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SR-6-G (112) 6 !):, " ~! LUTM:SF:WR:LWG!bldg APR 2 6 199% CounCll Meetlng: Aprll 26, 1994 Santa Monlca, Callfornla TO: Mayor and CIty Councll FROM: Clty Staff SUBJECT: Annual Report on Compllance wlth Ca1lfornla Revenue and Taxatlon Code Sectlon 17274 Regardlng Rental Houslng Code Enforcement for Calendar Year 1993 INTRODUCTION ThlS report presents the renta: houslng code enforcement actlvltles of the BUIldlng and Safety DlV1Slon for 1993 and recommends that the CIty Couccll accept and flle thlS report. DISCUSSION Sectlon 17274 of the Callfornla Revenue and Tax Code requlres that regulatory agenc~es report to the Franchlse Tax Board the names and addresses of the owners of substandard rental houslng In the Clty who fall to make necessary repalrs to brlng the property lnto compllance wlth health, safety and bUlldlng codes wlthln a SDeClfled Derlod of tlme. The Franchlse Tax Board lS requlred to ~ ~ deny lncone tax ded~ctlons to owners of these propertles untll the regulatory agency determlnes that the substandard houslng has been brought luto compllance. The Code also requlres that a report be :lled by each regulatory agency wlth ltS local leglslatlve b8dy by July 1 of each year, advlslng of the status of enforcement actlvltles ~nl~lated under thls program durlng the prlor calendar year. APR 2 6 I99't 6,~ The BUlldlng and Safety D~vls1on staff revlewed the Clty'S records of rental houslng code complalnts and enforcement actlvltles durlng calendar year 1993. The requlred lnformatlon 1S presented 1n Table 1. A total of 133 substandard houslng type compla1nts were flIed wlth the Clty lD 1993. Of the 133 unlts, there were seven wrltten not1ces of v1olation lssued for substandard dwell1ngs. Three v1olatlons are stlll unresolved and belng processed by the BUlldlng and Safety DlV1S1on and C1ty Attorney's Offlce. BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT There are no budget or flnanclal 1mpacts related to the flllng of thls report. RECOMMENDATION It lS recommended that the Cl~Y COUDCll recelve and flle thlS 1993 report requlred by Revenue and Taxatlon Code Sectlon 17274. Prepared by: Suzanne Fr:.ck, D1rector of L.U.T.M. vhlllam Rome, BU1ldlng Offlcer ~and Use and Transportat1on Management Department TABLE 1 Calendar Year 1993 Information for City of Santa Monica Pursuant to Revenue & Taxation Code Section 17274 ITEM NO 1. No. of written notices of violation issued for 7 substandard bootleg unit dwellings. 2. No. of violations complied with within period prescribed. 4* 3. No. of notices of noncompliance issued pursuant to 17274. 0 4. No. of appeals from those notices. 0 5. No. of successful appeals by owners. 0 6. No. of notices on noncompliance mailed to Franchise Tax Board (FTB) . 0 7. No. of cases in which notice of noncompliance was not sent. 0 8. No. of extensions for compliance granted and the mean average length of the extensions. 0 9. The mean average length of time from the issuance of a notice of violation to the mailing of a notice of noncompliance to the Franchise Tax Board. N/A lO.The No. of cases where compliance is achieved after a notice of noncompliance was mailed to Franchise Tax Board. N/A l1.The No. of instances of disallowance of tax deductions by 3 the Franchise Tax Board resulting from referrals made by the regulatory agency in prior years thru 1993. * As of March 1994, 3 of the above 7 total cases cited in 1993 are still pending and have not been finally resolved by either the Building & Safety or city Attorney staff. wr/doc/table1 - -- --- ----