Title:
Title
Appointment of Hearing Examiners for Code Compliance Hearings
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FileID
File ID: 2021-00378
Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion pursuant to Sacramento City Code section 1.24.050 appointing Sheila Byars, Barbara Dellamarie, Darin Noonan, and Christopher Wooten as hearing examiners to hear appeals of administrative penalties, monitoring fees, Notice and Orders, and other enforcement matters for violations of the Sacramento City Code for a four-year term effective May 1, 2021.
FileName
Contact: Tina Lee-Vogt, Program Manager, (916) 808-2679, Community Development Department
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Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Hearing Examiner Applications
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Various chapters of the Sacramento City Code provide appeal of administrative penalties, monitoring fees, and Notices and Orders imposed for code violations, and staff decisions which otherwise would be heard by the City Council. Under City Code section 1.28.010 (D)(4)(c), administrative penalty appeals shall be heard by a hearing examiner appointed by the City Council. The Community Development Department Code Compliance Division conducts bi-monthly code compliance hearings for administrative penalties issued by its building inspectors and code enforcement officers for code violations and failure to comply with a Notice and Order after the owner was given a preliminary notice of the violations. However, the subject matters of these hearings have expanded to include cases involving decisions of other city departments and divisions, including Animal Control, Police, Fire, Urban Forestry, and Solid Waste, being appealed. Additionally, although hearing examiners routinely hear code violation cases, they are also utilized by other city departments when an independent decision is necessary, such as Department of Utilities for service disconnections and the Revenue Division for fee collections.
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