Pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 38780) of Chapter 10, Part 2, Division 3, Title 4 of the Government Code of the state of California, it is the intent of the city council to assure that the purchasers of residential property within this city are furnished with reports of matters of city record pertaining to the authorized use, occupancy, and zoning classification of residential property prior to sale or exchange.
(Prior code § 65100.01)
For the purposes of this chapter:
"Agreement of sale"
means any agreement, reduced to writing, which provides that legal title of any real property shall thereafter be conveyed from one owner to another.
"Owner"
means any person, partnership, association, company, corporation or fiduciary in whom or which is vested legal title to residential property, as defined herein, or who or which possesses the power to convey legal title to such residential property.
"Residential property"
means:
1. 
Any real property improved with one or more buildings or structures which in whole or in part are used for or are legally permitted to be used for dwelling unit or guest room purposes;
2. 
Any vacant real property located in a zone wherein dwelling or guest room uses are legally permitted.
(Prior code § 65100.04)
Prior to entering into an agreement of sale or contracting for an exchange of any residential property, or, where an escrow agreement has been executed in connection therewith, prior to the close of escrow, the owner or owner's agent shall deliver to the buyer or transferee of such property the report of residential property classification hereinafter described.
(Prior code § 65100.07)
A. 
The owner shall obtain from the planning department of the city a copy of the official zoning map of the city then pertaining, and pay to the city costs of such map. At the time of receiving such request, the planning department shall give to the owner or owner's agent the reporting form required by the city showing the advice required to be given by the owner in pursuance to this code.
B. 
The owner shall complete the report form required by the city to be given to the buyer or transferee which shall show at least the following:
1. 
The zoning classification of the property in question and the zoning classification of the property in the immediate vicinity of the residential property in question;
2. 
The authorized uses of the subject property.
C. 
The requirements of subsection (B)(1) and (2) of this section may be met by the owner or owner's agent furnishing to the buyer or transferee of the subject residential property a copy of the zoning map showing the places of the subject property on the map, together with such mimeographed material showing in brief the authorized uses in the zones as the city may, from time to time, deem appropriate.
(Prior code § 65100.13)
The report of the owner completed on a form furnished by the planning director shall be delivered by the owner or owner's agent to the buyer or transferee of the subject residential property prior to entering into an agreement of sale or exchange of the property. Except that where, in connection with the sale or exchange, an escrow agreement has been executed, the seller or seller's agent may transmit such reports to the escrow agent, with an instruction that the agent would present these reports to the buyer or transferee prior to close of escrow, or may instruct the escrow agent to obtain the report forms and fill them out and present them to the buyer or transferee prior to the close of escrow. A copy of the report completed by the owner or owner's agent, endorsed by the buyer or transferee, showing its receipt, shall be filed with the planning director, together with a fee which may be set, from time to time, by the council to cover the costs of the work of the city in this respect, and shall be delivered to the city at the close of the escrow for the sale or immediately upon the execution of the agreement of sale or exchange of the residential property.
(Prior code § 65100.16)
No sale or exchange of residential property subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be invalidated because of the failure of any person responsible for furnishing the reports required by this chapter to furnish such report, unless such failure is an act or omission which would be a sufficient ground for the rescission of such sale or exchange in the absence of this chapter.
(Prior code § 65100.22)
It is unlawful for the owner of a residential building to sell or exchange the same without first having obtained and delivered to the buyer the report required in this chapter.
(Prior code § 65100.25)