2011 Annual Report, Veg Code Enforcement Program

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Protests 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Protests Submitted 5 2 0 0 1 Protests Granted 2 0 0 0 0 Protest Date — Reply 7 11 NA NA 10 • Protest Date — Reply indicates number of days between accepting submitted protest and responding with decision. Table 2 -A 5 Year Comparison of Requests, Notices, Abatements and Invoices 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 ■ Requests ■ Notices Mailed • Abatement Postings • Invoices Issued Breakdown of Enforcements by Violation Type In 2011, the main violation was for tall grass and weeds with 247 violations, or 37% of all violations. Following closely is vegetation creating an obstruction of the sidewalk with 185 violations, or 28% of all violations. The main vegetation violation on undeveloped property continues to be tall grass and weeds over 10 inches in height, with 89 violations, or 58% of all undeveloped property violations. Other violations on undeveloped property include 21 violations for traffic vision obstruction (accounting for 14 %), 18 violations for sidewalk obstructions (12 %), 10 violations for blackberries crossing property lines (6 %), 10 violations for street obstructions (6 %), and 1 violation for alley obstruction (.6 %) On developed properties, sidewalk obstructions continue for the fourth year as the main violation accounting for 33% of violations (167 violations). Other violations on developed property include tall grass and weeds violations with 158 violations (31 %), alley obstructions with 44 violations (9 %), traffic vision obstructions with 48 violations (9 %), street obstructions with 40 violations (8 %), blackberries crossing property lines with 33 violations (6 %), traffic sign obstructions with 3 violations (.5 %), poison oak with 31 2007 2008 209 2010 2011