4b - Ordinance Enforcement Officer Report Costa Mesa Sanitary District
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Memorandum
To: Operations Committee
From: Isidro Gallardo, Ordinance Enforcement Officer
Date: November 12, 2013
Subject: Ordinance Enforcement Report – October 2013
This report summarizes major points for three ordinance enforcement topics covering
Scavenging, Graffiti, and Trash Container Enforcement.
Scavenging: In the month of October, there were four calls made to the District HQs to
report scavenging activity:
170 Block of Virginia Pl
180 Block of 23rd St
280 Block of Ogle St
300 Block of Magnolia St
I have patrolled the above areas at various time of the day during the week, but I’ve had
no luck yet observing anyone scavenging. I will continue to patrol the areas.
Areas and times were scavenging was observed by the OEO:
DATE TIME ADDRESSES Citation
Issued
10/01/13
10/07/13
10/09/13
10/14/13
0815a
1010a
0150p
0835a
0910a
0125p
0210p
100 Blk Wells Pl
150 Blk Magnolia St (alley)
300 Blk Avocado St (dumpster)
250 Blk E. Wilson St
2400 Blk Elden Ave
850 Blk Center St (alley,dumpster)
2000 Blk Meyer Pl
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
10/23/13 0635a 2600 Blk Orange Ave no
Graffiti: No update.
Trash Container Enforcement: In the month of October, there were five complaints that
came into the District HQs to report addresses that leave their trash bins (t/b) in public
sight (p/s). I made a visit to the following address:
869 Congress St – Spoke directly to resident and agreed to place the t/b out of p/s.
203 Palmer St – No t/b in p/s
899 Wilson St – No t/b in p/s
1833 Peninsula - Spoke directly to resident and agreed to place the t/b out of p/s.
1792 Peninsula – tagged w/ a courtesy notice
643 Darrell St – Tagged w/ a 1st Notice (yellow)
I will follow up on these addresses and previous complaints to ensure compliance.
A summary of the courtesy notice process for the District OEO is provided in the following
chart and demonstrates the effectiveness of a “1st Notice”:
October 1-31, 2013 1st
Notice
2nd
Notice
Courtesy
Letter
South of Wilson St. 6 0 0
Wilson St. to Adams Ave. 7 0 1
Adams Ave. to Sunflower Ave. 0 0 0