County of Santa Cruz v. Kaylor CA6

I. Statement of the Case

Appellant owns approximately 150 acres near Big Basin State Park in Boulder Creek, California. In November 2006, the County of Santa Cruz (County) issued to him a notice of violation, which cited the following violations of the County Code: (1) section 13.10.140, subdivision (a) [noncompliance with zoning regulations]; (2) section 13.10.275, subdivision (g) [violations of allowed uses in a timber harvest zone district]; (3) section 13.10.279, subdivision (a) [continuance of a code violation]; (4) section 13.10.556 [illegal outdoor storage of personal property and materials]; and (5) section 13.10.683 [parking and use of travel trailers and recreational vehicles without permits]. Appellant failed to bring his property into compliance with the County Code. In August 2010, the County filed a complaint for abatement of a nuisance, injunctive relief, civil penalties, attorney’s fees, and costs. The following month, appellant filed an amended answer in which he denied the allegations and asserted that he had already hauled 72 pickup truck loads of trash to the local dump and evicted or removed approximately 250 people, mostly methamphetamine addicts, from the…