§ 8114-5.1. Notice of violation and penalty.

a.

Complaints regarding a homeshare or short-term rental received by the County will be addressed by the Planning Director or the Director of the Resource Management Agency's Code Compliance Division ("Code Compliance Director"), or their designees, who may conduct an investigation to determine whether a violation of Section 8109-4.6 has occurred and if so, the appropriate recourse. Evidence of a violation may include, but is not limited to, sheriff reports, criminal citations, online searches, and documentation consisting of photos, sound recordings and video.

b.

If the Planning Director or Code Compliance Director, or their designees, determines that a violation has occurred, the owner of the homeshare or short-term rental shall be duly noticed of the violation in writing sent by first class mail to the address of record for the owner on file with the Planning Division or, if no permit has been issued for the property pursuant to this Section, to the property's address and to the property owner's address of record as stated on latest equalized assessment roll maintained by the Ventura County Assessor.

(1)

For violations involving an administrative civil penalty, the notice shall include: a description of the violation and supporting evidence; the amount of the daily and/or total penalty being imposed pursuant to Section 8114-5.2; and notice of the owner's right to appeal the violation and/or penalty amount pursuant to Section 8114-5.4.

(2)

For violations involving permit revocation, the notice shall include: a description of the violation and supporting evidence; a statement that permit revocation is being sought; notice of the two-year permit ineligibility period that would result from permit revocation pursuant to Section 8114-5.3; and notice that the permit revocation shall be subject to the administrative hearing process of Section 8114-5.5.

c.

A violation and associated penalty that becomes final and non-appealable either by the lapse of the owner's appeal rights pursuant to Section 8114-5.4, or upon completion of the administrative hearing process pursuant to Section 8114-5.5, are referred to hereinafter as a final violation and penalty.

(Ord. No. 4523, § 6, 6-19-2018)