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Moss Family Trustee
April 1, 2003
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Butte County Code, Chapter 31, Section 31-50 - The owner or tenant of any premises, business
establishment or industry shall be responsible for the satisfactory removal of solid waste accumulated
on said premises. To prevent propagation, harborage or attraction of flies, rodents or other vectors and
the creation of a nuisance, solid waste, excepting non-flammable inert material, shall not be allowed to
remain on the premises for more than seven (7) days.
Non-flammable inert materials stored on a premises shall not be allowed to become either a harborage
for rodents, insects or other vectors, nor a public nuisance. Such inert non-flammable materials which
are not properly stored shall not be allowed to remain on a premises for more than thirty (30) days.
Butte County Code, Chapter 26 - U.B.C., 1994 Addition, Section 102 - Unsafe Buildings or
Structures.
All buildings or structures regulated by this code which are structurally unsafe or not provided with
adequate egress, or which constitute a fire hazard, or are otherwise dangerous to human life are, for the
purpose of this section, unsafe. Any use of buildings or structures constituting a hazard to safety,
health or public welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, fire hazard,
disaster, damage or abandonment is, for the purpose of this section, an unsafe use. Parapet walls,
cornices, spires, towers, tanks, statuary and other appendages or structural members which are
supported by, attached to, or a part of a building and which are in deteriorated condition or otherwise
unable to sustain the design loads which are specified in this code are hereby designated as unsafe
building appendages.
All such unsafe buildings, structures or appendages are hereby declared to be public nuisances and
shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the Dangerous Building Codes or such alternate procedures as may have been or as may be
adopted by this jurisdiction. As an alternative, the building official, or other employee or official of
this jurisdiction as designated by the governing body, may institute any other appropriate action to
prevent, restrain, correct or abate the violation.
The determination that these violations exist on the property is based on the following definitions 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.
Butte County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-305.170 - Garbage. "Garbage" means every
accumulation of animal or vegetable waste, matter that attends or results from the preparation,
consumption, decay, dealing in, or storage of meat, fish, fowl, fruits, vegetables or other food products
and shall include any food container in which there is putrescible material either solid or liquid.
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Moss Family Trustee
April 1, 2003
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Butte County Code, Chapter 24 Section 24-305.370 - Rubbish. "Rubbish" shall mean all
nonputrescible solid wastes, combustible, or noncombustible, including, but not limited to, paper,
cardboard, yard clippings, grass, ashes, wood, bedding, crockery, glass, metal and other similar
materials, excepting compost boxes.
Butte County Code, Chapter 24 Section 24-305.360 - Refuse. "Refuse" shall mean and include any
solids or semi-solid waste other than domestic sewage, including, but not limited to, garbage, rubbish
and trash.
It is the County's goal to obtain voluntary compliance with the Butte County Code. However, you should be
advised that Butte County has an active code enforcement program which provides an effective means of
enforcement. If voluntary compliance with this notice is not accomplished by correction or abatement of the
violation(s), enforcement may be pursued through the issuance of a citation to appear in the Butte County
Municipal Court. Upon conviction, violators may be fined and a Notice of Violation may be recorded which
will include a description of the action necessary to abate the violation.
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 action:
1. Remove all garbage, rubbish and refuse from your property and maintain a regular removal schedule
in accordance with Butte County Code, Chapter 31, Section 31-50.
2. Remove all "junk" in accordance with the Butte County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-305.240.
3. Remove all inoperable/junk vehicles from the property.
4. All unsafe buildings or structures must be abated by repair, rehabilitation or demolition as per the
Butte County Code, Chapter 26, UBC, Section "Unsafe Building or Structures."
You have thirty 30 days to voluntarily comply with the above directions or to present an acceptable plan for
abatement or corrective actions. Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at
the address or telephone number listed above.
Sincerely,
Scot Johnson
Code Enforcement Officer
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Fred Moss
November 29, 2001
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Butte County Code, Chapter 24 Section 24-305.170 - Gcirbc1ge. "Garbage" means every
aCCUnlUlatlon of animal or vegetable waste, matter that attends or results from the preparation,
consumption, decay, dealing in, or storage of meat, fish, fowl, fruits, vegetables or other food products
and shall include any food container in which there is putrescible material either solid or liquid.
Butte County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-305.370 - Rubbish. "Rubbish" shall mean all
nonputrescible solid wastes, combustible, or noncombustible, including, but not limited to, paper,
cardboard, yard clippings, grass, ashes, wood, bedding, crockery, glass, metal and other similar
materials, excepting compost boxes.
Butte County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-305.360 - Refuse. "Refuse" shall mean and include any
solids or semi-solid waste other than domestic sewage, including, but not limited to, garbage, rubbish
and trash.
It is the County's goal to obtain voluntary compliance with the Butte County Code. However, you should be
advised that Butte County has an active code enforcement program which provides an effective means of
enforcement. If voluntary compliance with this notice is not accomplished by correction or abatement of the
violation(s), enforcement may be pursued through the issuance of a citation to appear in the Butte County
Municipal Court. Upon conviction, violators may be fined and a Notice of Violation may be recorded which
will include a description of the action necessary to abate the violation.
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 garbage, rubbish and refuse from your property and maintain a regular removal schedule
in accordance with Butte County Code, Chapter 31, Section 31-50.
Remove all "junk" in accordance with the Butte County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-305.240.
You have thirty (30) days to voluntarily comply with the above directions or to present an acceptable plan for
abatement or corrective actions. Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact nle at
the address or telephone number listed above.
Sincerely,
Scot Johnson
Code Enforcement Officer
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cc: Department of Development Services, Code Enforcement