To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Approve Administrative Civil Penalty Assessment on Property Located at 473 Quarry Road, Trinidad
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the proposed Administrative Civil Penalty Assessment on the property located at 473 Quarry Road in Trinidad which is in violation of various Humboldt County Codes in the amount of $62,431.79 in accordance with Title III, Division 5, Chapter 2, section 352-20 Summary Approval of Proposed Administrative Civil Penalty Assessments.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Property Owner
DISCUSSION:
The Board is being asked to approve the proposed Administrative Civil Penalty Assessment against a property owned by Charles Garth located at 473 Quarry Road in Trinidad (APN 515-172-010). A list of the public nuisances and code violations located on the property are itemized in Attachment A.
Code enforcement received complaints about the public nuisances on the property in 2017. Attachment B is a complete timeline of the enforcement efforts since 2017, while a summary of actions is below.
On August 14, 2017, a multi-agency inspection of the subject property was conducted which resulted in the issuance of a Notice to Abate Nuisance (NTA) and a Notice of Violation and Proposed Administrative Civil Penalty (NOV) for violations of Humboldt County Code (HCC). The proposed Administrative Civil Penalty was for a total of $8,000 per day for twelve (12) violations, for a period of up to 90 days. Attachment C includes copies of the inspection report, NTA and NOV.
The property owner submitted an appeal hearing request for the NTA and the NOV pursuant to HCC sections 351-8(g) and 352-8(g). On June 11, 2018, the administrative appeal hearing was held via video conference before Hearing Officer Kimberly Buchholz with the Institute for Administrative Justice, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School...
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