Board upholds nuisance order; Lakeshore Boulevard owner given 30 days to abate

The Board of Supervisors on March 24 upheld a notice of nuisance in order to abate for two adjacent parcels on Lakeshore Boulevard in unincorporated Lakeport and directed the property owner to voluntarily abate within 30 days, after which staff may abate and place costs as a special assessment if not paid.

Code Enforcement Manager Marcus Beltramo presented time‑series aerial imagery, inspection photos and records showing long‑running accumulation of stored materials, inoperable vehicles and an unpermitted metal structure on parcels at 4258 and 4270 Lakeshore Boulevard. For 4258, staff said the parcel is zoned R‑1 (single‑family residential) but was being used for pile‑driving contractor storage and personal storage inconsistent with that zoning; 4270 was zoned commercial‑resort and contained an unpermitted structure within required setbacks and visible storage.

Property owner Steve Radislaw, through counsel Andre Ross, submitted earlier county materials including a 2006 minor‑use permit and argued long‑standing and open use of the property, requested relief by adjusting a fenced screening condition (raising the fence height) and urged dismissal of the citation. Ross and Radislaw said there were no hazardous materials, no shoreline‑protection violations, and that long‑term visibility of equipment predates enforcement.

Board members discussed the history of prior notices and releases in the record, the elapsed time since earlier enforcement actions and the land‑use basis for the county’s current notice. A motion to uphold the notice and direct abatement within 30 days passed on a 4‑1 roll call (one abstention). The board also authorized staff to abate if the owner does not comply and to place abatement costs on the tax roll as a special assessment.