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File #: 12240   
Type: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 5/29/2025 Department: Land Use Services
On agenda: 6/10/2025 Final action: 6/10/2025
Subject: Imposition of Special Assessments on Properties Previously Abated for Containing Public Nuisances
Attachments: 1. ATT-LUS-6-10-2025-Attachment A-Report of Delinquent Nuisance Abatement Fees
REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION

June 10, 2025

FROM
MARK WARDLAW, Director, Land Use Services Department

SUBJECT
Title
Imposition of Special Assessments on Properties Previously Abated for Containing Public Nuisances
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Adopt the report of delinquent abatement costs, related administrative fees, and unpaid citations issued for the properties due to the nuisance conditions included and summarized in Attachment A.
2. Order the abatement costs and related administrative fees, plus unpaid citations to be levied, as a special assessment against the properties should the owner fail to pay all costs prior to levy, and direct all money received to the Land Use Services Department, Code Enforcement Division, or the appropriate revolving fund.
3. Authorize the recordation of a notice of abatement lien against the properties, as permitted by Government Code section 25845(e).
4. Authorize the Director of the Land Use Services Department to amend the report of delinquent fees to remove those accounts that are paid in full, or adjust the amounts owed due to the revision of the penalties and the fees and/or partial payment of the delinquent charges, prior to the report being submitted to the Auditor-Controller/Treasure/Tax Collector for placement on the 2025-2026 property tax roll and to the Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk for the recording of liens against the parcels.
(Presenter: Mark Wardlaw, Director, 387- 4431)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Promote the Countywide Vision.
Operate in a Fiscally- Responsible and Business-Like Manner.

FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Costs) as the abatement work and costs that the special assessments would recoup have already been expended from the Land Use Services Department - Code Enforcement Divisio...

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