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ORDINANCE NQ 97-19
(Uniform Nuisance Abatement
Ordinance-Attomeys' Fees)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (omitting the
parenthetical footnotes from the official text of the enacted or amended provisions of the
County Ordinance Code): [Govt.C. §25120]
SECTION L SUMMARY An amendment to provide for the county to elect, at the initiation
of nuisance abatement proceedings whether to seek recovery of attorneys' fees as allowed by
Government Code section 25845(c) and to confirm the availability of the County's Uniform
Nuisance Abatement Ordinance as an abatement remedy in Title 7 of the Contra Costa
County Ordinance Code.
SEMON IL Section 14-6.426 of the County Ordinance Code is amended to read:
Noncompliance. Upon the failure, neglect or refusal to properly comply with the
order to abate within the prescribed time period, the county abatement officer may
cause to be done whatever work is necessary to abate the public nuisance. An account
of the cost of abatement shall be kept for each separate assessor's parcel involved in
the abatement.
When the county has completed the work of abatement, or has paid for such
work, the actual cost thereof, together with any administrative cost, shall be charged to
the owner of the property. To this amount shall be added the appeal fee if it had been
waived pursuant to Section 14-6.416 and reasonable attorneys' fees if the county has
elected to seek recovery of its attorneys' fees at the initiation of the proceedings. The
combined amounts shall be included in a bill and sent by mail to the owner, if not
paid prior thereto. The bill shall inform the owner that failure to pay the bill within
fifteen calendar days from the date of mailing may result in a lien upon the property.
(Ord. 97-19 § 2, 88-88 §2; Gov. Code §25845(c)).
SEMON IIL Section 72-6.020 of the County Ordinance Code is amended to read:
Abatement procedum The procedure for the abatement of buildings declared to be
public nuisances pursuant to Section 203 of the Uniform Building Code (which is
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adopted by reference in Division 74), or pursuant to Section 1001 of the Uniform
Housing Code (which is adopted by reference in Division 712) and Section 712-4.006
of this code, is the procedure specified in Article 6 (Action and Proceedings) of Sub-
chapter 1 (State Housing Law Regulations) of Chapter 1 of Title 25 (Housing and
Community Development) of the California Code of Regulations (25 C.C.R §§ 48 ff.).
That procedure is adopted by this reference as though fully set forth herein and is an
alternative to enforcement by judicial proceedings. As an alternative to these
procedures, abatement may be performed pursuant to the County's Uniform Nuisance
Abatement Ordinance as set forth in Chapter 14-6 of this Code. (Ords. 97-:-L9§ 3,
90-100 § 3, 82-23, 72-25, 71-76, 69-40, 1631: prior code § 7111: Ord. 1372).
SECTION IV. 1VE DATE This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage,
and within 15 days after passage shall be published once with the names of supervisors voting
for and against it in the Contra Costa Times , a newspaper published in this County.
[§§25123 & 25124]
PASSED on June 17, 1997 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Uilkema, Gerber, Canciamilla, DeSaulnier
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of
the Board and County Administrator
By:
DePutyShirley Casillas Board Chau Mark DeSaulnier
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