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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
City of Anaheim
PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT
DATE: OCTOBER 24, 2023
FROM: PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3.04 OF THE ANAHEIM
MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE SUBCONTRACTORS TO
DISCLOSE RECENT LABOR CODE VIOLATIONS WHEN
OBTAINING A BUSINESS LICENSE
ATTACHMENT (Y/N): YES ITEM # 23 GOVERNMENT CODE § 84308 APPLIES: NO
REQUESTED ACTION:
That the City Council, by Ordinance, amend Chapter 3.04 of the Anaheim Municipal Code to require subcontractors to disclose recent labor code violations when obtaining a business license and determine that the ordinance relates to organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, and therefore is not a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and the State CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060 (c)(3), and 15378.
DISCUSSION:
Mayor Ashleigh Aitken requested an agenda item for City Council consideration of an ordinance to require subcontractors to disclose recent labor code violations when obtaining a business license. To facilitate this agenda item, staff prepared the attached ordinance.
The Anaheim Municipal Code currently requires that, prior to a contractor’s request for final city building inspection of a construction project, a contractor must provide a Subcontractors/Professional Service List identifying the licensing information for all contractors, subcontractors, and professional services and individuals performing any work on the project. The proposed ordinance would expand the scope of information required to be disclosed by subcontractors to include any pending or final determinations for state or federal labor code violations within the prior five (5) years. The disclosure requirement would be applicable only to projects involving 20 or more residential units or 20,000 or more square feet of commercial or industrial development.
Carpenter’s Initiative
October 24, 2023
The disclosures are intended to recognize and promote the value of fair labor and business practices in the City. Similar ordinances have recently been adopted by the cities of Santa Ana and Irvine. If introduced, the ordinance would come back to the Council for a second reading, and if approved, would take effect 30 days thereafter.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Administrative activities associated with the adoption and administration of this ordinance are included in the Planning & Building Department budget. The ordinance will have no budgetary impact.
Respectfully submitted,
Ted White
Director of Planning and Building
Attachments:
1. Ordinance
2. Municipal Code (Redline)