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Council upholds brush-clearance assessment process and authorizes lien at 672 Green View Road
Summary
At a protest hearing for unpaid brush-clearance costs, staff recommended confirming abatement costs and placing a lien for unpaid work at 672 Green View Road; council voted to adopt Resolution 2025-28 and proceed with the assessment.
During a protest hearing on Oct. 13, La Habra Heights staff recommended the council overrule any protests and adopt Resolution 2025-28 to confirm brush-clearance costs and authorize an assessment as a lien on the tax roll for properties with unpaid abatement charges, citing the city’s brush-abatement program and statutory process.
The public-hearing item focused on one property identified by staff as a recurring noncompliant property at 672 Green View Road. Staff explained the abatement process: notice to property owners, obtaining a warrant, bidding and performing the abatement work, and then offering owners an opportunity to pay before placing an assessment. When asked whether the presented abatement amount was for the current year or accumulated years, staff clarified the presented figure was for the current year.
No public testimony was offered on this item. Councilmember motions to adopt the resolution passed unanimously. Staff instructed that the confirmed cost will be placed as an assessment on the tax roll effective Oct. 13, 2025, in accordance with the adopted resolution.
Councilmembers asked follow-up procedural questions about ‘frequent-flyer’ properties and total lien amounts; staff did not have a full accumulated-lien total at the hearing and characterized the cumulative total as potentially substantial. The resolution adopted at the hearing confirms the process and allows the city to place the assessed amount on the property tax roll.
