DATE: July 19, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
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Report and Assessment for Community Preservation Fees Past Due
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolution (Attachment I) confirming the report and assessment for overdue community preservation charges, for the period from January 1, 2015 through May 6, 2016 (Attachment II and III), and authorizing the assessments to become a special assessment against the properties if not paid on or before July 31, 2016.
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BACKGROUND
The purpose of the Special Assessment confirmation is to consider the proposed report and assessment list for unpaid community preservation fees and to determine whether a special assessment should be placed on these properties.
Article 7, Chapter 5 of the Hayward Municipal Code (HMC), otherwise known as the Community Preservation Ordinance, currently makes it unlawful for Hayward property owners to allow the condition of their property to deteriorate to the point that it becomes detrimental to the public health, safety, or general welfare of the community. This includes both inhabited properties and vacant properties, whether residential or commercial. Typical violations include debris, trash, vegetation, graffiti, signs, zoning issues, and abandoned and/or inoperable vehicles.
"Public nuisance" is defined in the Ordinance, as are the procedures for enforcing the Ordinance. The Ordinance provides due process protections that guarantee the property owners who are cited for violations of the Ordinance, notice and the opportunity to be heard.
Once a violation of the Ordinance has been established at a particular property and all appropriate notifications have been made, fines, fees, penalties and/or abatement of the violation can and will be imposed. Consequently, once the property owner has exhausted his or her administrative remedies, the property owner must then pay any and all cos...
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