Modesto Municipal Code Art. 1 Purpose and Scope

The purpose of this article is to maintain the supply of safe, decent, and sound affordable housing in the City of Modesto through the conservation and rehabilitation of the City's existing housing stock. This Act does not limit in any way a tenant's or an owner's rights or obligations under State law. For the purposes of clarification, California Civil Code 1942.5(h) is repeated here: Any lessor or agent of a lessor who violates this section (1942.5) shall be liable to the lessee in a civil action for all of the following:

(1) The actual damages sustained by the lessee.

(2) Punitive damages in an amount of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each retaliatory act where the lessor or agent has been guilty of fraud, oppression, or malice with respect to that act.

(Ord. No. 3703-C.S., § 1, effective 10-24-2019)

(a) The provisions of this article shall apply to all Residential Rental Units located within the city.

(b) Provisions of this article shall be supplementary and complementary to all of the provisions of this Code, and any local, state or federal law including California Health and Safety Code sections 17910 et seq. Nothing herein shall be construed or interpreted to limit any existing right or power of the city to abate and prosecute any and all nuisances or to enforce any other conditions in violation of state or local laws, including but not limited to any building, housing, property maintenance and public nuisance laws.

(Ord. No. 3703-C.S., § 1, effective 10-24-2019)