HomeMy Public PortalAbout09.5) Presentation_Swimming Pool MaintenanceOrdinance 20-1049:Pool Maintenance for the Reduction of Mosquito Breeding
City Council Meeting
November 4, 2020
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Swimming Pool Maintenance & Mosquito Breeding
•October 20 –City Council requests staff to return with
information about the:
Partnership between the City and the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
Proposed citation amounts
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Swimming Pool Maintenance & Mosquito Breeding
•Partnership:
SGVMVCD cannot write citations, only abate problem pools
Abatement takes months
Abatement is costly
SGVMVCD will find unmaintained swimming pools & notify owners
City would assist, using citation authority with unresponsive owners
If citations do not work, SGVMVCD would obtain a warrant to abate the issue
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Swimming Pool Maintenance & Mosquito Breeding
Citation Options
•SGVMVCD supportive of any citation amounts the City Council
deems effective
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SGVMVCD’s
Proposal
Existing
Citation
Amounts
Hybrid
Approach
First Citation $500 $100 $100
Second Citation $1,000 $300 $500
Third Citation $1,500 $500 $1,000
Swimming Pool Maintenance & Mosquito Breeding
•Staff recommends the existing citation amounts
Effective in the past
Only 1.15% of code enforcement cases require a citation
80% of cases with a 1st citation do not require a 2nd citation
Staff has not written a 3rd citation all year
If issue is not corrected after 3rd citation, staff can write a citation everyday until the issue is corrected
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Swimming Pool Maintenance & Mosquito Breeding
•Fines more than $1,000:
Must be classified as a misdemeanor, not an infraction
Require additional recitals in an ordinance
Appeal rights should be clarified, as well
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Swimming Pool Maintenance & Mosquito Breeding
•If the City Council wants to adopt SGVMVCD’s proposal
Return with a revised fee and fine schedule
Return with a revised ordinance
First reading of the ordinance will occur on November 18
•If the City Council wants to adopt the hybrid approach
Changes can be read into the record tonight
Return at second reading with a revised fee and fine schedule
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Recommendation:
1.Introduce for first reading by title only and waive
further reading of Ordinance No. 20 -1049
(Attachment “A”), Pool Maintenance for Vector Control;
and
2.Schedule the second reading of Ordinance No. 20 -
1049 for November 17, 2020.
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