CC RESOLUTION 3961r
RESOLUTION NO.3961
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
ADOPTING A CODE ENFORCEMENT POLICY.
WHEREAS, on October 16, 1995 at a public study session, the
Council discussed the need for reviewing the City's method of
seeking compliance of those properties which are in violation of
the El Segundo Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, at the December 19, 1995 City Council Meeting, the
City staff reported back to the Council with respect to the Staff's
review of the City's method of seeking compliance of those
pprlooperties which are in violation of the El Segundo Municipal Code;
WHEREAS, at the December 19, 1995 City Council Meeting,
Council directed staff to prepare a Code Enforcement Policy.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT after consideration of the
above facts the City Council approves, adopts and establishes the
following:
SECTION 1. The Code Enforcement Policy attached hereto as
Exhibit A is approved and adopted.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of
original Resolutions of said City; and shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of
the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at
which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 16th day of January, 1996.
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• b. Legal Action: If Staff determines that the potential code violation,
which has not been remedied through the "Written Warning"
process, appears to be sufficiently supported by evidence such as
to make it likely that compliance could be gained through legal
action, Staff shall place the violation in a pool with other similar
violations. On a periodic basis and in an open meeting forum,
Staff shall randomly select from the pool of violations, one or more
violations for purposes of initiating legal action. The selected
violations shall be referred to the City Attorney's office for
purposes of filing a civil abatement/nuisance action.
II. PRIORITY OF CODE ENFORCEMENT
City Staff shall prioritize code enforcement as follows:
1. Immediate and Significant Health and Safety Threats
9 2. Illegal Dwelling Units
3. Violations which Cause Blight and Deterioration of Aesthetics
4. All other Violations.
III. STAFF REPORTS TO COUNCIL
Staff shall prepare monthly reports to the City Council for the first year of this code
enforcement policy and thereafter quarterly reports, which reports shall be public record, setting
forth the number and types of complaints received, the number of violations which appear to
exist based upon staffs investigation, the number of property owners who complied through the
written warning process, and the number of violations placed in the pool of violations.
IV. AMNESTY PERIOD
For a 60 day period commencing January 17, 1996 any property owner who voluntarily
reports a code violation, which does not constitute an immediate and significant health and safety
• threat, for his/her /its own property prior to the City receiving a complaint respecting the violation,
shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with the City which gives the property owner one
year to rectify the code violation. If the problem is not rectified within the one year period, the
agreement shall entitle the City to rectify the problem and charge all costs associated therewith
to the homeowner.
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(to Resolution No. 396 1)
CODE ENFORCEMENT POLICY - PROPERTY VIOLATIONS
The City Council has by Resolution No. 3961, dated January 16, 1996, adopted the
following code enforcement policy:
I. Method of Enforcement.
A. Generating and Receiving Complaints.
1. Generating Complaints: Staff shall cause to be published in a local
newspaper an advertisement inviting the residents and property owners of
El Segundo to submit written or oral complaints of Zoning Code violations
relating to real property to the City. The advertisement shall occur
quarterly and contain a complaint form for completing and delivering to
• the City. It shall also identify a City telephone number which can be
called to lodge oral complaints. All complainants shall be allowed to
remain anonymous.
2. Receiving Complaints: Staff shall log in all complaints and a staff
member shall be available during regular working hours to receive oral
complaints. Oral complaints shall be recorded on the same form used for
written complaints and shall include a notation that the complaint was
received orally and the name of the staff member receiving the complaint.
B. Investigation of Complaints.
All complaints which facially constitute a violation of the El Segundo Municipal
Code shall be investigated by staff within 15 days of the receipt of the complaint,
or as soon thereafter as practicable. Violations which would constitute an
immediate and significant health and safety threat should be investigated
immediately. Staff shall prepare a written record reflecting the dates and results
of investigations.
• C. Pursuing Compliance of Code Violations.
1. Code Violations which Constitute an Immediate and Significant Health and
Safety Threat:
Any code violation which constitutes an immediate and significant health
and safety threat shall be immediately referred to the City Manager and the
responsible department (e.g., fire or police) or outside agency for review
and enforcement.
2. All Other Code Violations:
a.. Written Warning: If after completing their investigation staff finds
evidence tending to show that a code violation exists, staff shall
initially send by certified mail a written notice of the violation to
the property owner. The notice shall specify that the property
owner will have thirty (30) days to rectify the violation or enter
. into agreement with the City to provide for rectifying the violation
by a date established by the City.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ]
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ] SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ]
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five;
that the foregoing resolution, being RESOLUTION NO. 3961 was duly passed and
adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor or said City, and
attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held
on the 16th day of January, 1996, and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
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AYES: Mayor Jacobson, Mayor ProTem Weston, Councilman Switz,
Councilman Robbins, and Councilwoman Friedkin.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTENTION: None
NOT PARTICIPATING: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 18th day of
January, 1996.
CINDY MORTESEN,
City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo,
California
(SEAL)
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