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Butte County Department of Development Services
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7 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965
(530) 538-7541 Telephone
(530) 538.2140 Facsimile
June 16, 2003
Duarte Family Living Trust
1118 Almond Ave
Biggs, Ca 95917
RE: Formal Warning Notice
1118_Almond Ave. Biggs, Ca 95917
AP# 0250250,-0,,49 „J
Dear: Sally Duarte -Trustee
Through our courtesy notice on April 15, 2003, you were notified pursuant to Section 41-2 of the Butte County
Code of the presence of code violations on your above -referenced property. According to our records, the
courtesy notice has not resulted in abatement or correction of the:
1 The keeping of junk and inoperable vehicles in public view.
Your failure to eliminate the stated violations are cause for the issuance of this formal warning notice.
As of this date, our records indicate that the following violations to the Butte County Code still exist:
Butte County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-65 - Applicability of zoning regulations. All uses of land
within a zoned district not specificallly authorized or permitted by regulations are prohibited.
Butte County Cgde, Chapter 24, Section 24-90. The A-40 (Agricultural) zone does not
"specifically authorize" large accumulations of junk. The storing of more than 100 square feet of
"junk" on a parcel is one of the items used to determine that a "junkyard" condition exists. A
"junkyard" is not an allowed use in the A-40 zone without a Use Permit. "Automobiles and other
vehicles, dismantled, in whole or in part" are considered to be "junk." Chapter 11, Section 11-4
forbids people, whether at a licensed junkyard location or not, from storing junk in public view.
Sally Duarte -Trustee
June 16, 2003
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The determination that this violation exists on the property is based on the following definition in the Butte
County Code:
Butte County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-305.240 - Junk. Any worn-out and discarded material
in general that may be turned to some use including, but not limited to, any old iron, wire, copper,
tin, lead, rags, paper, bags, lumber, empty bottles, bones, parts of bicycles, tricycles, baby carriages,
automobiles, and other vehicles, dismantled, in whole or in part, kept, stored, located, situated or
piled in public view, and all other similar personal property ordinarily defined and classified as
"junk" kept, stored, located, situated or piled in public view and not screened from public view by
a fence.
In order to bring the property into compliance with the Butte County Code and avoid further enforcement actions,
you are hereby requested to take the following abatement or correction actions:
Remove all'inoperable/junk vehicles from the property.
This is your final warning. Unless you contact this office and make the proper arrangements to correct or abate
the violation(s) voluntarily, within ten (10) days from the date of this letter, enforcement shall be pursued through
'lie 'issuance of a citation (ordering you to appear in court) for said violation(s) and for failing to comply with this
warning letter.
Upon conviction of said violation(s) or of failing to comply with this letter, the court shall impose penalties (fines)
and a Notice of Violation shall be recorded in accordance with Butte County Code Section 41-7. The Notice of
Violation will include a description of the premises the violation concerns, a description of the violation, the date
of your convictions and the action necessary to correct or abate the violation(s).
Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at the address or telephone number
listed above.
Sincerely,
Rick Hamilton
Code Enforcement Officer
cc: Department of Development Services, Code Enforcement
PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL
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1 am a citizen of the United States and employed in the County of Butte; I am, and
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was at the time of the service hereinafter mentioned, over the age of eighteen years and
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not a party to the within action. My business address is Department of Development
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Services, Building Division, 7 County Center Drive, Oroville, California 95965. 1 am readily
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familiar with 'the County's practice for collection and processing of
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correspondence/documents for mailing with the United States Postal Service and that said
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correspondence/documents are deposited with the United States Postal Service in the
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ordinary course of business on the same day.
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On June 16, 2003, 1 served the foregoing 10 Day Notice on the person(s) named
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below by placing a true copy thereof in a sealed envelope, with first class postage thereon
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fully paid, addressed as indicated below, and by placing said envelope.
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X-- In the appropriate place within the Department of Development Services
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where mail is collected for mailing with the United States Postal Services
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on the same day.
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In the United States Postal Service Mail in Oroville, California.
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18 Duarte Family Living Trust
19 1118 Almond Ave
20 Biggs, Ca 95917
21 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
22 foregoing is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on June 16, 2003 at
Oroville, California.
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