Article 10 — Criteria for Condominiums

To achieve the purpose of this article, the declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions relating to the management of the common area and facilities shall accompany all proposals for condominium usage. In addition to such covenants, conditions and restrictions that may be required by the Department of Real Estate of the State of California or pursuant to Title 6 of Part IV of Division II of the Civil Code or other state laws or policies, after acceptance in final form by the City, shall be amended, modified or changed without first obtaining the written consent of the City:

• (a) Right of Public Entry to Common Area. The City of Artesia, the County of Los Angeles, the State of California, and the Government of the United States, and any department, bureau or agency thereof, shall have the right of immediate access to all portions of common areas of the condominium project not assigned for the exclusive use of the owner of a particular unit at all times for the purpose of preserving the public health, safety and welfare except in those instances where a common area is accessible only through a private unit. Notice of such right of governmental agency access shall be prominently displayed in the common areas of the condominium project.

• (b) Veto Right and Authority of the City. In consideration for the City's approval of a condominium project, including without limitation any approval of a conversion to condominium usage, the declaration shall provide that the City at its option has the right and authority to veto any action of the association which would tend to decrease the amount of the regular annual assessment upon a finding by the City that such a decrease could or would adversely affect the long-run maintenance of the condominium structure and/or its common areas. To enable the City to exercise said optional veto, the declaration shall provide that association actions to decrease the annual assessment do not become effective until 60 days after written notice of such action is given to the City.

• (c) Amendment of the Declaration. Any amendment to the declaration which would amend, modify, delete or otherwise affect any provision required by this Section 9-1.1001 shall require the prior written approval of the City. To that end, no such amendment of the declaration shall be effective unless (i) the text thereof shall have been submitted to the City 30 days prior to its adoption by the owners; (ii) either the City has approved the amendment or failed to disapprove it within said 30 day period; and (iii) the recorded instrument affecting such amendment shall recite that it was so submitted and approved or not disapproved.

(Ord. 347, § 1)