Code Violation Process after Penalties
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Code Violation/Enforcement General
A notice of violation has also been recorded against the deed of the property. The NOV will cloud the title of the property if it is put up for sale or the owner tries to get a loan using the property as collateral (and we can use that leverage to potentially get compliance). The owner has also been notified that the county will withhold approval of any new permits, planning approvals, or licenses at the property should they apply for any while the violation remains uncorrected. Unpaid fines (currently $2,020) will be sent to collections soon and the owner will get a collections notice from the Collections Division.
Those actions represent all the civil enforcement tools code enforcement has available, other than forced abatement (i.e. where the county enters the property and removes the junk at county expense and over the protest of the owner/respondent). It is my opinion that pursuing abatement at this property is not appropriate at this time (we have some open cases at 40+ PN’s issued) and would result in lengthy legal/appeal proceedings and fiscal impact to county taxpayers. There is no mechanism that will produce a resolution/clean-up of the property in a timely manner (including abatement) unless the owner decides to voluntarily comply.
Updated 10/24/2025 9:31 AM