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TO: The Honorable City Council ��
FROM: William Phelps, Director of Community Development -& P
DATE: August 28, 1992 (CC Meeting of 9 -9 -92)
SUBJECT: CODE ENFORCEMENT WORK PROGRAM
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MEMORANDUM
Background
Staff is requesting City Council direction regarding the code
enforcement work program and priorities. The City Council last
considered code enforcement priorities at your meeting of November
21, 1990. At that meeting, the Council took action to receive and
file a Code Enforcement Activity Report and to consider code
enforcement priorities when the City addressed the issue of City
goals and priorities. Subsequently, the City Council did adopt a
Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives for Fiscal Year 1991 -92 and
has reviewed a draft Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives for
Fiscal Year 1992 -93 ((Council action was to table discussion on
1992 -93 goals and objectives until after the State budget is
adopted). Attached is an excerpt from the draft for Fiscal Year
1992 -93 which identifies code enforcement objectives. The Code
Enforcement objectives listed constitute specific work tasks to be
completed during the next year, and do not establish priorities for
standard code enforcement responsibilities such as investigation
work in response to complaints. Staff has, therefore, included in
the Discussion section of this memorandum a draft list of
priorities for consideration.
For the Council's information, the Community Development Committee
did discuss code enforcement priorities at a meeting on July 6,
1992. A memorandum addressed to the Code Enforcement Officers was
subsequently prepared which outlined revisions to code enforcement
procedures based on recommendations from the Committee (see
attached memorandum dated August 5, 1992). The procedures listed
in that memorandum were not ranked numerically in order of
priority.
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PAUL W. LAWRASON JR.
Mayor
ROY E TALLEY JR.
JOHN E. WOZNIAK SCOTT MONTGOMERY BERNARDO M. PEREZ Councilmember
Mayor Pro Tem Councilmember Councilmember
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The Honorable City Council
August 28, 1992
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Discussion
The purpose of establishing code enforcement priorities is to
determine how the Code Enforcement Officers' efforts should be
targeted. Obviously, some discretion is necessary to allow Code
Enforcement Officers to move quickly to deal with dangerous
situations to protect the public health and safety. Also, there is
a need to accomplish day -to -day responsibilities including, but not
limited to, the processing of Home Occupation Permits; Peddlers,
Itinerant Merchants and Solicitors Licensing; updating the Bail
Schedule; assisting in ordinance revisions; and developing policies
and procedures. Following is a draft list of priorities.
Priority List for Code Enforcement Officers:
1. Investigate all complaints received. Goal should be to
initiate investigation within one working day from the time
the complaint is received.
2. Investictatidoverc9ro ina and related violations in residential
areas of the City. Residential areas where there is a history
of overcrowding related complaints, such as the downtown and
other residential areas of the City where there is no
controlling homeowners association, should receive the most
attention.
3. Investictate and abate substandard and dangerous buildings with
assistance from Building and Safety to obtain compliance in
situations where there are substandard and dangerous buildings
as determined by structural hazards, inadequate sanitation,
faulty weather protection, and other unsafe housing
conditions.
4. Coordinate enforcement efforts with other public agencies to
resolve unsafe and /or unsightly conditions such as hazardous
materials storage or disposal violations, and improper solid
waste disposal.
5. Assist City police in the investigation and abatement of
abandoned vehicles and illegally parked vehicles. Parking
enforcement shall be targeted in residential areas surrounding
Moorpark College at the beginning of each semester. Parking
enforcement in commercial shopping areas will be done only if
complaints are received, violations are observed while
investigating other complaints or permit violations, or if
determined necessary by the Director of Community Development.
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The Honorable City Council
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Directed enforcement of parking concerns may be periodically
performed by Code Enforcement Officers to supplement City
Police efforts.
6. Investigate and abate illegal uses and signs including
abatement of illegal and unsafe signs in the public right -of-
way should be targeted.
7. Investigate and abate minor Public nuisance violations
including but not limited to barking dogs and inadequate
landscape and property maintenance.
8. Investi ate Home occupation, Boutique Sale Smoking Ordinance
Newsrack and Peddler Itinerant Merchants and Solicitors
violations.
9. Investigate Planned Development and Conditional Use Permit
violations. Goal should be to conduct periodic reviews with
the focus on businesses where there is a history of
violations.
Recommendation
Direct staff as deemed appropriate.
Attachments:
1. Excerpt from Draft Mission Statement, Goals and
Objectives for Fiscal Year 1992 -93
2. Memorandum to Code Enforcement Officers dated 8 -5 -92
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Mission Statement,
FY92/93
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Goals, Objectives
6. Develop work plan and initiate work to address changes to
OSCAR and Safety Elements required by update to Land Use and
Circulation Elements.
7. Complete Housing Element revisions for consistency with Land
Use Element.
8. Initiate work on an Art in Public Places Ordinance.
9. Submit draft commitment to implement Transportation Control
Measures (TCM's) to Ventura County APCD by early September
1992. Submit final commitment (a resolution or ordinance) by
early April 1993 to APCD.
10. Create a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Ordinance and
Program for implementing TDM strategies, including a list of
projects or activities which will be funded by air quality
mitigation funds.
11. Consistent with City Council direction, develop a work plan
and initiate work on preparation of Specific Plans.
Code Enforcement-
Encourage timely compliance with the municipal code.
1. Develop a manual of procedures for code enforcement activities
pertaining to the use of radio, issuing a citation, use of
City vehicles, taking a complaint, and other related matters.
2. In conjunction with City Attorney develop ordinance to address _
overcrowding in residential units.
3. Update Uniform Bail Schedule as necessary.
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4. Present ordinance restricting signs in public rights -of -way
for City Council consideration.
5. Prepare draft ordinance to authorize cost recovery for those
cases referred to the City Attorney's office for court action.
Housing
Provide safe and varied housing stock to accommodate all economic
and social groups, with an emphasis on affordable housing.
1. Develop an ordinance regulating the provision of density
bonuses to developers of qualifying affordable housing
projects consistent with State law.
CITY OF MOORPARK
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Frank Mancino and Mario Riley, Code Enforcement Officers
FROM: William Phelps, Director of Community Development
DATE: August 5, 1992
SUBJECT: Changes and Revisions to Code Enforcement Priorities
and Enforcement Objectives
This memorandum summarizes the issues discussed during our meeting
of Tuesday, July 7, 1992. You were advised at that meeting that
the Community Development Committee and the City Manager had met on
July 6, 1992, and that as a result of their recommendations, some
of the prior Code Enforcement investigation and patrolling
activities would need to be revised immediately.
Consistent with the Community Development Committee's
recommendations, Code Enforcement Officers shall follow the
procedures outlined below:
1. The top Code Enforcement priority is to investigate all
complaints received. Your goal should be to begin initial
investigations on complaints within 24 hours of the time the
initial complaint is received. (This goal may not always be
achievable based on several factors such as the severity of
the case and if any staff are on vacation or sick leave.)
2. Research the approved conditions of approval for commercial
and industrial planned development permits and conditional use
permits and conduct field investigations to verify that all
conditions of approval are being adhered to.
3. Diminish pro- active patrols in the City and limit patrolling
to commercial and industrial areas for permit compliance as
discussed under No. 2, above, and to residential areas of the
City that are known to be problem areas based on the history
of complaints and investigations. These known residential
problem areas include the downtown area of the City and other
residential areas of the City where there is no controlling
planned development permit or homeowners association.
4. Assist in the revision of the Zoning Ordinance and /or
Municipal Code to include more restrictive language regarding
parking of vehicles and recreational vehicles (R.V.'s) in
residential setback areas, including R.V.'s and trailers
parked on public streets and driveways.
5. Cease pro- active parking enforcement in the commercial
shopping centers in the City. Any parking enforcement in
these areas will be done only if observed while investigating
complaints or permit violations.
6. Prepare a draft memorandum for the City Council meeting of
September 2, 1992 (draft due by August 21), outlining Code
Enforcement priorities for the next fiscal year.
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cc: Deborah Traffenstedt, Senior Planner