Memorandum
Date: February 27, 2024
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Mireya G. Turner, Community Development Director
Marcus Beltramo, Code Enforcement Manager
Subject: Report of Summary Abatement Action Taken at 6439 Fifteenth Avenue, Lucerne (APN#034-212-10); Property Owner: Rhonda Morrill
Executive Summary: Pursuant to Lake County Code Chapter 5, Article IX, Section 42.2, the Comminuty Development Director shall provide a report to the Board of Supervisors at the next scheduled meeting explaining the emergency conditions that necessitated the summary abatement.
On February 2, 2024, the Lake County Code Enforcement made a finding that an immediate threat or danger exists to the health, safety, or welfare of the occupants of a particular property or to members of the public, in concurrence with District 3 Supervisor Crandell and County Counsel Guintivano, for the property located at 6439 Fifteenth Avenue, Lucerne, CA (hereinafter, subject property). Code Enforcement contracted with 360 Junk Removal & Hauling to perform the summary abatement to remove only those issues that presented an immediate health and safety issue. The summary abatement occurred from February 2, 2024, to February 6, 2024. 16,840 lbs of materials deemed to be an immediate health and safety hazard were removed from the property during the summary abatement.
Background / Investigation:
On January 31, 2024, a UPS driver alerted Code Enforcement Officer Chris Colen to the subject property. Upon arrival, Code Officer Colen observed extensive amounts of trash strewn across the property, including used chuck pads or absorbent pads. The property owner, Rhonda Morrill was observed living in a car outside of the principal dwelling.
Code Officer Colen conducted further research and discovered lack of water service dating back nine (9) years. Further, in 2020 a fire occurred on the property involving an unpermitted cargo container causing some fire damage to the s...
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