Orange Taxpayers Council, Inc. v. City of Orange

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

PASHMAN, J.

This is the third of three related cases challenging municipal power to prevent the deterioration of rented residential housing. Here we consider the validity of a rent control ordinance which prohibits increases in rent without a certification that a dwelling is in “substantial compliance” with municipal housing regulations.

On November 15, 1976, the City of Orange enacted Ordinance MCD 27-76 “to regulate, control and stabilize rents and to create a Rent Control Board within the City of Orange * The enactment codified and replaced the…