Thousand Oaks, CA Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- 2+ ignored final orders in 12 months
- Program name
- Proactive Code Compliance Policy
- Adopted by
- City Council resolution
- Governing standard
- Uniform Housing Code
- Ordinance
- Ord. 1319-NS, eff. June 4, 1998
- Scope once designated
- All owner's habitable properties
Summary
Thousand Oaks does not inspect every rental annually. Instead, an owner who twice ignores a Code Compliance Officer's final order within twelve months is designated a Substandard Housing Owner and every habitable property that owner holds is placed into the City's Proactive Code Compliance Policy.
All property with a building or buildings intended for human habitation owned by a Substandard Housing Owner shall be subject to the Substandard Housing Owner Proactive Code Compliance Policy adopted by resolution of the City Council.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-78: 2026 S-78 Supplement contains: Current city legislation passed through March 31, 2026).
Full Breakdown
TOMC Chapter 7 of Title 5, adopted by Ord. 01). 02 defines a "Substandard Housing Owner" as any Property Owner who, "on two (2) or more occasions within a twelve (12) month period, has failed to obey a 'final order' of the Code Compliance Officer" under the Uniform Housing Code. 03 provides that "all property with a building or buildings intended for human habitation owned by a Substandard Housing Owner shall be subject to the Substandard Housing Owner Proactive Code Compliance Policy adopted by resolution of the City Council," meaning every qualifying property that owner holds, not just the one that triggered the finding, is enrolled for repeat inspection.
04 sets the exit path: a property comes out of the program if a City inspection finds no Uniform Housing Code violations, if discovered violations are abated within the Code Compliance Officer's required period, or if a visual exterior inspection by a City-designated enforcement officer turns up no violations of any applicable law or code.
Violations & Fines
There is no separate fine schedule in Chapter 7 itself; the underlying Uniform Housing Code violations that trigger and continue a Substandard Housing Owner designation remain enforceable as ordinary Municipal Code violations under TOMC § 1-2.01, chargeable as an infraction (up to $500 for a third offense within a year) or a misdemeanor (up to $1,000 and six months in jail) under § 1-2.03. A property stays inside the proactive inspection cycle until it satisfies one of the three removal conditions in § 5-7.04.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Thousand Oaks inspect every rental unit?
What happens once a landlord is designated a Substandard Housing Owner?
How does a property get removed from the program?
Sources & Official References
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