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Home My WebLink About06-05-2018 Item 07 Code Enforcement Property Liens Meeting Date: 6/5/2018 FROM: Michael Codron, Community Development Director Prepared By: Cassia Cocina, Acting Code Enforcement Supervisor SUBJECT: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT CODE ENFORCEMENT FINES RECOMMENDATION Adopt a Resolution authorizing the co llection of delinquent code enforcement fines by the San Luis Obispo County Auditor by means of special assessments on the secured property tax roll. DISCUSSION Background The Building & Safety Division enforces building, housing, zoning, stormwater and property maintenance provisions contained in the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code through its Code Enforcement programs. When violations are confirmed, a Notice of Violation is issued to the property owner describing the violation(s) and providing a time per iod for correction. This is preceded by an effort to contact the property owner to discuss the violation(s) and obtain voluntary compliance. When the initial Notice of Violation is not effective in gaining compliance, an Administrative Citation may be issued pursuant to SLOMC Chapter 1.24. Fines associated with Administrative Citations range from $50, $100, and $200 per violation for the first, second and third citations, respectively, issued for property maintenance related violations. For other violations of the Municipal Code the fines are $100, $200, and $500 for the first, second and third violation. In addition, fines may be assessed on a daily basis for continuing violations beyond the third citation or in very delinquent or serious cases (SLOMC 1.24 .050 D). Although the City Council took the initial step necessary to increase these citation amounts on May 15, the updated fine amounts will not apply to the current list of properties subject to collection through property tax rolls. Collection of Delinquent Fines Code Enforcement Administrative Citation fines are issued to property owners who fail to correct violations within a reasonable time period after issuance of a Notice of Violation. The property owner is afforded the right to appeal the Administrative Citation. Unpaid fines become delinquent after sixty (60) days once all appeal rights have expired. Pursuant to SLOMC Section 1.24.150, Government Code section s 53069.4, and 38773.1(a) and 38773.5, unpaid fines may be collected by a special asses sment (Attachment A). Special assessment requires certification of the amount of the fines by the City Council. The recommended Resolution (Attachment B) authorizes the San Luis Obispo County Auditor to assess the amounts due on delinquent fines as special tax assessments against the properties Packet Pg. 55 Item 7 listed. A list of the outstanding fines for each property is attached hereto as Attachment C. Each property owner has been sent a Notice of Proposed Special Assessment prior to the hearing, which notifies them of t he time and date of the Council Meeting when the assessment is to be considered and providing them an opportunity to pay the delinquent fines prior to the hearing. The Community Development Department utilized extensive cross-checking with its tracking spreadsheet and Energov payment and billing records to identify the fines that are outstanding. Each case was then reviewed for accuracy, proper notice and service, and the completion of any appeal submitted prior to inclusion in the resolution. CONCURRENCES This process is consistent with the procedure prescribed by Municipal Code Section 1.24.150. FISCAL IMPACT Projected revenue from the collection of delinquent fines by the County Auditor for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 is expected to be $44,200. ALTERNATIVES Do not adopt the resolution and continue to forward unpaid fines to a collection agency. This is not recommended because the delinquent fines listed only includes those that are no longer subject to appeal and collection by the County Auditor is both lower cost and more effective. This is a routine, annual process that regularly results in both the fine being paid and the correction of persistent violations. If a violation still exists, o wners typically will address the violation in addition to paying t he fine along with their regular property taxes. Attachments: a - SLOMC 1.24.150 b - Resolution c - Exhibit A to Resolution - List of Properties Packet Pg. 56 Item 7 1.24.150 Collection of unpaid fines. A. City Remedies. The city, at its discretion, may pursue any and all legal, equitable, and administrative remedies for the collection of unpaid civil administrative fines. A civil administrative fine shall be deemed unpaid the day after the due date set by the administrative citation, or if appealed, the day after the due date set by the hearing officer or applicable board in its decision. If the decision of the hearing officer or applicable board is appealed to, or petition for writ filed with, the superior court, the civil administrative fine shall be deemed unpaid the day after the due date set by the superior court. If the superior court upholds the administrative citation, but fails to set a due date, the fine shall be deemed unpaid on the eleventh day after the superior court decision is mailed. 1. Remedies Cumulative. Pursuit of one remedy does not preclude the pursuit of any other remedies. 2. Refusal to Issue Permits. A city department may refuse to accept an application for a city permit or license or refuse to issue, extend, or renew to any person who has unpaid delinquent fines, liens, or assessments any city permit, license, or other city approval pertaining to the property that is the subject of unpaid delinquent fines, liens or assessments. 3. Suspension of Issued Permits. Notwithstanding any other provision of the code, any permit, license, or any type of land use approval issued by the city to a person who has unpaid administrative citations totaling five hundred dollars or more which remain delinquent for thirty days or longer may be suspended by the department which issued the permit or other entitlement. The suspension becomes effective ten days after the date the notice of the suspension is placed by the issuing department in the United States mail postage prepaid, addressed to the person, and continues until the administrative delinquency is paid in full. The person may request an appeal or review hearing pursuant to the specific permit, license, or other city approval procedures or ordinance if such a request is filed before the ten-day period ends. 4. Criminal Remedies. The city attorney, at his or her discretion, may also issue a criminal citation or complaint (infraction or misdemeanor) to any person for a code violation. B. Violations Constitute a Public Nuisance. The director may pursue the remedies described in this section whether or not the city is pursuing any other action to terminate an ongoing code violation that was the basis for an administrative citation or to otherwise abate the violation or sanction the property owner. To compel code compliance, the city may also seek to collect assessed fines by means of a nuisance abatement lien or special assessment against the property where a property related violation occurred in accordance with the procedures in Government Code Sections 38773.1 and 38773.5. The San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 1645, and legislation passed through March 20, 2018. San Luis Obispo Municipal Code 1.24.150 Collection of unpaid fines.Page 1 of 2 Packet Pg. 57 Item 7 C. Lien Conditions. To recover any delinquent administrative fines as a lien or special assessment on real property, the following conditions must be met: 1. The director must submit to and receive approval from the city council for a resolution certifying the amounts of the liens and special assessments sought to be collected from each property owner; and 2. The total amount of the delinquent fine against the property owner must be delinquent for sixty days or more. D. Lien Collections. The director is authorized to take any steps necessary to enforce collection of the lien or special assessment, including but not limited to the following: 1. Request the county recorder to record a notice of any lien or special assessment certified by resolution of the city council. 2. Request the county tax collector on behalf of the city to collect any special assessments certified by resolution of the city council. E. Notice of Lien Collection Procedures. All administrative citations shall contain a notice that unpaid fines are subject to the assessment and lien collection procedures of this chapter. This notice shall satisfy the notice requirements of Government Code Sections 38773.1 and 38773.5 when an administrative citation is served on the person. In addition, the director shall by first class mail send notice to each property owner at least ten days before the city council considers the resolution to certify the amounts of the liens and special assessments stating the date, time, and location of the meeting. The lien or special assessment shall be imposed on the date the administrative citation for the code violation is issued to the responsible person and shall become effective upon the recording of a notice of lien or special assessment by the county recorder. F. Contesting Certification of a Lien. A person may contest the amount or the validity of any lien or special assessment for a civil fine at the public hearing when the city council considers the resolution to certify the liens or assessments. Such contests shall be limited to the issue of the amount or validity of the lien or assessment and may not consider whether the underlying code violation occurred. Pursuit of such a contest by a person is necessary to exhaust the administrative remedies concerning a legal challenge to the validity of any such lien or special assessment. (Ord. 1625 § 1 (part), 2015) The San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 1645, and legislation passed through March 20, 2018. San Luis Obispo Municipal Code 1.24.150 Collection of unpaid fines.Page 2 of 2 Packet Pg. 58 Item 7 R ______ RESOLUTION NO. _____ (2018 SERIES) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AUDITOR TO ASSESS AMOUNTS DUE ON DELINQUENT ADMINISTRATIVE FINES AS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST THE PROPERTIES PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 38773.1(a), 38773.5, and 53069.4(a) WHEREAS, Government Code Section 53069.4(a) authorizes the City to adopt an ordinance that go verns the imposition, enforcement, collection and administrative review of administrative fines arising out of violations of the Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 53069.4(a), the City adopted Chapter 1.24 of the Municipal Co de, which has been subsequently amend; and WHEREAS, Section 1.24.150 of the Municipal Code provides that the City may request that the County Assessor collect, on behalf of the City, any administrative fines which are more than 60 days delinquent, and which are certified by the City Council as special assessments; and WHEREAS, the City Council of San Luis Obispo finds that all of the fine amounts for the referenced properties listed below are at least 60 days delinquent; and WHEREAS, the property owners responsible for the violations were notified of the violations and received citations and were subsequently notified in writing by a notice mailed May 21, 2018 pursuant to Section 1.24.150 of the Municipal Code of this hearing and their right to contest the assessment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as follows: SECTION 1. Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by this reference as the findings of the City Council. Packet Pg. 59 Item 7 Resolution No. _____ (2018 Series) Page 2 R ______ SECTION 2. Action. The City of San Luis Obispo hereby authorizes the San Luis Obispo County Auditor to assess the amounts due on delinquent accounts as special assessment against the properties listed on the Exhibit A, pursuant to California Gove rnment Code Sections 38773.1(a), 38773.5, and 54988, et seq. Upon motion of _______________________, seconded by _______________________, and on the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: The foregoing resolution was adopted this _____ day of _____________________ 2018. ____________________________________ Mayor Heidi Harmon ATTEST: ____________________________________ Teresa Purrington City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: _____________________________________ J. Christine Dietrick City Attorney IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Luis Obispo , California, this ______ day of ______________, _________. ____________________________________ Teresa Purrington City Clerk Packet Pg. 60 Item 7 Name of Property Owner Assessor's Parcel #Property Address Amount Due Citation # JAMESTOWN PREMIER SLO RETAIL LP A DE LP 002-425-001 1028 Chorro 50.00$ 00011955 LINDA DAVENPORT 053-242-019 1035 Cortez 200.00$ 00010226 LINDA DAVENPORT 053-242-019 1035 Cortez 400.00$ 00010443 LINDA DAVENPORT 053-242-019 1035 Cortez 900.00$ 00010630 LINDA DAVENPORT 053-242-019 1035 Cortez 900.00$ 00010870 LINDA DAVENPORT 053-242-019 1035 Cortez 900.00$ 00011589 LINDA DAVENPORT 053-242-019 1035 Cortez 900.00$ 00011902 LINDA DAVENPORT 053-242-019 1035 Cortez 900.00$ 00012253 BURTNESS FAMILY TRUST 004-962-029 1110 Orcutt 50.00$ 00009373 BURDETT JOHN W LIVING TRUST 004-731-013 1171 San Carlos 500.00$ 00010504 BURDETT JOHN W LIVING TRUST 004-731-013 1171 San Carlos 500.00$ 00010804 BURDETT JOHN W LIVING TRUST 004-731-013 1171 San Carlos 500.00$ 00011316 BURDETT JOHN W LIVING TRUST 004-731-013 1171 San Carlos 500.00$ 00011645 REGAN CANDELARIO 004-781-009 1284 Sydney 200.00$ 00009055 REGAN CANDELARIO 004-781-009 1284 Sydney 200.00$ 00009200 REGAN CANDELARIO 004-781-009 1284 Sydney 200.00$ 00009295 DANIEL BRINKMAN 052-351-030 150 Del Norte 50.00$ 00010406 DANIEL BRINKMAN 052-351-030 150 Del Norte 100.00$ 00010565 DANIEL BRINKMAN 052-351-030 150 Del Norte 200.00$ 00010668 DANIEL BRINKMAN 052-351-030 150 Del Norte 200.00$ 00010801 DANIEL BRINKMAN 052-351-030 150 Del Norte 200.00$ 00010932 DANIEL BRINKMAN 052-351-030 150 Del Norte 200.00$ 00011315 DANIEL BRINKMAN 052-351-030 150 Del Norte 200.00$ 00011537 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1565 Phillips 50.00$ 00009172 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1565 Phillips 200.00$ 00009581 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1565 Phillips 100.00$ 00009319 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 500.00$ 00009525 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 500.00$ 00012272 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 50.00$ 00009186 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 500.00$ 00011960 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 500.00$ 00009866 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 500.00$ 00011303 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 500.00$ 00010803 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 500.00$ 00010228 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 500.00$ 00009184 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 500.00$ 00010503 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 500.00$ 00011644 MATTHEW HERRERA 001-132-018 1575 Phillips 100.00$ 00010229 RYUKO FUNAKOSHI 053-514-051 1795 Tonini 50.00$ 00010505 STEVEN WHITE 003-646-009 1821 Morro 6,000.00$ 00011377 STEVEN WHITE 003-646-009 1821 Morro 200.00$ 00010866 STEVEN WHITE 003-646-009 1821 Morro 50.00$ 00010648 STEVEN WHITE 003-646-009 1821 Morro 100.00$ 00010746 NEVAREZ GUILLERMO R INDIVIDUAL LIVING TRUST 052-234-012 1990 Loomis 50.00$ 00011813 NEVAREZ GUILLERMO R INDIVIDUAL LIVING TRUST 052-234-012 1990 Loomis 100.00$ 00012314 LUDMILA JDANOFF 052-093-007 230 Kentucky 50.00$ 00009092 CODERRE RICHARD L TRUST 052-012-041 234 Cerro Romauldo 50.00$ 00011505 CODERRE RICHARD L TRUST 052-012-041 234 Cerro Romauldo 100.00$ 00011756 Packet Pg. 61 Item 7 Name of Property Owner Assessor's Parcel #Property Address Amount Due Citation # CODERRE RICHARD L TRUST 052-012-041 234 Cerro Romauldo 200.00$ 00011953 COLLISTER RUTH A %PAYTRUST 003-693-021 2474 Augusta 50.00$ 00009201 JERRY BURCH 004-784-009 2505 Johnson 800.00$ 00009054 JERRY BURCH 004-784-009 2505 Johnson 600.00$ 00011641 JERRY BURCH 004-784-009 2505 Johnson 800.00$ 00010752 JERRY BURCH 004-784-009 2505 Johnson 400.00$ 00012273 JERRY BURCH 004-784-009 2505 Johnson 800.00$ 00010445 JERRY BURCH 004-784-009 2505 Johnson 400.00$ 00011961 CALIFORNIA COASTAL INVESTMENTS LLC % TRIAD 004-581-001 2881 Broad 100.00$ 00008978 CALIFORNIA COASTAL INVESTMENTS LLC % TRIAD 004-581-001 2881 Broad 200.00$ 00009116 KAILEY HOO 052-462-009 296 Marlene 50.00$ 00009767 KAILEY HOO 052-462-009 296 Marlene 100.00$ 00009958 KAILEY HOO 052-462-009 296 Marlene 200.00$ 000010214 JOSEPH DRUCKER 052-292-020 350 Tolosa 50.00$ 00009195 JOSEPH DRUCKER 052-292-020 350 Tolosa 100.00$ 00009418 ARTHUR FRY III 052-352-001 4 La Entrada 100.00$ 00009094 ARTHUR FRY III 052-352-001 4 La Entrada 100.00$ 00009503 ARTHUR FRY III 052-352-001 4 La Entrada 200.00$ 00009775 LEAGE JEAN C REVOCABLE TRUST 052-032-070 692 Foothill 50.00$ 00009630 TANK FARM CENTER LLC A CA LLC 053-251-073 120 Tank Farm 500.00$ 00009291 DELTA THETA CHAPTER OF GAMA PHI BETA 002-333-009 1326 Higuera $ 500.00 00010403 DELTA THETA CHAPTER OF GAMA PHI BETA 002-333-009 1326 Higuera $ 1,000.00 00011730 ARH QUAIKY INVESTMENTS LLC A CA LLC 053-151-036 1460 Calle Joaquin $ 100.00 00009005 ARH QUAIKY INVESTMENTS LLC A CA LLC 053-151-036 1460 Calle Joaquin $ 200.00 00009365 MARY FLEMING 053-023-018 159 Loma Bonita $ 100.00 00010555 MARY FLEMING 053-023-018 159 Loma Bonita $ 200.00 00010893 Darin Grandfield 003-564-009 1690 Fairview $ 200.00 00009524 CW ANDREWS FAMILY LP 001-072-026 1930 Monterey $ 2,200.00 00012147 BROOKLANDS PROPERTIES LLC 003-723-019 220 Branch $ 600.00 00012032 FRANCIS DODD 001-105-025 246 Chorro $ 500.00 00009110 % CHANNEL LUMBER 052-162-023 793 Foothill F $ 300.00 00011816 JUSTIN WARREN 003-656-009 1026 George $ 500.00 00009646 PREFUMO CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION 053-501-038 1098 Isabella $ 200.00 00009444 PREFUMO CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION 053-501-038 1098 Isabella $ 400.00 00009747 PREFUMO CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION 053-501-038 1098 Isabella $ 1,000.00 00010563 BURTNESS FAMILY TRUST 004-962-029 1114 Orcutt E $ 100.00 00009403 BURTNESS FAMILY TRUST 004-962-029 1114 Orcutt E $ 200.00 00011862 JERRY BURCH 004-784-010 2525 Johnson $ 5,000.00 00010864 JERRY BURCH 004-784-010 2525 Johnson $ 2,000.00 00010232 JERRY BURCH 004-784-010 2525 Johnson $ 1,000.00 00009950 SNYDER FAMILY SURVIVOR'S TRUST 053-182-029 3191 South Higuera $ 500.00 00010558 SNYDER FAMILY SURVIVOR'S TRUST 053-182-029 3191 South Higuera $ 200.00 00010253 LEE BRAZIL 052-032-055 572 Foothill $ 100.00 00011370 MARIEL APODACA 004-943-008 683 Mitchell $ 100.00 00012154 Total 44,200.00$ Packet Pg. 62 Item 7