HomeMy WebLinkAbout1392 - ORDINANCES - 7/31/1991 ORDINANCE NO. 1392
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 4 . 08. 070 (f) (3) BY
REPEALING SUBSECTION 4 . 08 . 070 (f) (3) AND ADDING A
NEW SUBSECTION 4 . 08 . 070 (f) (3) , REQUIRING THE RENT
REVIEW COMMISSION TO LIMIT THE DURATION OF ANY
EXTRAORDINARY HARDSHIP RENT INCREASE GRANTED.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Subsection 4 . 08 . 070 (f) (3) of the Palm springs
Municipal Code is hereby repealed and a new subsection
4. 08. 070 (f) (3) is hereby added to Chapter 4 . 08 of the Palm Springs
Municipal Code, to read as follows:
(3) To receive, investigate, hear and determine petitions of
landlords for hardship adjustment of rent pursuant to Section
4 . 080. 060. Any hardship rent increase granted shall be
limited to that period of time necessary to alleviate any
demonstrated hardship. It shall be the obligation of the
landlord, in any petition brought pursuant to Section
4 . 08 . 060, to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence,
that a hardship increase should be granted for a period of
time greater than three hundred sixty five (365) calendar days
from and after the effective date of the determination of the
Commission, pursuant to Sections 4 . 08 . 080 (e) , (f) (2) and
4 . 08 . 110 (a) . Adjustments or increases may take the form of a
redetermination of base rent, a surcharge for utility or other
services, or such other adjustment or increase as the
Commission shall find to be either necessary or appropriate.
No hardship increase shall be granted without the affirmative
vote of at least three (3) Commissioners;
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 31st day of July , 1991
AYES: Councilmembers Broich, Hodges, Nurawski , Neel and Mayor Bono
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY .Cy PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
By,.. b _
City Clerk Mayor
REVIEWED & APPROVED: i'.`� �
I HEREBY CERTIFY that ''the foregoing Ordinance 1392 was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm Spr
California, in a meeting held on the 31st day 0f luly,
and that same was duly published in the DESERT SUN, a new Ar
of general circulation on August 10, 1,991.
----JUDITH SU11ICH