4317ORDINANCE NO. 4317
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM .AMENDING
TITLE 7, BY ADDING THERETO CHAPTER 7.49,
PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RESPONSI-
BILITY FOR UNSAFE OR UNSANITARY CONDITIONS
OF A DWELLING UNIT.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That Title 7 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and
the same is hereby amended, by adding thereto Chapter 7.49
to read as follows:
"Chapter 7.49
The Responsibility of Occupant and Owner
for Unsafe or Unsanitary Conditions
of a Dwellinq Unit
7.49.010 Occupant Responsibility
An occupant of a dwelling unit shall not willfully:
.010 allow that part of a dwelling unit which he
occupies and controls to become or remain in an unsafe or
unsanitary condition;
.020 allow plumbing or electrical fixtures to become
or remain in an unsafe or unsanitary condition. If the
fixtures are supplied by the owner, the occupant shall use
reasonable care in the proper use and operation thereof;
.030 allow any insects, rodents, or other pests to
infest the dwelling unit so as to render it unsafe or unsanitary
when no other dwelling unit in the residential building is so
infested and the owner has provided a reasonably insect -proof
and rodent -proof building;
.040 dispose of garbage or other refuse in other than
an approved garbage receptacle or in any manner other than that
permitted by ordinance or law. It is the responsibility of the
owner to provide approved garbage receptacles unless the occupant
has agreed in writing to provide such receptacles;
.050 place on the premises any material which creates
an unsafe or unsanitary condition;
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.060 place or maintain in or about the premises any
furniture, equipment, material, debris or junk harboring
insects, rodents, or pests to such extent as to render the
premises or surrounding units unsafe or unsanitary; and
.070 permit a dwelling unit let to him to be occupied
or used so that any occupancy or use resulting therefrom violates
this ordinance.
7.49.020 Owner Responsibility
This ordinance does not relieve the owner of responsi-
bility to the occupant imposed upon the owner by any applicable
ordinance or law, even though;
.010 an obligation has been imposed upon the occupants; or
.020 the owner has, by agreement, imposed upon the occupant
the duty of furnishing required equipment or of complying with
applicable ordinances or laws.
7.49.030 Enforcement
This ordinance may be enforced as permitted by Section
1.01.389 of the Anaheim Municipal Code and by Section 1.0.1.370
pertaining to Misdemeanors."
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby
declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word
of this chapter of the Code hereby adopted be declared for
any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that
it would have passed all other portions of this chapter
independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as
may be declared invalid.
SECTION 3. SAVINGS CLAUSE
Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal
hereby of any other ordinance of this City shall in any manner
affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which
violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof,
nor be construed as a waiver of any license or penalty or the
penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof. The
provisions of this ordinance, insofar as they are substantially
the same as ordinance provisions previously adopted by the City
relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as
restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
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SECTION 4.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed once within
fifteen (15) days after its adoption in the Anaheim Bulletin,
a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and
circulated in said City, and thirty ( 30 ) days from and after
its final passage, it shall take effect and be in full force.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by
the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 30th day of
March, 1982.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF T E CITY OF ANAHEIM
FAL:jh
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 4317 was introduced at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 23rd day of March, 1982, and
that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the 30th day of March, 1982, by the following vote of the
members thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Overholt, Kaywood, Roth and Seymour
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bay
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said
Ordinance No. 4317 on the 30th day of March, 1982.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal
of the City of Anaheim this 30th day of March, 1982.
CITY CLERK OF THE GIT OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 4317 and was published once
in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 9th day of April, 1982.
CITY CLERK