SEC. 91.9502. SCOPE.
Los Angeles Rent Rules (LAMC excerpts) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-08 · Los Angeles
The provisions of this division shall apply to any existing concrete building built pursuant to a permit application for a new building that was submitted before January 13, 1976, or, if no permit can be located, the structure is determined by the Department to have been built under building code standards enacted before January 13, 1976. (Amended by Ord. No. 186,583, Eff. 4/30/20.)
EXCEPTIONS: This division shall not apply to detached single-family dwellings or detached duplexes. Moreover, notwithstanding any provision of this Code, compliance with this division shall not require existing electrical, plumbing, mechanical or fire-safety systems to be altered to comply with existing code unless they constitute a hazard to life or property.