HomeMy WebLinkAbout1389 - ORDINANCES - 7/23/1991 ORDINANCE NO. 1389
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, ADDING SUBSECTION 4 . 08. 110 (h) TO THE
PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE, AUTHORIZING LANDLORDS
TO PASS THROUGH 30% OF THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION/
RENEWAL FEE TO TENANTS THROUGH A RENT INCREASE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4 . 08 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is
hereby amended by adding thereto subsection 4 . 08 . 110 (h) , to
read as follows:
(h) Annual Registration/Renewal pass-through to
tenants. Notwithstanding the above provisions concerning
maximum rental increases, a landlord may increase the
rent on any controlled unit for which the annual
registration/renewal fee has been paid in accordance with
the provisions of this regulation, in the amount of one-
twelfth (1/12) of thirty percent (30%) of the
registration/renewal fee (which was previously paid by
the landlord) per month, provided that all past
registration/renewal fees have been paid prior to the
rental increase notice being given by landlord to tenant,
as outlined below. The rent increase provided in this
Subsection may be implemented sixty (60) days following
written notice given by landlord to tenant, which notice
shall provide specific reference to this Subsection.
Such rental increases shall not, in any twelve month
period, cumulatively exceed thirty percent (30%) of the
amount of the registration/renewal fees paid by landlord
for the year at issue. The registration/renewal fee
pass-through shall not be considered part of the rent in
calculating any rent increase to which a landlord is
entitled pursuant to this chapter. Any pass-through as
permitted by this section shall be initiated within 12
months from the date the registration/renewal fee is paid
by the landlord, but not for periods preceding Septem-
ber 1, 1991.
SECTION 2 . EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect thirty (30) days after passage.
SECTION 3 . PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and
directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and to
cause the same or a summary thereof or a display
advertisement, duly prepared according to law, to be published
in accordance with law.
ADOPTED this 23rd day of July 1991.
AYES: Councilmembers Broich, Hodges, Murawski , Neel , and Mayor Bono
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST• CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, ,CAIyIFORNIA`-
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Qity' Clerk <� Mayor
REVIEWED & APPROVED: i' A� 3C
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the fo egoing Ordinance 1389 was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs,
California, in a meeting held on the 19th day of July, 1991,
and that same was duly published in the DESERT SUN, a newspaper
of general circulation on�July
� 27, 1991.
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