Brentwood, CA Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)

040 sets the inspection cadence for Brentwood's rental property program in one sentence: the enforcement officer has to inspect the exterior of every rental property at least once every two years to check compliance with applicable laws. 030 defines who falls under that cycle. Subsection A applies the chapter to every rental property in the city except the properties the chapter exempts, and subsection C lists those exemptions: properties exempt from municipal regulation under state or federal law for as long as that exemption lasts, all mobile homes, manufactured homes, recreational vehicles and other units located in a mobile home park, and hotels and motels.

Subsection B is the safety valve for landlords who assume a two-year gap means the city can only show up once every two years: the chapter is "supplementary and complementary" to the rest of the municipal code, and nothing in it limits the city's existing right to inspect a rental property, or enforce violations against it, more often than the two-year floor requires. The program itself is not permanent by default. 100 requires the city council to review the whole chapter three years after its effective date to weigh the program's effectiveness and its cost to the general fund, and the council can then vote to continue, amend, or repeal the inspection requirement entirely. 090.