§ 11-302. PURPOSE.

The Council finds that substandard buildings or structures, as defined in this article, are a public nuisance by virtue of their conditions or defects to the extent that the life, health, property or safety of the public or their occupants are endangered. The Council further finds that immediate abatement of substandard buildings or structures by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal is necessary to protect and preserve the safety of citizens and communities where such structures are found.

The purposes of this article are to safeguard, remedy and prevent the decay and deterioration of residential buildings and property as defined herein, and to eliminate slums and blighted neighborhoods by providing minimum housing and property maintenance standards for the protection of life, health, welfare, safety, environment, and property of the general public and of the owners and occupants of such buildings.

The procedures established in this article are cumulative and in addition to any other remedy established by law and that these procedures are substantially similar to those procedures set forth in Title 25 California Code of Regulations Article 6 § 48 et seq.

(Added Ord. 97-69, § 2, eff. 1-4-98).