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El Centro council approves special assessment to recover costs for abating 27-acre fire hazard property
Summary
After an extended public hearing, the city council adopted a resolution confirming roughly $20,000 in summary abatement costs for a 27-acre parcel west of Haskell Road and authorized placing the amount as a special assessment on the property tax roll; the owner was told of a 60-day appeal right.
The El Centro City Council on Tuesday voted 5-0 to confirm the city’s costs for a summary abatement of a 27-acre parcel on the city’s west side and to place the amount as a special assessment on the property’s tax bill.
City Community Development Director Angel Hernandez told the council the site — west of Haskell Road between the extensions of Orange Avenue and Hamilton — had become “a fire hazard” with extensive dry vegetation, and staff used a summary abatement process when inspections found the site posed an immediate threat to neighboring homes. He said the city contracted…
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