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[,4AYOR [4i9uelA. Pulido MAYOR PRO TEI\,,I l\4ichele Martinez COUNCILMEMEERS P. Oavid Benavides Vicente Sarmiento Jose Solorio SalTinajero Juan Villegas INTERIM CITY MANAGER Cynthia J. KurE CITY ATTORNEY Sonia R. Carvalho CLERK OF THE COUNCIL Maria D. Huizar CITY OF SANTA ANA Dear Property Owner An application for a building permit has been submitted in your name listing yourself as the builder of the property improvements specifie a We are providing you with an Owner-Builder Acknowledoment and lnformation 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 bujlding 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. (on OWNER'S ACKNOW ED GMENT AND VERIFICATION OF INFORMATON DIRECTIONS: Read and initial each statemenf below to signify you understand or veify this information. tM , , understand a frequent practice of unlicensed persons is to have the property owner obtain an "Owner-Builder" bualding p*mit that erroneously impliesthatthe property owner is providing hisorherown laborand material personally. l,asan 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 an Owner-Builder and am aware of the limits of my insurance coverage for injuries to workers on my property. { , , understand building permits are not required to be signed by property owners unless they are responsible for the 6nstruction and are not hiring a licensed Contractor to assume this responsibility. lN L l understand as an 'Owner-Builde/ l am the responsible party of record on the permit. I understand that I may protect myself f(om potential flnancial risk by hiring a licensed Contractor and having the permit filed in his or her name instead of my own. PO,understandContraclorsarerequiredbylawtobelicensedandbondedinCalifomiaandtolisttheirlicensenumberson +rmits and contracts. tl Y" s t understand if I employ or otheMise engage any persons, other than California licensed Contractors, and the total value of ty construction is al leasl flve hundred dollars ($500). including labor and materials, I may be considered an'employer" under state lnd federal law. TU ,undersland if I am considered an 'employer" under state and Federal law, I must register with the state and federal qpvernment, withhold payroll taxes, provide workers' compensation disability insurance, and contribute to unemployment Compensation of each 'employee. l also understand my failure to abide by these laws may subject me to serious financial risk. '1 , , undersland under California Contractors' State License Law, an Owner-Builder who builds single-family residential st(uctures 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 general building Contractor. Y4 , 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 prrsonal injuries sustained by any subsequent owner(s) that result from any latent construction defects in the workmanship or nlaterials. SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL L Mayor Pro Ted Wad 2 mrmanrnez sanl.-am oro Earmienloasanla anz cro Eds@ll!!a{E g9 P Daud Ben:v'des dLEnav'desOsa.ta lna do M eoas@s.ra'a.a do PI.ANNING & BUILDINC AGENCY 20 Civrc Center Plaza P.O. Box I988. Santa Ana. California 92702 www.Santa-ana.orq /oba NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER