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Planning and Building Department, Code Enforcement Division, recommending the Board receive an update on Code Enforcement activities in the 2020-21 Fiscal Year and provide direction to staff on conceptual approval of the following proposed amendments to various County Codes:
1) Incorporation of Health and Safety Code§17920.3 regarding substandard housing;
2) Amend County Ordinance §9.02.470(A) removing the subsection that provides for appeals of Hearing Officer determinations to the Board of Supervisors;
3) Adoption of Board Resolution 202-2015 Parking and Loading Standards;
4) Amend Sec. 130.67.030 to expressly allow Code Enforcement to investigate and enforce violations of approval requirements contained within Temporary Use Permits, Conditional Use Permits, Special Use Permits, Conditions of Approval, and similar.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Code Enforcement Division consists of nine (9) FTEs, six (6) of whom are Code Enforcement Officers representing each Supervisorial District and special assignment areas. The Board approved two of these Code Enforcement Officers in the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Budget, one of which is funded by Transient Occupancy Tax to provide enhanced enforcement on Vacation Home Rentals (VHR). Officers are assigned to each of the five Supervisorial Districts with some moderate crossover with the cannabis and VHR special assignment areas. As established in Title 9 of the County Ordinances, the Code Enforcement Division is responsible for enforcing building and zoning regulations related to health, life, and safety across all El Dorado County Unincorporated Communities.
The Board has requested increased enforcement on chronic health, life, and safety cases and the Code Enforcement Division has responded with a more robust caseload. Currently, the division has over 1,200 open cases for an average of approximately 300 cases per officer. The additional responsibilities of cannabis and vacation home rental enforc...
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