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ACTING CITY I\4ANAGER Gerardo Mouet C Y ATTORNEY Sonia R. Carvalho CLERK OF THE COUNCIL l\4aria D. Huizar CITY OF SANTA ANA PLANNING & BUILDING AGENCY 20 Civic Center Plaza P.Hox 1988 . Santa Ana, California 92702 www.santa-ana.orglpba NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER Dear Property Owner: An application for a building permit has been submitted in your name listing yourself as the builder of the property improvements specified at 1 /I.41T) p |arE PJvd W, We are providing you with an Owner-Builder Acknowledqment and lnformation Verification Form to make you aware of your responsibilities and possible risk you may incur by having this permit issued in your names as the Owner-Builder We will not issue a building permit until you have read, initialed your understanding of each provision, signed, and returned this form to us at our official address indicated. An agent of the owner cannot execute this notice unless you, the property owner, obtain the prior approval of the permitting authority. OWNER'S ACKN WLED MENT AND VERIFICATION OF INFORMATON DIRECTIONS: Read and initial each statement below to signify you understand or verify this information. l'l/> 't I understand a frequent practice of unlicensed persons is to have the property owner obtain an "Owner-Builder" btilding permit that erroneously implies that the property owner is providing his or her own labor and material personally. l, as an Owner-Builder, may be held liable and subject to serious financial risk for any injuries sustalned by an unlicensed person and his or her employees while working on my property. My homeowner's insurance may not provide coverage for those injuries. I am willfully acting as an Owner-Builder and am aware of the limits of my insurance coverage for injuries to workers on my property. 2. I understand building permits are not required to be signed by property owners unless they are responsible for nstruction and are not hiring a licensed Contractor to assume this responsibility. W ,. , understand as an "Owner-Builder" I am the responsible party of record on the permit. I understand that I may protect myself from potential financial risk by hiring a licensed Coniract,or and having the permit filed an his or her name instead of my own. 4. I understand Contractors are required by law to be licensed and bonded in California and to list their license um bers on permits and contracts 5. I understand if I employ or otherwise engage any persons, other than California licensed Contractors, and the total value of my construction is at least five hundred dollars ($500), including labor and materials, I may be considered an "employer" under state and federal law. iXAU' 6. I understand if lam considered an "employer" under state and Federal law, I m ust register with the state and federal government, withhold payroll taxes, provide workers' com pensation disability insurance] and contribute to unemployment compensatlon of each "employee.' I also understand my failure to abide by these laws may subject me to ser s financial risk 7. I understand under California Contractors' State License Law, an Owner-Builder who builds single-family residential slructures cannot legally build them with the intent to offer them for sale, unless a//work is performed by SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL moLr do@sa.ta'a.a.oro Mayor Pro Tem Ward 2 mimartinez@sanla-ana o.a vsade.lo@santa-anaoro isolonorosantaana.oro dbenavrdes@santaina.oro ivilleoas@sant6-ana.o.o snnaero@sanla-ana oro I\,4AYOR N,4iguelA. Pulido I\,IAYOR PRO TEI\,I Michele Martinez COUNCILMEI\,4BERS P. David Benavides Vicente Sarmiento Jose Solorio SalTinajero Juan Villegas