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I\4AYOR <br />Miguel A. Pulido <br />[,4AYOR PRO TEM <br />l\,4ichele Martinez <br />COUNCILMEI,4BERS <br />P. David Benavides <br />Vlcente Sarmiento <br />Jose Solorio <br />SalTinajero <br />Juan Villegas <br />ACTING CIIY iiIANAGER <br />Gerardo Mouet <br />CITY ATTORNEY <br />Sonia R. Carvalho <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL <br />Maria D. Huizar <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />PLANNINC & BUILDING ACENCY <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Box I 988 . Santa Ana, Califo"nia 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 the builder of the property <br />ecified <br />9 <br />We are providing you with an Owner-Builder Acknowledqment and lnformatlon Verification Form to make you aware of <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 form 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 />OWNER'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND VERIFICATION OF INFORMATON <br />D/RECI/OA/S: Read and initial each statement below to signify you understand or verify this information. <br />O"4 I . I understand a frequent practice of unlicensed persons is to have the property owner obtain an "Owner-Builder" <br />building permit that erroneously implies that 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 for <br />those injuries. I am willfully acting as an Owner-Builder and am aware of the limits of my insurance coverage for injuries to <br />workers on my property. <br />Q{r. tunderstand building permits are not requared to be signed by property owners unless they are responsible for <br />the construction and are not hiring a licensed Contractor to assume this responsibility. <br />n.,,'.h,t-\. I understand as an "Owner-Builder" I am the responsible party of record on the permit. I understand that I may <br />protect myself from potential financial risk by hiring a licensed Contractor and having the permit filed in his or her name <br />instead of my own. <br />h4 q. I understand Contractors are required by law to be licensed and bonded in California and to list their license <br />n"umbers on permits and contracts. <br />/-,tl s. t understand if I employ or otherwise engage any persons, other than California licensed Contractors, and the <br />idtal'value of my construction is at least five hundred dollars ($500), including labor and materials, I may be considered an <br />"employef' under state and federal law. <br />Apl A. I understand if I am considered an "employer" under state and Federal law, I must register with the state and <br />federal government, withhold payroll taxes, provide workers' com pensation 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 />serious financial risk. <br />@ ,. ,understand under California Contractors' State License Law, an Owner-Builder who builds single-family <br />residential structures cannot legally build them with the intent to offer them for sale, uniess a/,/ work is performed by <br />SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL <br />moulido@santa-ana oro <br />Mayor Pro Tem, Ward 2 <br />mimarlrnez@santa-ana.oro <br />Vrcenle Samlento <br />vsarmienlo@santa-ana oro isolono@san1a-ana.oro <br />P. David Benavdes <br />dbenavrdes@sanla-ana.oro iville!as@sanla-ana.oro sti.aiero@sanla-ana.oro