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Planning and Building Department, Code Enforcement Division, recommending the Board:
1) Receive a presentation on the Code Enforcement Strategic Plan for 2023 - 2025; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 126-2023 to approve the addition of 2.0 FTE Code Enforcement Officer I/II allocations and 1.0 FTE Code Enforcement Supervisor allocation. (Cont. 8/15/2023, Item 40)
FUNDING: Discretionary Transient Occupancy Tax (General Fund).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Code Enforcement Division (CE) consists of nine (9) FTEs, six (6) of whom are Code Enforcement Officers (Officers) representing each Supervisorial District and special assignment areas. Officers are assigned to six areas defined by zip codes 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.
In addition to recent statutory directives, the Board has requested increased enforcement on chronic health, life, and safety cases and additional attention has been requested to address issues related to VHRs, and Ranch Marketing/Winery special events across the County. As the CE Division has grown over the past three years the capacity to tackle the large caseload and historical backlog of cases, while concurrently addressing more recent special issue areas such as VHRs, has grown. In May 2023 the Board continued discussions about how to best move forward with VHRs and the VHR ordinance. The Board also expressed a strong desire for weekend and evening code enforcement to address VHR and Ranch Marketing activities that typically are most active at nights and weekends. There is no current capacity to perform this work as all Officers work weekday hours only and have full caseloads. The Board has requested staff study this issue an...
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