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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 June 29, 2005 I served the foregoing Code Enforcement Citation #0313 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.
John Earl McQueen
1988 Rose St.
Oroville, CA 95966
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 June 29, 2005 at Oroville, California.
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Mylesl. St nd
Office Assistant II
BUTTE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
COMPLAINT FORM
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)Housing Complaint Taken By:
Permit History on File { } None { ) See Attached
Tenant:
Description of Violation:
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INSPECTOR'S REPORT
Address:
{ } Occupied Has Electricity { )Yes
{ } Vacant Has Sanitation { )Yes
Under Construction { } Yes { } No
Hazards: { } No { } Yes (explain)
Person Contacted:
Caution: { )Yes Why:
Approx. Age of Bldg/MH:
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)No Has Gas/Propane { } Yes { } No
{ } No Obvious Sewage Problems { ) Yes { } No
Built by/for { } Present Owner { } Previous Owner
Describe Action Taken:
INSPECTOR MUST ATTACK A COPY OF THE CORRECTION NOTICE!!
Inspector• Date:
ACTION RECOMMENDED
{ } Information Only, File { } Hold for Days
{ } Complaint Unfounded { } Other
{ } Resolved per Inspector's Report { } Send Letter of Compliance
Inspector must draw a plot plan with all building locations on the back of this sheet.
Butte County Department of Development Services
YVONNE CHRISTOPHER, DIRECTOR www.buftecounty.net/dds
7 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965
(530) 538-7601 Telephone
(530) 538.7785 Facsimile
September 3, 2004
John McQueen
1988 Rose St.
Oroville, Ca. 95966
RE: Formal Warning Notice
Butte County Code Violation
0 Tiny Ln. Palermo, Ca. 95968
AP#: 027-300-041/073
Dear John McQueen:
Through our courtesy notice on June 1.7. 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. Unauthorized camping or otherwise occupying a recreational vehicle.
2. The accumulation of junk in public view.
3. 'The accumulation of garbage for more than seven (7) days in public view.
4. 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.
John McQueen
AP#: 027-300-041/073
September 3, 2004
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• Butte County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-230 - The U (Unclassified) 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 U 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.
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 24, Section 24-260 (a) - Camping Limitations and
Prohibitions. No person shall place or park or allow the placing or parking of any
trailer coach, recreational vehicles, tent trailer or tent, or otherwise occupy or allow
the occupancy of any parcel (as defined in Section 24-305.310) for the purpose of
camping (as defined in Section 24-305.095) on public or private property within the
County for a period in excess of 9 days in any one calendar year, except in an
outdoor recreational facility, campground, recreational vehicle park, or
hunting/fishing camp, lawfully established and maintained pursuant to this Chapter.
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.
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.
John McQueen
AN: 027-300-041/073
September 3, 2004
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Bugt Cqunty 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.
Butte County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-305.095 - Camping. . Occupying or
maintaining for occupancy any place for temporary living, sleeping or other human
occupancy purposes. "Camping" does not include: The parking or storage of an
unoccupied and otherwise unused trailer coach, recreation vehicle, or tent trailer on a
privately owned parcel, as defined in Section 24-305.31; occupying a trailer coach, or
recreation vehicle, connected pursuant to county permit to permanent sewage disposal
and water supply systems; or occupying a trailer coach or a recreation vehicle for any
accessory use allowed in the applicable zoning district.
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.
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. Cease and desist camping activities on the property in accordance with the Butte County
Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-260(a).
This is your final wamiri . 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).
John McQueen
AP#: 027-300-041/073
September 3, 2004
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Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at the address or
telephone number listed above.
Sincerely,
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Code Enforcement Officer
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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 September 3, 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.
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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.
In the United States Postal Service Mail in Oroville, California.
John McQueen
1988 Rose St.
Oroville, Ca. 95966
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 September 3, 2004, at Oroville,
California.
Myles r Strafid
Office Assistant H
Butte County Department of Development Services
YVONNE CHRISTOPHER, DIRECTOR www.buttecounty.netldds
June 17, 2004
7 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965
(530) 538-7541 Telephone
(530) 538-2140 Facsimile
John McQueen
1988 Rose Street
Oroville, CA 95966
RE:. Butte County Code Violation
0 Tiny Ln.; Palermo, Ca. 95968
AN 027-300-041/073
Dear: John McQueen:
The Butte County Department of Development Services, Code Enforcement section has determined by
inspection and research that there are currently code violations present on your property at the above -
referenced location. Specifically, the violations include:
1. Unauthorized camping or otherwise occupying a recreational vehicle.
2. The accumulation of junk in public view.
3. The accumulation of garbage for more than seven (7) days in public view.
4. The keeping of inoperable vehicles in public view.
This is an advisory notice that these uses are in violation of the Butte County Code, as follows:
• 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 24-230 - The U (Unclassified) 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 U 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.
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