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= ORDINANCE NO 607
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA,
ADDING CHAPTER 6A TO THE TUSTIN CITY CODE RE-
5 LATING TO REQUIRED CONSUMER PROTECTION IN
CONNECTION WITH RESIDENTIAL SALES.
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5 The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby
6 ordain as follows:
7 SECTION I: Chapter 6A is added to the Tustin City
8 Code to read:
9 CHAPTER 6A
10 CONSUMER PROTECTION IN RESIDENTIAL SALES
11 Article I. First Sales In Residential Subdivisions.
12 Section 6A-1. Purpose. This Chapter is enacted in
13 order to insure that purchasers of residential properties within
14 the'~City of Tustin upon first sale will be fully advised of the
15 exact nature of the purchase, including information relating to
16 the zoning of surrounding properties and the City's Master Plan
17 of Land Use as well as prevention of misleading information about
18 the quality of construction.
19 Section 6A-2. Model Homes. All model ho'mes constructec2
20 for sales purposes in a residential subdivision shall be buiiz
21 in exact accordance with the building construction plans sub-
22 mitted and approved for all structures to be built in the sub-
~ division. No change, alteration or increase in the quality or
'24 quantity of construction materials or decorator finishes, shown
2§ on the approved building .plans, shall be permitted in a 'mode].
26 home, unless every such change, alteration or increase is plainly
27 marked by signs wi'thin view of .prospective purchasers and located
~8 at the place of the change, containing letters and numbers of not
1_ less than 2" in height'setting forth the exact d~fferences in
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2 specifications. Those items installed ih the model by the de-
5 veloper as decorator items which are not for sale and those
4 items installed as optional accessory furnishings or materials
5 shall likewise be marked with signs of not less than 2" letters,
6 indicating such to prospective purchasers.
7 Section 6A-3. Furnishing of Planning and Zoning.
8 Information. Every person, firm or corporation selling, or offer-
9 ing for sale, 'residential property within an appreved subdivision
10 tract in the City of Tustin shall attach, affix or otherwise
!1 incorporate into all printed matter relating to sales information
12 about said residential properties, copies of the latest revised
15 edition of the City of Tustin Zoning Map, the latest revised
14 edition of the Map of the Land Use Element of the Tustin Area.
15 General Plan, and the latest revised edition of the School
16 District Boundaries Map showing all school districts within the
17 City of Tustin slnowin~ t_~e location of schools and assignments o~
18 school population served, as furnished by the Tustin Unifie.d
19 School District- Said editions shall be as prepared or approved
~0 by the City of Tustin, bearing the date of approval and the signa-
21 ture of the Secretary of the Planning Commission. A reasonable
22 fee for such maps may be charged.
~ .Article iI- Voluntar~r Structural Inspection-
'24 Section 6A-4. Structural inspection- At the request
25 of the owner, his agent, or the pros.!pective purchz~.ser, and upon
26 the payment of a fee in the a'mount of 'Pwenty-five Do].!a. rs
27 ($25.00), a physical inspection of ~.ny residential.~ commercial,
~8 professional, or industrial building shall be m~<.ie by the
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1 -Building inspector and a report furnished stating building code
"' 2 d-islcrepancies noted, corrective action necessary, and authorized
5 occupancy of the structure; said inspection shall be used to
4 satisfy ',the procedures and requirements for mortgage insurance
5 of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop'ment and the
6 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs-
7 PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
8 Council held on the 25th day of February, 1974
ATTEST:
"-CI~ CLERK
STA~ OP CALIFORNIA)
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6% CI~ OF ~STIN )
RUTH C. POE, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council
~' of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify thaz the
17 whole nu'~er of me~ers of the City Council of the City of
~s'tin is five; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No.
18 was duly and regularly introduced and read at a regular meetinJ
of the City Council held on the y/. ''y' day of ~: .-~, , , i976,
19 and was given its second reading and duly passed and adopted
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a regular meeting held on the .~"" day of ~' b~','" ~'~
by the following vote:
~1 AYES: COUNCIL~N SALTARELLI, LANGLEY~ WELSH~ WOODRUFF,
2~ NOES: COUNCIL~N NONE
~ ABSENT: COUNCILNEN NONE
26 C'ity clerk-.
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