Title
Revised Code Enforcement Procedures
Recommendation
That the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors receive the staff report on options for revised code enforcement procedures; direct staff on the options regarding expedition of the code enforcement process found on pages three (3) though four (4) of this report, which include:
a. Continuing to conduct code enforcement investigations and proceedings in the same manner as is done currently;
b. Implementing a moderately expedited enforcement process which reduces the grace period after the service of a Notice of Nuisance and Findings of Nuisance and Order of Abatement from thirty (30) days to ten (10) days; and
c. Implementing a substantially expedited enforcement process that combines the abatement and administrative penalty processes, and significantly reduces the time required to abate and penalize nuisances and other violations of the Humboldt County Code; and
direct staff on the additional options related to the code enforcement process found on pages four (4) though five (5) of this report, which include:
a. Designating a County Hearing Officer, pursuant to California Government Code Section 22770, for the purpose of conducting and ruling on nuisance abatement, administrative penalty and other County hearings;
b. Designating the Code Enforcement Unit as the primary enforcement agency for violations of County ordinances regulating commercial marijuana cultivation; and
c. Ending the referral process and having the Code Enforcement Unit directly handle all complaints regarding alleged violations of the Humboldt County Code.