Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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HEARING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL AND CONFIRMATION OF ABATEMENT COST REPORT FOR RECOVERY OF COSTS RELATED TO PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT CONDUCTED AT 424 E. 238TH STREET
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I. SUMMARY
On May 19, 2022, pursuant to an abatement warrant under Chapters 3 and 7 of Article V and Chapter 5 of Article IV the Carson Municipal Code, a City of Carson Code Enforcement Officer and Public Works maintenance employees performed a property abatement at the property located at 424 E. 238th Street, Carson, California, 90745. Staff is now seeking Council confirmation and approval of a Cost of Abatement Report reflecting the legally recoverable abatement costs incurred in order for the City to recover such costs via a special assessment or nuisance abatement lien against the subject property.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. OPEN the hearing, hear and pass upon the evidence submitted by staff, together with any objections or protests raised by any of the persons liable to be assessed for the cost of abating the nuisance, and CLOSE the hearing.
2. APPROVE and CONFIRM the Cost of Abatement Report (Exhibit No. 1).
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE any other action the City Council deems appropriate that is consistent with the requirements of law.
IV. BACKGROUND
On August 8, 2017, while on routine patrol, Code Enforcement Officer (CEO) Rockhold observed, inspected and found multiple violations on the subject property. A warning notice was issued to the Property Owner (PO) on said date.
After several inspections in response to services request complaints and several warning notices issued, a code enforcement case was initiated on May 21, 2019. On June 6, 2019, a Notice of Code Violation was mailed for the following Carson Municipal Code (CMC) sections:
* 5702 - Maintenance of property (multiple violations, e.g., Broken or discarded furniture, hou...
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