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MAYOR <br />MiguelA. Pulido <br />MAYOR PRO TEM <br />SalTinajero <br />COUNCILMEIMBERS <br />Angelica Amezcua <br />P. David Benavides <br />Michele Martinez <br />Roman Reyna <br />Vincenl F Sarmrenlo CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />PLANNINC & BUILDING ACENCY <br />20 Crv ( Center Plaza <br />P.O. Box 1988 . Santa Ana, Calafornia 92702 <br />www.Santa ana.orglpba <br />NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER <br />Dear Property Owner <br />An application for a buildi it has been subm tted in your name lis rself as the buil of the prope(yg you <br />improvements specified at <br />We are providing you with an Owner-Builder Acknowledqment and lnformation 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 ACKNOWLEGMENT AND VERIFICATION OF INF ORMATON <br />DIRECTIONS: Read and initial each statement below to signify you understand or verify this information- <br />'Z-a!t 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. lrly homeowner's insurance may not provide coverage for <br />those iniuries. 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 />=-fAZ <br />I understand building permits are not required to be signed by property owners unless they are responsible for <br />me construction and are not hiring a licensed Contractor to assume this responsibility. <br />.Zl]S. I understand as an "Owner-Buildea' I am the responsible party of record on the permit. I understand that I may <br />orotect myself from potential frnancial risk by hiring a licensed Contractor and having the permit filed in his or her name <br />instead of my own. <br />I <br />ZYq. I understand Contractors are required by law to be licensed and bonded in California and to list their license <br />r1!mbers on permrts and contracts..t <br />-ZA, I understand if I employ or otherwise engage any persons, other than California licensed Contractors, and the <br />lotal'value of my construction is at least five hundred dollars ($500), including labor and materials, I may be considered an <br />"employer" under state and federal law. <br />-1-I1A. I understand if I am considered an "employer" under state and Federal law, I must register with the state and <br />tederal government. withhold payroll taxes, provide workers'compensation disability insurance, and contribute to <br />unemployment compensation of each "employee." l also understand my failure to abide by these laws may subject me to <br />serious financial risk. <br />l.-Bl I 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, unless a// work is performed by <br />licensed subcontractors and the number of structures does not exceed four within any calendar years, or all of the work is <br />performed under contract with a licensed general building Contractor. <br />CITY I\,IANAGER <br />David Cavazos <br />CITY ATTORNEY I <br />Sonia R. Ca.valho <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL <br />Maria D. Huizar <br />I