https://cityofmerced.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=8043248&GUID=88E9A0D3-F4C6-48E3-91FD-B6703C12204DLegistar15https://cityofmerced.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=8043248&GUID=88E9A0D3-F4C6-48E3-91FD-B6703C12204D88E9A0D3-F4C6-48E3-91FD-B6703C12204D-2026-05-28-21-28-48Title: SUBJECT: Consideration of the First Reading of an Ordinance Adding a New Chapter 8.53 of the Merced Municipal Code to Create a Repeat Housing Code Violators Program REPORT IN BRIEF This Ordinance proposes a new Chapter 8.53 of the Merced Municipal Code to Create a Repeat Housing Code Violators Program to establish standards and procedures to penalize rental property owners who demonstrate a pattern of neglect, unresolved violations, or unsafe conditions for tenants to preserve rental housing supply within the City of Merced. RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopt a motion: A. Introducing and approving the first reading of Ordinance 2591, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, Adding a New Chapter 8.53, “Repeat Housing Code Violators Program; to the Merced Municipal Code and, B. Setting the Ordinance for a second reading and adoption.Thu, 28 May 2026 21:28:48 GMT