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SR-6-V (12) 6V PCD:SF:WR:LWG/bldg council Meeting: June 27, 1995 Santa Monica, Callfornia JUN 2 7 1995 TO: Mayor and Clty council FROM: City Staff SUBJECT: Annual Report on Compllance with Callfornia Revenue and Taxation Code Sectlon 17274 Regarding Rental Housing Code Enforcement for Calendar Year 1994 INTRODUCTION This report presents the rental houslng code enforcement activities of the Buildlng and Safety Dlvision for 1994 and recommends that the City Councll accept and fl1e thls report. DISCUSSION Sectlon 17274 of the Callfornla Revenue and Tax Code requires that regulatory agencles report to the Franchlse Tax Board the names and addresses of the O~1ners of substandard rental housing ln the city ",ho fail to make necessary repalrs to bring the property into compliance with health, safety and building codes within a specified period of tlme. The Franchise Tax Board is required to deny income tax deductlons to owners of these propertles until the regulatory agency determines that the substandard housing has been brought into cornpllance. The Code also requires that a report be filed by each regulatory agency with its local leglslative body by July 1 of each year, advlslng of the status of enforcement actlvltles lnltlated under this program during the prior calendar year. JUN 2 7 1995 6V . The Building and Safety Division staff reviewed the City's records of rental housing code complalnts and enforcement activities during calendar year 1994. The required information is presented in Table 1. A total of 107 substandard houslng type complaints were flied with the city in 1994. Of the 107 unlts, there were twelve written notlces of violation issued for substandard dwelllngs. only one out of the twelve vlolatlons is unresolved and being processed by the BUlldlng and Safety D1V1Slon. BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT There are no budget or financial impacts related to the filing of this report. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City council receive and file this 1994 report required by Revenue and Taxation Code Seetlon 17274. Prepared by: Suzanne Frick, Director of Planning and Community Development Department William Rome, Building Officer TABLE 1 CALENDAR YEAR 1994 INFORMATION FOR CITY OF SANTA MONICA PURSUANT TO REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE SECTION 17274 ITEM NUMBER 1. Number of written notlces of violation issued fo~ 12 substandard bootleg unlt dwellings. 2. Number of violations complled wlth within period 11* prescribed. 3. Number of notices of noncompliance issued pursuant 0 to 17274. 4. Number of appeals from those notices. 0 5. Number of successful appeals by owners. 0 6. Number of notices on noncompliance malled to 0 F~anchise Tax Board. 7. Number of cases in which notice of noncompliance 0 was not sent. 8. Number of extensions for compllance granted and the 0 mean average length of the extenslons. 9. The mean average length of tlme from the issuance NjA of a notice of vlolation to the mailing of a notlce of noncompliance to the Franchise Tax Board. 10. The number of cases where compliance is achleved NjA after a notlce of noncompliance was mailed to F~anchlse Tax Board. 11. The number of instances of disallowance of tax 3 deductions by the Franchise Tax Board resulting from referrals Made by the regulatory agency in prior years through 1994. * As of May 1995, only one (Nov. 1994) of the above 12 total cases cited in 1994 are still pending and have not been finally resolved by the BUllding and Safety Division.