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MAYOR <br />N,4iguel A. Pu ido <br />IVAYOR PBO TEI\,I <br />l\,4ichele Martinez <br />COUNCILMEMBERS <br />P. Oavid Benavides <br />Vicenle Sarmiento <br />Jose Solorio <br />Sal Tinajero <br />Juan Villegas CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />PLANNINC & BUILDING ACENCY <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Box i 988 . Santa Ana, California 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 subm dinyo ur name listin g yourself as the builder of the property <br />rmp specified atrove <br />.1- <br />We are providing you with an Owner-Builder Acknowledoment and lnformation Verification Form to make you aware of <br />your responsibililies and possible risk you may incur by having this permit issued in your names as the OwnerBuilder. <br />We will not issue a building permit until you have read, initialed your understanding ol each provision, signed, and returned <br />this form to us at our olficial address indicated. An agent of the owner cannot execute this notice unless you, the property <br />owner, obtain the prior approval of lhe permitting authority. <br />OWNER'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND VERIFICATION OF INFOHMATON <br />DIBECTIONS: Read and initial each statement below to signify you understand or verity this information. <br />Kl ( I . t understand a f requent practice ol unlicensed persons is to have the property owner obtain an "OwnerBuilder" <br />building permit that erroneously implies that the property owner is providing his or her own labor and material personally. l, <br />as an OwnerBuilder, 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. l\4y homeowner's insurance may not provide coverage lor <br />those injuries. I am willfully acting as an Owner-Builder and am aware ol the limits ol my insurance coverage for injuries to <br />workers on my property. <br />(T lz. t understand building permits are not required 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 />3. Iunderstand as an "Owner-Buildei' I am the res ponsible party of record on the permit. I understand that I may <br />protect myself lrom potential financial risk by hiring a licensed Contractor and having the permit liled in his or her name <br />instead of my own. <br />-LI-L4. I understand Contractors are required by law to be licensed and bonded in California and to list their license <br />numbers on permits and contracts. <br />tlf lS I 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 />"employer" under state and lederal law. <br />,p-f)Ll I A. I understand if I am considered an "employei'under state and Federal law, I must register with the state and <br />federal government, 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 />serious financial risk. <br />A ll. I understand under California Contractors' State License Law, an Owner-Builder who builds singleJamily <br />residential structures cannot legally build them with the intent to offer them for sale, unless a//work is performed by <br />CITY N,IANAGER <br />Raul Godinez ll <br />C Y ATTORNEY <br />Sonia R. Carvalho <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL <br />Maria D. Huizar <br />moulido@santa.ana.oro <br />Vlcenre Sarm enlo <br />vsam e.lo@santa-ana.o.o 6olono@sanla ana oro <br />P Davd Benavdes <br />dbenavdes@sanla.ana.oro <br />SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL <br />I <br />\ <br />Mi.hele M.dinez <br />Mayor Pro Tern. Ward 2 <br />mimanrne2@santa ana.oro <br />Juan Villegas SalTinajero <br />Ward 5 Ward 6jruega!@sada:a4a sti.ai6ro@sanla,ana.o.o