Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.08 Violations And Enforcement

1. No person shall use any real property in violation of the regulations of this title applicable to the property. The erection, construction, alteration, enlargement, conversion, movement, maintenance, establishment or operation of any building, structure, facility, premises or use contrary to the provisions of this title is unlawful and a violation of this code.

2. Except as otherwise provided by law:

   1. No building, structure or facility shall be erected or placed, and no existing structure shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land, building or premises be used, designated or intended to be used for any purpose, or in any manner other than is included among the uses listed in this title as permitted in the district in which such land, building or premises is located.

   2. No building, structure or facility shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed the height limit designated in this title for the district in which such building, structure or facility is located.

   3. No building, structure or facility shall be erected, nor shall any existing building be altered, enlarged or rebuilt, nor shall any required open space be encroached upon or reduced in any except in conformity to the yard, building site and building location regulations specified in this title for the district in which such building, structure or facility or open space is located.

   4. No yard or other open space provided around any building, structure or facility for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this code shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building, structure or facility and no yard or other open space on one building site shall be considered as providing a year or open space for a building, structure or facility on any other building site. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. All county officers, departments and employees vested with the duty or authority to issue permits, licenses or other entitlement shall do so subject to the requirements of this title. No permit, license or other entitlement shall be issued or approved for any purpose or in any manner which conflicts with the provisions of this title. Any permit, license or other entitlement issued or approved in conflict with any provision of this title is null and void as of the date of issuance or approval.

2. No county officer, department or employee vested with the duty or authority to issue or approve permits, licenses or other entitlement shall do so when there is an outstanding zoning violation for which a citation has been issued pursuant to this title involving the premises to which the pending application pertains. The authority to deny shall apply whether the applicant was the occupant or owner of record at the time of such violation or whether the applicant is either the current occupant or owner of record or a purchaser of the property pursuant to a contract of sale, with or without actual or constructive knowledge of the violation at the time he or she acquired his or her interest in such real property.

3. Upon notification of a refusal to issue order prepared by an enforcement officer that such a violation exists, all departments, commissions and employees shall refuse to issue permits, licenses or entitlements involving the premises except those necessary to abate such violation. The refusal to issue order shall be rescinded when the department, commission or employee has been notified by the enforcing officer that all required work to abate the violation has been completed and has been approved by the affected department.

4. The director of the affected department may waive the provisions of this section if the director determines that health or safety hazards will result from the refusal to issue order.

• (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. It shall be the duty of the director to enforce the provisions of this title. All departments, officials and public employees of the county vested with the duty or authority to issue permits shall conform to the provisions of this title and shall not willfully issue any permit or license for use, construction or purpose in conflict with the provisions of this title; and any such permit or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this title shall be null and void.

2. It shall be the duty of the director to enforce Articles No. 1 and No. 2 of Chapter 7 of the State Subdivision Map Act, except Section 66499.32 (a) and (b). (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Purpose and intent. This chapter establishes procedures for the recovery of administrative costs, including staff time expended on the enforcement of the provis

2. Records. The department shall maintain records of all administrative costs, incurred by responsible county employees, associated with the processing of violatio and revised from time to time by the board of supervisors.

3. Notice. Upon investigation and a determination that a violation of any of the provisions of this title is found to exist, the director, or any person within the depar department’s intent to charge the property owner for all administrative costs associated with enforcement, and of the owner’s right to a hearing on the objection The Glenn County planning authority has determined that conditions exist at the property at which violate Section of the County Code, to wit:

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(description of violation)

Notice is hereby given that at the conclusion of this case you will receive a summary of administrative costs associated with the processing of this violation, a You will have the right to object to these charges by filing a Request for Hearing with the Planning Commission within ten (10) days of service of the summar

4. Summary of costs

   1. At the conclusion of the case, the director shall send a summary of costs associated with enforcement to the owner and/or person having possession or co If you object to these charges you must file a Request for Hearing on the enclosed form within ten (10) days of the date of this notice. IF YOU FAIL TO TIMELY REQUEST A HEARING, YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT WILL BE WAIVED AND YOU WILL BE LIABLE TO THE COUNTY FOR T Dated:______________________________

____________________________ Director_

2. In the event that (a) no request for hearing is timely filed or, (b) after a hearing the planning commission affirms the validity of the costs, the property ow These costs shall be recoverable in a civil action in the name of the county, in any court of competent jurisdiction within the county.

3. Any property owner, or other person having possession and control thereof, who receives a summary of costs under this section shall have the right to a h

4. A request for hearing shall be filed with the planning commission within ten days of the service by mail of the department’s summary of costs, on a form p

5. Within thirty days of the filing of the request, and on ten-days written notice to the owner, the planning commission shall hold a hearing on the owner’s o

6. In determining the validity of the costs, the planning commission shall consider whether the total costs are reasonable in the circumstances of the case. F whether the owner moved promptly to correct the violation; the degree of cooperation provided by the owner; whether reasonable minds can differ as to w

7. The planning commission’s decision shall be appealable to the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 15.05.020 of this title. (Ord. 1269 § 10, 2018; Ord

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