El Monte Municipal Code Ch. 1.20 Administrative Inspections

Upon a determination by the City Attorney, City Administrator and Director of Community Development that sufficient cause exists for the city to seek an administrative inspection warrant for the purpose of determining the existence or nonexistence of any violation of this code or of any code adopted by reference in this code, the city may, after due notice as set forth herein, file a notice of intent to inspect real property with the Recorder's Office of the county of Los Angeles thereby putting all persons on notice that the city has determined that cause exists to believe that violations of the El Monte Municipal Code may exist on the indicated real property and that the city intends to seek an administrative inspection warrant for said premises. No less than five (5) regular business days prior to the filing of a notice of intent to inspect, written notice shall be served on the owner of the property to be inspected requesting permission to inspect the property and giving notice that the city may file a notice of intent to inspect with the Los Angeles County Recorder if such permission is not granted to the city within three (3) regular business days from the date of service. Service shall be made by personal service on the owner in the city, or in the event the owner cannot be readily served personally in the city, by the posting of notice in a conspicuous place on the property and by mailing by first-class mail a copy of said notice to the owner of record as shown on the tax register and by leaving a copy thereof with the person apparently responsible for said property if such person is present at the time of posting. Any notice of intent to inspect filed with the Los Angeles County Recorder shall automatically expire and be self-vacating ninety (90) days after being recorded. Any administrative inspection warranted acquired by the city for a property for which a notice of intent to inspect has been recorded shall be filed with the Los Angeles County Recorder and itself shall automatically expire and be self-vacating ninety (90) days after being recorded.

(Prior code § 1222; Ord. No. 3023, § 4.C(Exh. C), 5-2-2023)