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MAYOB <br />Miguel A. Pulido <br />MAYOR PRO TEM <br />Michele Martinez <br />COUNCILT,4EMBERS <br />P. David Benavides <br />Viceote Sarmienlo <br />Jose Solorio <br />SalTinajero <br />Juan Villegas CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />PLANNINC & BUILDINC ACENCY <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. 8ox 1988 . Santa Ana, California 92702 <br />www-santa-ana.org pba <br />NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER <br />Dear Property Owner <br />An application for a building permit has been submitted in your name listing yourself as lhe builder of the property <br />improvemenls specif ied at 4 <br />We are providing you with an OwnerBuilder Acknowledoment and lnformation Verification Form to make you aware ol <br />your responsibilities and possible risk you may incur by having this permit issued in your names as the Owner-Builder. <br />We will not issue a building permit until you have read, initialed your understanding of each provision, signed, and returned <br />this lorm to us at our official address indicated. An agent of the owner cannot execute this notice unless you, the property <br />owner, obtain the prior approval of the permitting authority. <br />WNE 'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND VERIFICATI N F INF RM N <br />DIR ONS: Read and initial each statement below to signify you understand or verity this information. <br />I understand a frequent practice of unlicensed persons is to have the property owner obtain an "Owner-Builder" <br />ing permit that erroneously implies lhat the property owner is providing his or her own labor and material personally. l, <br />as an Owner-Builder, may be held liable and subject to serious financial risk for any injuries sustained by an unlicensed <br />person and his or her employees while working on my property. My homeowner's insurance may not provide coverage lor <br />those injuries. I am willfully acting as an Owner-Builder and am aware ol the limits ol my insurance coverage for injuries to <br />workers on m y property <br />ACTING CITY MANAGEB <br />Gerardo l\rouel <br />CITY ATTORNEY <br />Sonia R. Carvalho <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL <br />Maria D. Huizar <br />e <br />2. I understand building permits are not required to be signed by property owners unless they are responsible lor <br />nslruction and are not hiring a licensed Contractor to assume this responsibility. <br />3. I understand as an "Owner-Builder" I am the responsible party of record on the permit. I understand that I may <br />rns <br />mysell from potential financial risk by hiring a licensed Contraclor and having the permit filed in his or her name <br />of my own. <br />I understand Contractors are required by law to be licensed and bonded in California and to list lheir license <br />on permits and contracts. <br />4 <br />5. I understand il I employ or otherwise engage any persons. other than California licensed Contractors, and the <br />total value of my construction is al leasl five hundred dollars ($500), including labor and materials, I may be considered an <br />''em i'under state and lederal law <br />eta <br />6. I understand il I am considered an "employer" under state and Federal law, I m ust regisler with the state and <br />lgovernment, withhold payroll taxes, provide workers' compensation disability insurance, and contribute to <br />unemployment compensation of each "employee." I also understand my failure to abide by these laws may subject me to <br />seflou Iinancial risk <br />I understand under California Contractors' Stale License Law, an Owner-Builder who builds single{amily <br />(e ntial slructures cannot legally build them with the intent to offer them lor sale, unless a//work is performed by <br />SANTA ANA CIry COUNCIL <br />mbul do@s.ra.ana.om <br />Mayo, Pro Tem. Ward 2 <br />ftf,an ne2(dsaoia.ana o.. <br />V cenle SarmrBnro <br />vsrnento@santa-ana oro ls010' p@sa.la ana oro dbenav,dcs@sanla ana oro illegr@rgdr:aqeJEc slnaiero@e.l:-an. oro