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From: James F. Penman, City Attorney Subject: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
SAN BERNARDINO ADDING
CHAPTER 15.26 TO THE SAN
BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO POSTING OF
INFORMATION ON ALL
MULTIFAMILY RENTAL UNITS.
Dept: City Attorney
Date: October 16, 2006 ORIGINAL
Synopsis of Previous Council action: None.
Recommended motion: That said Ordinance be referred to the Legislative Review Committee.
Signature
Contact person: James F. Penman Phone: 5355
Supporting data attached: Ward: All
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: NONE
Source: (Acct. No.)
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Finance:
Council Notes:
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75-0262 Agenda Item No.
STAFF REPORT
Council Meeting Date: October 16,2006
TO: Mayor and Common Council
FROM: City Attorney's Office
DATE: October 12, 2006
AGENDA: October 16, 2006
The City has a high number of multi-unit residential properties. Often these properties
have code violations or other problems that make it necessary to contact the owners of managers
of these properties. In a majority of the properties the tenants do not know who to contact, nor
does the community, when there is a problem at these properties. This Ordinance will require all
multi-unit residential properties to be posted with the name and phone number of a responsible
person who can be reached 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. The property also must be posted
with the owners name and phone number, as well as the phone number for Code Enforcement.
Posting of these properties will allow not only the City to know how to reach the responsible
person, but also the residents and community as well. By requiring that the property be posted
with Code Enforcement's phone number, residents in the community will have the information
they need to address the problems in their neighborhood. This Ordinance will make property
owners more visible to the public and should result in more care being given to the properties.
Violation of this ordinance will be either an infraction or a misdemeanor and punishable
by a$100.00 fine for an infraction and up to a $1,000.00 fine and/or six months in jail for a
misdemeanor.
City Attorney
PLO)"' R A F T
1 ORDINANCE NO.
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING CHAPTER
15.26 TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO POSTING OF
3 INFORMATION ON ALL MULTIFAMILY RENTAL UNITS.
4 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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6 SECTION 1. Chapter 15.26 is hereby added to the San Bernardino Municipal Code to
7 read as follows:
8 Chapter 15.26 POSTING OF OWNERSHIP INFORMATION ON MULTIFAMILY RENTAL
9 UNITS
10 15.26.010 Sign and Notification Requirements
11 All residential multifamily residential units shall be posted with a required identification
12 sign in a location that is clearly visible from the street and shall clearly display the following
13 information in lettering of sufficient size to be easy to read from the street:
14 A. The name of the managing agency,agent property manager,or owner of the unit,
15 and a telephone number at which that party may be reached on a twenty-four(24)
16 hour basis;
17 B. The name and telephone number of the owner of the property; and
18 C. The telephone number of the City's Code Compliance Department.
19 15.26.020 Violation-Penalty
20 Any person violating this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor or an infraction which,
21 upon conviction thereof,is punishable in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.12.010 of this
22 Code.
23 15.26.030 Severability.
24 Should any provision, section, paragraph, sentence, or words of this Ordinance be
25 rendered or declared invalid by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction, or by
26 reason of any preemptive legislation,the remaining provisions,sections,paragraphs,sentences,and
27 words of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
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• City Attorney
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1 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and
2 Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a regular meeting thereof, held on
3 the day of , 2006 the following vote, to wit:
4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
5 ESTRADA
6 BAXTER
7 VACANT
8 DERRY
9 KELLEY
lo JOHNSON
11 MCCAMMACK
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Rachel G. Clark, City Clerk
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The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this_day of ) 2006.
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PATRICK J. MORRIS, Mayor
19 City of San Bernardino
20 Approved as to form:
21 JAMES F. PENMAN,
City Attorney
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23 By:
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25 City Attorney
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