The purpose of this chapter, in conjunction with the procedural provisions of Section 19.40.020C, is to establish fair and efficient procedures for the enforcement of the State Housing Law and implementing regulations and uniform codes, and for the recovery by the City of any and all recoverable costs it may incur in the enforcement of the State Housing Law and implementing regulations and uniform codes, with fairness to both owners, tenants and the affected public.

The City Council determines and declares that the procedures established in this chapter, in conjunction with the procedural provisions of Section 19.40.020C, are intended to constitute procedures for the implementation of Part 1.5 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, including Sections 17980 et seq. and are in substantial compliance therewith, and are substantially equivalent, for the purposes intended and the purposes stated above, to the provisions of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations and the State Housing Law. (Ord. 6475-NS § 11 (part), 1999)