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MRS. LYNCH
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Butte County Department of Develo e r vi° "es
www.buttecounty.netldds
7 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965
(530) 538.7601 Telephone
(530) 538-7785 Facsimile
November 1, 2004
A. L. Thornton
PO Box 1445
Kent WA 98035
RE: Formal Warning Notice
Butte County Code Violation
1982 Baldwin Avenue, Palermo
AP# 026-111-008
Dear A. L Thornton;
Through our courtesy notice on September 20, 2004, 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
following specific violations:
1. The keeping of inoperable vehicles in public view.
Your failure to eliminate the stated violations is cause for the issuance of this formal warning notice.
This is notice that 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 specifically authorized or permitted by regulations are
prohibited.
Butte County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-95 - The AR (Agricultural -Residential) 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 AR 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.
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 wom-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,
A. L. Thornton
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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 classifies 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:
1. 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 the 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/� , �1
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Nick Hoekstra
Code Enforcement Officer
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cc: Department of Development Services, Code Enforcement
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PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL
I am a citizen of the United States and employed in the County of Butte; I am, and was at the
time of the service hereinafter mentioned, over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the within
action. My business address is Department of Development Services, Building Division, 7 County
Center Drive, Oroville, California 95965. I am readily familiar with the County's practice for
collection and processing of correspondence/documents for mailing with the United States Postal
Service and that said correspondence/documents are deposited with the United States Postal Service
in the ordinary course of business on the same day.
On November 1, 2004 , I served the foregoing 10 Day Notice on the person(s) named below
by placing a true copy thereof in a sealed envelope, with first class postage thereon fully paid,
addressed as indicated below, and by placing said envelope.
In the appropriate place within the Department of Development Services where
mail is collected for mailing with the United States Postal Services on the same
day.
X In the United States Postal Service Mail in Oroville, California.
A. L. Thornton _
PO Box 1445
Kent WA 98035
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on November 1, 2004 at I Oroville,
California.
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