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Code Compliance Advisory Committee urges administrative abatement with free hearing; commission asks staff to draft program
Summary
The CCAC presented a draft administrative abatement and amnesty approach to the Planning Commission, recommending a streamlined amnesty program, prioritized triage for life-safety issues, and use of Government Code authorities to require abatement costs be recovered via special assessment.
The Planning Commission held a joint session Jan. 10 with the Code Compliance Advisory Committee (CCAC), which recommended an administrative abatement program that emphasizes a non-confrontational intake, an amnesty pathway and a fair hearing process before abatement, with cost recovery limited to actual abatement costs.
Colleen Rhodes and other CCAC members told the joint meeting the county has 189 active compliance cases (per CCAC-provided case lists) and that many violations are title-15 issues (building/health) while a substantial subset fall under title 17 land-use code. The CCAC recommended an administrative-abatement framework based on Government Code section 25845 and appellate-reading of Government Code sections 27720–27728 for hearing procedures.
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