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Butte County Department of Development Services
www.buttecounty.net/dds
7 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965
(530) 538-7601 Telephone
(530) 538-7785 Facsimile
October 6, 2006
Ira J. Smith
P.O.'Box 5131
Oroville, CA 95966
RE: Formal Warning Notice
Butte County Code Violation
Address: 1615 Sweem Street, Oroville
AP# 030-080-012
Dear Ira J. Smith;
Through our courtesy notice on August 12, 2005, 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 accumulation of junk 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 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.
Ira J. Smith
AP# 030-080-012
October 6, 2006
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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 Chester 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 24-305.451 - Violator. An adult owner, tenant,
occupant, resident or other person having possession, control or any other ownership interest
in or the right of access to the premises, who is suspected or alleged to have violated or to be
in violation of any Butte County Code provisions of the Chapters specified in Butte County
Code Section 24-305.451.
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 `_`junk" in accordance with the Butte County Code, Chapter 24, Section 24-
305.240.
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 t101 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,
Nick Hoekstra
Code Enforcement Officer
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cc: Department of Development Services, Building Division
PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL
1 I am a citizen of the United States and employed in the County of Butte; I am, and was at the
2 time of the'service hereinafter mentioned, over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the within
3 action. -My business address is Department of Development Services, Building Division, 7 County
4 Center Drive, Oroville, California 95965. I am readily familiar with the County's practice for
5 collection and processing of correspondence/documents for mailing with the United States Postal
6 Service and that said correspondence/documents are deposited with the United States Postal Service
7 in the ordinary course of business on the same day.
8 On October 6, 2005, I served the foregoing 10 Day Notice on the person(s) named below by
9 placing a true copy thereof in a sealed envelope, with first class postage thereon fully paid, addressed
10 as indicated below, and by placing said envelope. ,
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12 In the appropriate place within the Department of Development Services where
13 mail is collected for mailing with the United States Postal Services on the same
14 day.
15 X In the United States Postal Service Mail in Oroville, California.
16 Ira J. Smith
17 P.O. Box 5131
Oroville, CA 95966
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19 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
20 is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on October 6, 2005, at Oroville, California.
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