City of Clearlake continues nuisance abatement efforts
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The city of Clearlake reported this week that it is continuing its efforts to clean up nuisance properties.
Thanks to a break in the weather, the Clearlake Police Department’s Code Enforcement Bureau was able to continue with the cleanup and boarding up of a nuisance property on Redwood Street.
It was discovered that the property owner had passed away several years ago and squatters and trespassers have since been entering the property, police reported.
Police said the Redwood Street property is an example of the obstacles Code Enforcement deals with on a daily basis.
Abandoned properties can become inviting to squatters and trespassers, which can result in a wide variety of violations such as living without heat or hot and cold running water, theft of utilities, trespassing and damaging another subject’s property, police said.
In addition, police said many of the subjects who take advantage of these types of properties are involved in criminal activities or illegal drug use.
This latest action marks the fifth nuisance property the Code Enforcement Bureau has cleaned and boarded up since the middle of October, the police department said. These abatements are being completed in-house by Code Enforcement officers due to the exhaustion of the CalRecycle grant.
Code Enforcement has approximately 10 properties remaining on their list to abate. Due to weather conditions, these will be completed between storms, the police department said.
If you see or suspect someone is illegally entering a vacant or abandoned dwelling, you should immediately contact the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251. Reporting this immediately assists police in identifying and arresting persons performing these types of illegal actions.
For all questions regarding Code Enforcement, call 707-994-8251, Extension 309.