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Dangerous and Abandoned Buildings ProgramRecovery of Uncollected Cost
RECOMMENDED ACTION County of Orange.Controller, -charges to the office of AuditorBuildings Abandoned Authorize the transmittal of uncollected Dangerous and •Buildings Program.Dangerous
and Abandoned 2021 -2020Adopt a resolution affirming the Fiscal Year •
PROGRAM BACKGOUND Code Enforcement executes and assists search, inspection and abatement warrants. In partnership with the City Attorney’s Office and Santa Ana Police Department(SAPD),
•nuisance violations associated with illegal gaming and cannabis. absentee landlords, transient encampments, trash, debris, overgrown vegetation and public Attractive Nuisance Concerns:
Unsecured vacant lots and structures, illegal dumping, •community and provide harborage for illegal activity. abate dangerous and abandoned structures that create an attractive nuisance
for the The Dangerous and Abandoned Buildings (DABs) Program has been an effective tool to •maintained become a code enforcement violation. Properties and buildings that are abandoned,
extremely substandard or otherwise no longer •
Residential Property Hoarding & Property Maintenance Violations
Commercial Property Cannabis and Illegal Gaming Violations
Discussion will abate the conditions through its contractors. If the property owners do not abate the conditions after the required timeframe, the City •to abate the conditions. prescribed
a compliance period that may require immediate action and/or up to 30 days Depending on the severity of the hazard conditions, property owners are generally •The property owners are
afforded due process to abate the conditions. •deferred property maintenance abatement on private properties. inclusive approach to address structural and -provides community with an
allactions and Health & Safety Code allows for abatement Code Enforcement authority under SAMC and •
RECOVERY OF ABATEMENT COSTS totals $59,313.79This fiscal year’s 20/21 uncollected abatement costs for worked performed on eight parcels •Auditor/Controller. Uncollected abatement charges
must be submitted to the Orange County •tax rolls.the County Auditor/ Controller in order that they may be placed as a lien on the property most effective method of collection is to
submit the abatement charges to the office of The •costs. seek legal recourse to recover the uncollected abatement collection, including staff time, of all incurred costs. Each year,
the City finds it necessary to property owner for the the process allows city to recover costs by charging The abatement •VIA PROPERTY LIENS
Property Owner Listing2021-Fiscal Year 2020
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