Lodi, CA Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- Uniform Housing Code, 1997 Edition
- Applies to
- All buildings used for human habitation
- Local enforcer
- Building Official / Community Improvement Manager
- Appeal window
- 10 days to Administrative Hearing Officer
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor; each day a separate offense
Summary
Lodi enforces rental habitability through the 1997 Uniform Housing Code, adopted at Municipal Code Sec. 15.24.010, which applies to every building or portion of a building used or intended for human habitation in the city, rentals included. The Building Official investigates conditions, and the Administrative Hearing Officer can order a landlord to repair, vacate and repair, or demolish an unsafe unit.
The provisions set forth in the Uniform Housing Code, 1997 Edition, together with appendixes thereto, are adopted as the housing code of the city of Lodi. The Uniform Housing Code shall apply in all matters pertaining to all buildings or portions thereof used, or designed or intended to be used, for human habitation within the city of Lodi. ... Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment set forth by the governing laws of the jurisdiction. Each separate day or any portion thereof, during which any violation of this code occurs or continues, shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
010 adopts the Uniform Housing Code, 1997 Edition, with its appendixes as Lodi's own housing code, covering all buildings or portions used for human habitation. 030 renames the enforcement roles for Lodi: the "Building Official" is the city's Chief Building Inspector or Community Improvement Manager, the "Health Officer" is the Director of the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Division, and the "Housing Advisory Board" is replaced by the Administrative Hearing Officer. 040 gives the owner, tenant, or any interested party ten days from service or mailing to appeal to the Administrative Hearing Officer, who then sets and notices a hearing at least ten days out.
060, if the hearing officer finds the property unsafe and a public nuisance, the resulting order must state what repair, vacating, or demolition work is required, allow at least ten days before work must start, and set a reasonable completion deadline. 090 lets the Administrative Hearing Officer have the building repaired or demolished by contract, or the materials sold, with the cost assessed against the property or the city's Repair and Demolition Fund. 10's general enforcement and administrative-citation remedies.
Violations & Fines
Violating any Housing Code provision, including maintaining or occupying a substandard rental in defiance of a repair order, is a misdemeanor under Sec. 15.24.100(B), punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment, with each day the violation continues charged as a separate offense. The city may also pursue Chapter 1.10's administrative penalty and abatement process, and, if an owner ignores a final repair or demolition order, recover the cost of city-ordered repair or demolition as a charge against the property.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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