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HomeMy WebLinkAbout30- Planning & Building Services C, TY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOA COUNCIL ACTION From: Al Boughey, Director Subject: Amend Municipal Code §8.27.010 pertaining to lots with vacant and/or Dept: Planning & Building Services ORIGINW boarded structures. Date: February 8, 1996 MCC Date: March 4, 1996 Synopsis of Previous Council Action: N/A Recommended Motion: That the hearing be closed, the first reading be waived and that the Ordinance be laid over for final adoption. ti es Howell v ey� Contact person: Al Boughey Phone: 384-5357 Supporting data attached: Staff Report and Ordinance Ward: Citywide FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: N/A Source: (Acct. No.) N/A (Acct. Description) Finance: Council Notes: Agenda Item No. 3/q1% 4 STAFF REPORT REQUEST To amend San Bernardino Municipal Code 8.27.010A to include lots with vacant and/or boarded up structures that have been declared a public nuisance by the Board of Building Commissioners. BACKGROUND Currently the Code Compliance Division takes the following steps to secure and abate open and vacant structures. 1. Complaint received by staff; 2. Inspection by Code Officer to verify complaint; 3. Immediate action taken if necessary; 4. If immediate action not needed, property owner mailed a notice to clean within 10 days; 5. In cases of non-compliance, case is prepared for presentation at Board of Building Commissioners meeting to incur costs and adopt a recommendation to obtain an inspection warrant to abate as needed. Regrowth of weeds is handled on a complaint basis, and in order to take a more pro-active approach to eradicating blight, staff recommends that these locations be surveyed on a quarterly basis by the Public Services Department's Weed Abatement Coordinator, who will take the lead in follow-up abatement through authorization of the amended Municipal Code 8.27.010 and obtain inspection warrants to abate as needed. RECOMMENDATION That Mayor and Common Council amend Municipal Code 8.27.010 "Public nuisance defined - Removal deemed necessary" as follows, with changes in bold italics: A. The existence of weeds, dry vegetation of any type, dead or diseased trees, dead or dry palm fronds, fences in disrepair or broken, rubbish, refuse, and dirt upon streets, road sides, sidewalks, parkways between sidewalks and curbs, along fences, vacant lots, easements, lots with vacant and/or boarded up structures that have been declared a public nuisance by the Board of Building Commissioners, and the periodic removal thereof is necessary to protect the health and safety of the inhabitants of the City.