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Board adopts DBI delinquent charges report after public hearing and limited deletions
Summary
Following a public hearing on code‑enforcement liens and delinquent charges, the Department of Building Inspection and the Board resolved several owner concerns, removed four properties from the report and adopted the delinquent‑charges report (item 35) as amended.
The Board of Supervisors held a public hearing, sitting as a committee of the whole, to consider a Department of Building Inspection (DBI) report of delinquent charges and recommended special assessments for code‑enforcement cases. DBI staff presented the report and a list of recommended deletions that staff had received in advance.
Several members of the public spoke against liens or asked for corrections: one speaker said the notice of abatement had been mailed to an old address and asked to appeal; another said he was out of the country on the hearing date and sought clarification of the assessed amount; others described financial hardship and ongoing work to remedy violations. DBI representatives said they had held in‑house hearings and worked with some property owners; after on‑site discussions DBI agreed to remove four items from the list.
Why this matters: The code‑enforcement lien process converts unpaid abatement costs into a special tax assessment with potential impacts on property owners' tax bills. Public hearings are the forum for owners to raise notice, timeliness and hardship concerns.
Board action: DBI said it resolved most issues raised and would remove four properties from the delinquent‑charges list (two named on the record: 331 Shields and 701 Brunswick, plus two additional properties whose addresses were not specified in the hearing). The board amended the report accordingly and adopted the resolution "as amended" by unanimous consent.
Clarifications and follow up: DBI committed to provide an updated deletions list to the clerk within 24 hours. The clerk recorded that the amended report would omit the four agreed‑upon properties and proceed to be placed on the upcoming tax bill as appropriate for the remaining assessments.
Ending: The board closed the public hearing and adopted the DBI report as amended; DBI will file the final deletions list with the clerk within 24 hours and proceed with the assessment process for the remaining liens.
