L.A. County is expected to tell the owners of 20 unkempt properties to clean up their homes or face stiff penalties.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
will vote Tuesday on whether to order the owners to eliminate “unsightly,
unsafe and unhealthful conditions” on the properties, which were
declared public nuisances.
If the board approves the move,
owners or county crews must remove overgrown vegetation and any trash or
murky pool water, according to a Los Angeles County Department of
Public Works report.
Costs associated with the cleanup will be
billed to the owner, who could be slapped with a special assessment on
the property if the fee is not paid.
An abatement lien notice also could be placed against the property.
The
goal of code enforcers is to get compliance, Paul Novak, a deputy
for county Supervisor Mike Antonovich told the News-Press, but if the issue persists, “the
steps get elevated.”
— Veronica Rocha, of the Glendale News-Press
Photo: In a recent photo, a pipe sticks out of the ground by an empty swimming pool on a lot in
La Crescenta. The Building Rehabilitation Appeals Board has
declared the property a public nuisance. Credit: Roger Wilson / Glendale News-Press