CHAPTER 5. Administration and Enforcement [17960. - 17992.]
Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1844.
§§ 17960–17992 · 62 sections
ARTICLE 1. Enforcement Agencies §§ 17960–17967 · 11 sections
- § 17960 The building department of every city or county shall enforce within its jurisdiction all the provisions published in the State Building Standards Code, the…
- § 17960.1 (a) The governing body of a local agency may authorize its enforcement agency to contract with or employ a private entity or persons on a temporary basis to…
- § 17960.3 (a) (1) Upon an application for a residential building permit being deemed complete pursuant to Section 65913.3 of the Government Code, a city or county shall…
- § 17960.5 The building standards for residential buildings in Chapter 2-53 of Part 2, and Chapter 4-10 of Part 4, of Title 24 of the California Administrative Code…
- § 17960.10 The building department, housing department, or health department enforcing any of the provisions of this part may develop a list of public or publicly funded…
- § 17961 (a) The housing or building department or, if there is no building department acting pursuant to this section, the health department of every city, county, or…
- § 17962 The chief of any city or any county fire department or district providing fire protection services, and their authorized representatives, shall enforce in…
- § 17964 By charter, ordinance, or resolution, a city, county, or city and county may designate and charge a department organized to carry out the purposes of this…
- § 17965 Where there is no local enforcement agency charged with the enforcement of this part pursuant to Section 17964, and to the extent that enforcement…
- § 17966 Cities or counties or fire protection districts may contract with the department for assistance by the department in the enforcement of the applicable…
- § 17967 The department may examine the records of the various city, city and county, or county departments charged with the enforcement of building standards published…
ARTICLE 2. Inspection §§ 17970–17972 · 6 sections
- § 17970 Any officer, employee, or agent of an enforcement agency may enter and inspect any building or premises whenever necessary to secure compliance with, or…
- § 17970.3 (a) This section shall only apply to both of the following: (1) A new residential construction of a building that contains at least 1 unit, but no more than 10…
- § 17970.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a city or county that receives a complaint from a tenant, resident, or occupant, or an agent of a tenant,…
- § 17970.7 (a) By January 1, 2025, local enforcement agencies shall develop policies and procedures for inspecting a building with multiple units if an inspector or code…
- § 17971 The owner, or authorized agent of any owner, of any building or premises may enter the building or premises whenever necessary to carry out any instructions,…
- § 17972 No person authorized by this article to enter buildings shall enter any dwelling between the hours of 6 o'clock p.m. of any day and 8 o'clock a.m. of the…
ARTICLE 2.2. Exterior Elevated Elements: Inspections. § 17973 · 1 section
- § 17973 (a) Exterior elevated elements that include load-bearing components in all buildings containing three or more multifamily dwelling units shall be inspected.…
ARTICLE 2.3. Inspection of Homeless Shelters §§ 17974–17974.6 · 8 sections
- § 17974 For purposes of this article: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) (1) “Homeless shelter” means any of the…
- § 17974.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a city or county that receives a complaint from an occupant of a homeless shelter, or an agent of an…
- § 17974.1.5 (a) A homeless shelter shall prominently display at the shelter information about an occupant’s rights and the process for reporting a complaint alleging a…
- § 17974.2 (a) The owner or operator of a homeless shelter shall be responsible for the correction of any violations for which a notice of violation has been given under…
- § 17974.3 (a) The requirements of this article shall not be construed to impose a mandatory duty pursuant to Section 815.6 of the Government Code, and shall not be…
- § 17974.4 (a) In addition to the penalties authorized under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 17995), an owner or operator of a homeless shelter who fails to meet the…
- § 17974.5 (a) Each city and each county shall submit a report annually to the department and the state agency by April 1 of each year that includes all of the following…
- § 17974.6 The Legislature finds and declares that this article addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5…
ARTICLE 2.5. Tenant Relocation Assistance §§ 17975–17975.10 · 11 sections
- § 17975 (a) Any tenant who is displaced or subject to displacement from a residential rental unit as a result of an order to vacate or an order requiring the vacation…
- § 17975.1 (a) The relocation benefits required by this article shall be paid by the owner or designated agent to the tenant within 10 days after the date that the order…
- § 17975.2 The relocation payment shall be made available by the owner or designated agent to the tenant in each residential unit and shall be a sum equal to two months…
- § 17975.3 (a) Any owner or designated agent who does not make timely payment as specified in Section 17975.1 shall be liable to the tenant for an amount equal to 11/2…
- § 17975.4 (a) No relocation benefits pursuant to this article shall be payable to any tenant who has caused or substantially contributed to the condition giving rise to…
- § 17975.5 (a) If the owner or designated agent fails, neglects, or refuses to pay relocation payments to a displaced tenant or a tenant subject to displacement, except…
- § 17975.6 Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 17975.1 and subdivision (a) of Section 17975.5, if there are fewer than 10 days between the first posting and…
- § 17975.7 The remedies under this article are cumulative and in addition to any other remedies available under federal, state, or local law.
- § 17975.8 Any order by a local agency that requires a tenant’s displacement and is issued to an owner, designated agent, or tenant, shall be accompanied by a summary of…
- § 17975.9 While it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to provide an expedient means by which to provide relocation funds to tenants, nothing in…
- § 17975.10 When seeking reimbursement under an optional local program intended to advance relocation payments to displaced tenants when the owner fails, neglects, or…
ARTICLE 3. Actions and Proceedings §§ 17980–17992 · 25 sections
- § 17980 (a) If a building is constructed, altered, converted, or maintained in violation of any provision of, or in violation of any order or notice that gives a…
- § 17980.1 (a) If a building is identified by a city, city and county, or county pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19160) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division…
- § 17980.2 (a) If the enforcement agency, in accordance with Section 17980.1, shall desire that the receiver obtain a lien for costs incurred in connection therewith in…
- § 17980.3 (a) Any receiver appointed pursuant to this section shall have all of the powers and duties conferred by this section, and Sections 17980.1 and 17980.2, and…
- § 17980.4 (a) Whenever the enforcement agency sues for the expenses involved in the execution of any order, it may join in the same suit and claim any civil remedy for…
- § 17980.5 The local enforcement agency may establish and maintain a special fund for the purpose of implementing Sections 17980.1 to 17980.4, inclusive.
- § 17980.6 If any building is maintained in a manner that violates any provisions of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code…
- § 17980.7 If the owner fails to comply within a reasonable time with the terms of the order or notice issued pursuant to Section 17980.6, the following provisions shall…
- § 17980.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a determination that an unsafe or substandard condition exists in any building, or upon the lot upon which it is…
- § 17980.9 Notwithstanding Section 17980, whenever the enforcement agency inspects any vacant single-family dwelling within the City of Los Angeles or the City of San…
- § 17980.10 (a) An enforcement agency that properly declares any dwelling a nuisance and, using the notice requirements and procedures specified in Subchapter 1…
- § 17980.11 If an enforcement agency has recorded with a county recorder any notice of substandard or untenantable conditions issued pursuant to this part for a…
- § 17980.12 (a) (1) An enforcement agency, until January 1, 2030, that issues to an owner of an accessory dwelling unit described in subparagraph (A) or (B) below, a…
- § 17981 An enforcement agency which institutes any action or proceeding pursuant to this article may, by verified complaint setting forth the facts, apply to the…
- § 17982 If any notice or order issued by an enforcement agency is not complied with within a reasonable time as specified in such notice or order the enforcement…
- § 17983 The superior court may make any order for which application is made pursuant to this article.
- § 17984 Neither an enforcement agency, any of its officers, nor any city or county for which an enforcement agency may act, is liable for costs in any action or…
- § 17985 (a) Any enforcement agency which institutes an action or proceeding pursuant to this article shall record a notice of the pendency of the action or proceeding…
- § 17986 The county recorder with whom a notice of pendency of action or proceeding is filed shall record and index it in the name of each person to be specified in a…
- § 17987 Any notice of pendency of action or proceeding may be vacated upon the order of a judge of the court in which the action or proceeding is pending. A certified…
- § 17988 In any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this article, service of summons is sufficient if served in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure.
- § 17989 Except under conditions immediately affecting health or safety, every notice or order issued pursuant to this part shall be served five days before the time…
- § 17990 The time to file a written pleading in response to a summons in an action brought pursuant to this article is 10 days.
- § 17991 (a) The sale or other transfer of property to a third party shall not render moot an administrative or judicial action or proceeding pursuant to this article,…
- § 17992 Any person who obtains an ownership interest in any property after a notice of pendency of an action or proceeding was recorded with respect to the property…