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MAYOR Miguel A. Pulido MAYOR PRO TEM Michele l\.4artinez COUNCILMEMBERS P. David Benavides Vicente Sarmiento Jose Solorio SalTinajero Juan Villegas INTERII\,4 CITY MANAGER Cynthia J. KurE CITY ATTORNEY Sonia R. Carvalho CLERK OF THE COUNCIL I\raria D Huizar CITY OF SANTA ANA PI.ANNING & BUILDING AGENCY 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box I 988 . Santa Ana, Califo.nia 92702 www.Santa ana.orq/oba NOTICE TO 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 We are providing you with an Owner-Builder Acknowledqment and Information 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 ACKNOWLEDG MENT AND VERIFICATION OF INFORMATON DIRECTIONS: Read and initial each statement below to signify you understand or verify this information.t) C-\ t. f understand a frequent practice of unlicensed persons is to have the property owner obtain an "owner-Builder" building 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 sustained 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. lam willfully acting as ao Owner-Builder and am aware of the limits of my insurance coverage for injuries to workers on my property.(l C)-2. t understand building permits are not required to be signed by property owners unless they are responsible for the col:truction and are not hiring a licensed Contractor to assume this responsibility. Ll-\3. I understand as an "Owner-Builder' I am the responsible party of record on the permit. I understand that I may protect myself frorttotential flnancial risk by hiring a licensed Contractor and having the permit filed in his or her name instead of my own. ^[I \+: f understand Contractors are required by law to be licensed and bonded in California and to tist their license numbers on oermits and conlracts.I ALS: t understand if I employ or otherwise engage any persons, other than California licensed Contractors, and the total value of ifiy construction is at least five hundred dollars ($500), including labor and materials, I may be considered an "employe/'under state ar$federal law. (J-6 I understand if I am considered an "employer' under state and Federal law, I must register with the state and federal government, withhold payroll taxes, provide workers' compensation disability insurance, and contribute to unemployment coqpensation of each "employee." I also understand my failure to abide by these laws may subject me to serious financial risk. -- L--\-2. t understand under California Contractors' State License Law, an Owner-Builder who builds single-family residential stroctures cannot legally build them with the intent to offer them for sale, unless a// work is performed by licensed subcontractors and the number of structures does not exceed four within any calendar years, or all of the work is performed under contract with a licensed gen?lal building Contractor. -\//)A. I understand as an Owner-Builder if I sell the property for which this permit is issued, I may be held liable for any financial or trersonal injuries sustained by any subsequent owner(s) that result from any latent construction defects in the workmanship or materials. SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL moulidoaOsanla ana oro Mayor Pro Tem, Ward 2 mimarlinez@santa a.a oro V cenre Samienlo vsam enlo@sanla ana.o.o solorio@sa.ta ana oro ivilleoas@sanla-ana oro sl naieroiasanra-ana oro Dear Property Owner: P. Oavid Benavides dbenavides@sanra-a.a.oro