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RECOVERY FOR UNPAID ACCOUNTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND ABATEMENT COSTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025City CouncilJuly 15, 2025Community & Economic Development Department RiversideCA.gov2
TheAdministrative Code Enforcement Programwasadopted by the City Council on July 13, 1999,establishing a means for cost recovery.TheCity is required to conduct a public hearingonthe nuisance abatement costs.Notice of Public Hearingwas published in the PressEnterprise on July 1, 2025.BACKGROUND
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Fiscal Year 2024-2025:Total properties with uncollected administrative and abatement costs is 76properties,less than 1% of all cases.CODE ENFORCEMENT STATISTICS RiversideCA.gov4
The City would recover approximately $300,111 in unpaid balances:SUMMARY OF FINES $22,497.65$125,913.46 $82,982.28 $68,718.02 AB ATE M E N T O F D AN G E R O U S B U I L D I N G SR U B B I S H , R E F U S E , TR AS H / D E B R I S O R WAS TE M ATTE R AB ATE M E N T SWE E D AN D B R U S H N U I S AN C E AB ATE M E N T SAD M I N I S TR A TI V E C O S TS 7/1/2025
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Priority 5 – High Performing GovernmentGoal 5.4 –Achieve and maintain financial health by addressing gaps between revenues and expenditures and aligning resources with strategic priorities to yield the greatest impact.Cross-Cutting Threads
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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1. Conduct the public hearing;2. Approve the accounting of the administrative and abatementcosts totaling $300,111.41as set forth in each of the attachedResolutions shown as Exhibit A; and3. Adopt four separate Resolutions noted in the staff report asattachments 1-4 assessing the costs and establishing the liensupon the respective parcels of real property to allow for costrecovery of the unpaid balances.RECOMMENDATIONS