Los Angeles Municipal Code Div. 1 Title and Purpose

(Title and Division Amended in Entirety by Ord. No. 173,011, Eff. 1/30/00.)

Section

(Amended by Ord. No. 185,644, Eff. 7/6/18.)

This Article shall be known as the Los Angeles Housing Code, a portion of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. Wherever the phrase “this Article” is used, it shall mean the Los Angeles Housing Code. Wherever the phrase “this Code” is used, it shall mean the Los Angeles Municipal Code.

(Amended by Ord. No. 173,011, Eff. 1/30/00.)

It is found and declared that there exist in the City of Los Angeles substandard and unsanitary residential buildings and dwelling units the physical conditions and characteristics of which render them unfit or unsafe for human occupancy and habitation, and which conditions and characteristics are such as to be detrimental to or jeopardize the health, safety and welfare of their occupants and of the public.

It is further found and declared that the existence of such substandard buildings and dwelling units threatens the physical, social and economic stability of sound residential buildings and areas, and of their supporting neighborhood facilities and institutions; necessitates disproportionate expenditures of public funds for remedial action; impairs the efficient and economical exercise of governmental powers and functions; and destroys the amenity of residential areas and neighborhoods and of the community as a whole.

For these reasons it is hereby declared to be the policy of the City of Los Angeles:

(1) That it is in the public interest of the people of Los Angeles to protect and promote the existence of sound and wholesome residential buildings, dwelling units and neighborhoods by the adoption and enforcement of such standards, regulations and procedures as will remedy the existence or prevent the development or creation of dangerous, substandard, or unsanitary and deficient residential buildings and dwelling units; and

(2) That the adoption of the Los Angeles Housing Code is in the interest of the health, safety and welfare of the people of Los Angeles.

(Added by Ord. No. 184,446, Eff. 9/28/16.)

If any provision of this ordinance and Chapter is found to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, that invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this ordinance and Chapter, which can be implemented without the invalid provisions, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.