County Officer Pike Visits Neighborhood—$250 Fine Issued
We were greeted by an Officer of Riverside County today informing us of many violations in our neighborhood. He wanted to issue tickets by fining several homes for violations. We persuaded him to wait until we could write and distribute a newsletter. Like ourselves, we are assuming many of the people who live here are NOT aware of the ordinances or fines.
Violations sited by the County range in fines from $109 per hour for clean up, to $100-$250 and up to $500 each month until rectified. We were not aware of the county ordinances until today. Now, we think everyone should know about the violations Officer Pike brought to our attention. Here’s what he found in our neighborhood today:
- Outside storage is NOT allowed at all. Please remove anything you have stored on the outsides of your home or you risk being fined. Not only will the County fine you, they will charge you $109 per hour if they have to remove it themselves. He found empty lots and several homes in violation.
- Trailers parked and hooked up to the home as rental space is NOT allowed. We persuaded Officer Pike to give us a chance to communicate to our neighbors before he issues a violation ticket. This can be a fine up to $500 per month.
- Trailers parked in yards “For Sale” are not allowed. He already issued a $250 ticket for a trailer parked on Paintbrush Trail. The house is vacant. If you know the owner, please communicate a second ticket is being issued.
- Garbage of any sort is not allowed to accumulate outside the homes or in empty lots. He found violations today, and we asked him not to issue fines. Please clean up and remove any garbage you may have on the sides of your house. This fine begins at $109 per hour and can result in an additional fine of $250—$500.
- Manufactured homes or coaches are prohibited and require a building permit to be used as a residence on any property in our neighborhood. Officer Pike said there’s suspicious activity here (he wouldn’t say where) and it’s currently under investigation.
If you are in violation of any of the above items, please address them properly and promptly or you risk being fined by the County of Riverside.
We were surprised to receive today’s news, and we really don’t want anyone to get fined for not following the County Ordinances.
If you have any questions or want to confirm the information contained in this post, please call the County of Riverside, Code Enforcement Department.
You may want to contact Officer Pike directly and tell him about this newsletter. Inform him you were not aware of these violations and yours will be addressed immediately. If you don’t, you risk a fine by the County of Riverside.
Here are direct contact details:
Officer Pike, Code Enforcement
951-922-7534 phone
951-922-7262 fax
If you'd like more information about code enforcement in Riverside County California, please click here to enter their website.
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posted by 2B4U at
1:56 PM
2 Comments:
I would like begin by saying that I am in full agreement with keeping our community clean. This is our home people, and lets respect those around you. I agree that trash is trashy, just as are cars on the front lawns, mariachi music bands until late night hours, and front yard motor home parking. But lets be real. Nobody "stopped code enforcement" from citing violators. Someone simply didn't have the cajones to ask people to remove aforementioned eyesores and contacted the authorities, yes folks we have a "narc" among us. Someone has moved in and has far too much time on their hands and is taking it upon them selves to be hall monitor. If we wanted to live in a gated community or condo where we are told what we can and can't do, we would have purchased there in the first place. Grow a set and if you have an issue go to that person, if you can't grow the nuts to do it, then live with it. Stop your whining, you live with other people and in Desert Hot Springs no less, you’re going to have to tolerate some less than desirable things on occasion. I don’t know what you’re real estate agent told you but this isn’t Beverly Hills. Respect needs to come from the publisher of this little newsletter’s side as well. STAY THE HELL OUT OF MY MAIL BOX. I believe opening someone's mailbox other than your own, for any reason is considered tampering and is also illegal. If you want to get your point out and have people join your little Gestapo, do it correctly mail it out like the rest of the world. Every time you have put one of these little jewels in my mail you have left it open and I have had mail in it. If it happens again I will contact authorities for a half way good reason you looser. Do us, or me a favor anyway and get something else to occupy your time. Try a job, get a dog, grow a garden, have some sex or watch a movie. I don't know about the rest of you but this is exactly why I don't live in Palm Springs. I'm sick of the old, whiney, nazi, hall monitors. Lastly if you want to continue this little Justice League I suggest that you send out, via the post office, something where we can either accept or decline these little gems. I don’t want anyone in my mailbox for any reason and if I catch you doing it be prepared for a really awkward moment for you.
I'm sorry, you are wrong. The county code enforcement officer was here on August 15th and there were 5 families present when he said he was going to write tickets for neighborhood violations. We were outside when he pulled up, and others soon joined the conversation to see what was going on! He said he already wrote one ticket for $250. He said he was going to write more, and we "all" asked him to NOT write anymore tickets until we could get a notice out to everyone about his visit. He left brochures and information which was posted on the blog. At that time, we talked about starting a neighborhood watch. It sounds like you'd be a good person to help watch the neighborhood. None of us expect Beverly Hills or Palm Springs, we are not whining.... we were shocked to hear the area was in violation of county codes, and for those who want to help, I think we can make a difference for everyone. Hope to meet you at the meeting.
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