FAQ's
What are Administrative Fees?
Such costs may include, but are not limited to, expenses associated with responder services, enforcement actions, inspections, and coordination across County departments.
How are administrative fees assessed?
Fees shall be assessed based on either the actual costs incurred or a standardized fee schedule adopted by the County for administrative efficiency.
Administrative fees may include:
1. Police service response
2. Coode compliance and Code Enforcement response
3. Fire rescue service dispatch and response
4. Administrative coordination, incident recording, documentation filiing, notice preparation, and any costs associated with action taken against any County issued licenses, permits, approval or entitlement associated with the property use.
What departments can enforcement chronic nuisance properties?
Sec.7.7.19 Chronic Nusiance Property Enforcement
1. Planning & Sustainability
2. Code Compliance
3. Police Services
4. Fire Rescue
5. Saintation
What administrative fees can Planning & Sustainability impose?
Section 7.7.21 Cost Recovery and Adminstrative Fee:
1. For the first documented incident, an administrative fee of one-thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
2. For the second incident, an administrative fee of one thousand five hundred dollars fee ($1,500.00)
3. For the third incident, an administrative fee of two thousand five dollars ($2,500)
How Violations Documented?
Sec, 7.7.20 Notice of Violation and Designation
a. The first documented nuisance shall constitute a formal written warning notice by one or more department, divisions, or their successor counterparts listed in the subsection.
b. Upon the second (2nd) documented nuisance incident within any one hundred eighty (180) day period, the County shall issue a separate written warning notice to the responsible party reminding them of the prior warning and clarifying that a repeat incident will result in the designation of the subject site as a Chronic Nuisance Property; siting this section.
c. Upon the third (3rd) documented nuisance incident within any one hundred eighty (180) day period, the property may be designated as a Chronic Nuisance Property by the Director of Planning and Sustainability, or designee.
A written notice shall be issued to the responsible party, as defined in section 9.1.3 of Chapter 27, stating that, per the definition of Chronic Nuisance Property, the repeated pattern of violations at this property has jeopardized the general welfare of the public and burdened County resources. Cost recovery measures and administrative fees will be assessed, as set forth in this section. The responsible party shall be notified of such designation and associated fees in a written notice along with a prescribed time by which payment shall be remitted.
What Residential Districts can have Residential Entertainment?
The only residential single-family district allowing Residential Entertainment is:
RE | Residential Estate |
Non-residential districts are:
OI | Office Institutional |
OIT | Office Institutional Transitional |
M | Light Industrial |
M-2 | Heavy Industrial |
What Residential Districts allow Short-Term Rentals?
All Residential Single-Family Districts allow short-term rentals with a business license.
RE | Residential Estate |
RLG | Residential Large Lot |
R-100 | Residential Medium Lot-100 |
R-85 | Residential Medium Lot-85 |
R-75 | Residential Medium Lot-75 |
R-60 | Residential Small Lot |
MHP | Mobile Home Park |
RNC | Neighborhood Conservation |