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MAYOR <br />MiguelA. Pulido <br />MAYOR PRO TEN/] <br />l\,4ichele Martinez <br />COUNCILMEMBERS <br />P. David Benavides <br />Vicente Sarmiento <br />Jose Solorio <br />Sal Tinajero <br />Juan Villegas CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />PLANNINC & BUILDINC ACENCY <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Box 1988 . Santa Ana, Callfornia 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 submitted in your name listing yo urself as the builder of the <br />rovements specified at 0l <(C-orid uJ4 .A <br />We are providing you with an Owner-Builder Acknowledoment and Information 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 />DIRECTIONS: Read and initial each statement below to signify you understand or verify this information. <br />A .,-/l2l 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 worklng on my property. My homeowner's insurance may not provide coverage for <br />those jnjuries. 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 />/<4:) 2. I 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 />tl . <br />[.L)3. I understand as an "Owner-Builder" I am the responsible party of record on the permit. I understand that I may'protect myself from potential financial risk by hiring a licensed Contractor and having the permit filed in his or her name <br />instead of mv own <br />/.- <br />ll)1q I understand Contractors are required by law to be licensed and bonded in California and to list their license <br />%mbers on permits and contracts. <br />y:L) 5 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 />"employel'under state and federal law. <br />Ac-tl> A. t 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' com pensation 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.tla <br />ILl. )Z t 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 />CITY I\,IANAGER <br />Raul Godinez ll <br />CITY ATTORNEY <br />Sonia R. Carvalho <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL. <br />Maria D. Huizar <br />moul do,asanla-a.a oro <br />Mayor P.o Tem Wa.d 2 <br />m marl ne:@sanla.ana.oro vsarmienlo@sanla-3na .ro 60loiolosanla ana oro <br />P Davd Benavides <br />dbe.av des@santa-a.. oro vrlleaas'Asanra-6.a orc sr .alero1osa.ra-ana oro <br />property