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MAYOR <br />N4iguel A. Pulido <br />I\4AYOR PRO TEiT <br />l\4ichele Martinez <br />COUNCILMEI\,4BERS <br />P. David Benavides <br />Vicente Sarmiento <br />Jose Solo.io <br />SalTinajero <br />Juan Villegas CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />PLANNINC & BUILDINC ACENCY <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Box 1988 . Santa Ana, California 92702 <br />www.santa-ana.org/pba <br />NOTICE TO PROPERW 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 />improvements specified at q (+.?5 <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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND VERIFICATION OF INFORMATON <br />DSSI/OIJS: Read and initial each statement below to signify you understand or verify this information. <br />X1 . f 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 wjllfully acting as an Owner-Builder and am aware of the limits of my insurance coverage for injuries to <br />ryorkprs on my property. <br />cot4l. <br />Y, Z I understand building permits are not required to be signed by property owners unless they are responsible for <br />thAaorstruction and are not hiring a licensed Contractor to assume this responsibility.()E) <br />2{ , understand as an "Owner-Buildel' 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 Coniract,cr and having the permit filed in his or her name <br />instead of mv own.(x) <br />)4 + t understand Contractors are required by law to be licensed and bonded in California and to list their license <br />?r\mlers on permits and contracts.\.b)X, s. t understand if I employ or otherwise engage any persons, other than California licensed Contractors, and the <br />total value of my construction is at least five hundred dollars ($500), including labor and materials, I may be considered an <br />"enolqyer" under state and federal law.GJbt <br />5O , understand if I am considered an .employer" under state and Federal law, I must register with the state and <br />federal gouernment, 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 />seridus financial riskI/\ 7 . 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 />SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL <br />ACTING CITY I\,IANAGER <br />Gerardo Mouet <br />CITY ATTORNEY <br />Sonia R. Carvalho <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL <br />l\ra a D. Huizar <br />moul do(osanla-ana oro <br />Mayor Pro Tem, Ward 2 <br />mim6dinez@sania'ana.o.o vsa rn e.lo,Osanta-anE oro so ono@sanla anz.oro <br />P Dav d Benavdes <br />dbenavdes@santa-ana ora ivl soas@sanb-ana.oro slinaie.o@santa-ana.oro