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTION 4.36.120 REGARDING TEMPORARY
RELOCATION PAYMENTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 4. 36. 120 of the Santa Monica Municipa 1 Code
is amended to read as follows:
4.36.120 Inapplicability of Chapter to certain evictions.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 4.36.110, the requirements set
forth in this Chapter shall not apply to any tenant whose tenancy
is terminated pursuant to a lawful notice to terminate tenancy
pursuant to Section 1806 (h) of the City Charter served on or
before June 10, 1986.
(b) Section 4.36.100 shall not be applicable if the
displacement and relocation of the tenant is the result of a fire
not caused by the landlord, earthquake or other natural disaster.
(e) Except as provided in Section 4.36.030(b), the
requirements set forth in this Chapter shall not apply to any
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tenant whose tenancy is terminated or caused to be terminated on
the ground that the landlord seeks to withdraw all rental housing
uni ts from the rental market as provided in Government Code
Section 7060 et seq., unless the tenant qualifies as a lower
income household pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section
50079.5.
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SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or
appendices thereto, inconsistent with the provisions of this
Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further,
are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect
the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance.
The City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared
invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion
of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
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SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the city Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance.
The city Clerk shall
cause this ordinance, or a summary thereof to be published once in
the official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption.
This
ordinance shall be effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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MARSHA JONE MOUTRIE
City Attorney
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