Huntington Park, CA Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

Chapter 9 of Title 8 of the Huntington Park Municipal Code, titled Unsafe, Dangerous, and Substandard Buildings and Premises, sets the local habitability test in the City of Huntington Park, Los Angeles County, California.

Section 8-9.02(a) applies to any building or structure or portion of one, expressly including any dwelling unit, guest room or suite of rooms, where a listed condition endangers the life, limb, health, property or welfare of the public or the occupants. Subsection (b) lists inadequate sanitation conditions: a missing or improper water closet, lavatory, bath tub or shower in a dwelling unit, a missing or improper kitchen sink, no hot and cold running water to plumbing fixtures in a hotel, apartment or other dwelling unit, inadequate heating facilities, lack or improper operation of required ventilating equipment, lack of required natural light and ventilation, room dimensions below Building Code minimums, inadequate electrical lighting, dampness of habitable rooms, and general dilapidation or improper maintenance. Subsection (c) covers structural hazards such as deteriorated foundations, defective flooring supports, walls that split, lean or buckle, and unsafe fireplaces or chimneys. Later subsections add hazardous wiring, hazardous mechanical equipment, faulty weather protection, faulty materials of construction, inadequate exits and improper occupancy.

Chapter 5-35 repeats the idea in § 5-35.02, adding that a habitable room needs at least two supplied electric receptacle outlets, or one receptacle outlet and one supplied electric light fixture. The former Housing Code, Chapter 1A of Title 8, was repealed by Ord. 2016-954, effective March 5, 2017. Section 8-9.01.1 adopts the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1997 Edition. Appeals go to a three-member Board of Appeals whose members are not City employees (§ 8-9.01.3), then to the City Council.