To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Code Enforcement Unit Annual Report
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive the Code Enforcement Unit's annual report.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund.
DISCUSSION:
This report describes the activities of the Code Enforcement Unit (CEU) from August 27, 2017, the date the CEU was transferred to the Planning and Building Department, to present. The requirement of a CEU annual report to the Board of Supervisors began in August 1994 when the Board created the Community Assistance Unit in response to a growing number of citizen complaints of health and safety concerns. The increased number, severity and complexity of complaints required the creation of the Community Assistance Unit to coordinate the multi-departmental response required to resolve the issues. The Community Assistance Unit was the earliest rendition of what is today known as the CEU and was charged with a host of responsibilities, the annual reporting requirement being one of them.
When the CEU was moved to the Planning and Building Department in August 2017 the annual reporting requirement was not known by the department so this is the first report being provided in response to a community request.
With the transfer of CEU to the Planning and Building Department, there came several changes. First, the Board directed the CEU to actively pursue illegal cannabis cultivation and junk vehicles, instead of being solely complaint driven. To better enforce county regulations, the Board adopted Ordinance 2576 which simplified and expedited the process of resolving violations. The Ordinance established procedures for a Notice to Abate Nuisance and Notice of Violation and Proposed Administrative Civil Penalty (Notice of Violation) which shortened the time period to abate the public nuisance and correction of the code violation from thi...
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