REPORT TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS APPEALS BOARD
November 17, 2026
FROM: ANDREW JANZ, City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
BY: SARAH A. PAPAZIAN, Senior Deputy City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
SUBJECT
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CONTINUED TO DECEMBER 1, 2026
Actions pertaining to Fresno Code Enforcement case number E25-16504, concerning 246 N. Effie St., and the First Administrative Citation issued on August 14, 2026:
HEARING on the Appeal of the First Administrative Citation.
Take one of the following actions:
CONFIRM the First Administrative Citation issued August 14, 2026, and ORDER Appellants to repair the confirmed violations within thirty days; OR
CONFIRM certain violations but DISMISS other violations in the First Administrative Citation issued August 14, 2026, and ORDER Appellants to repair the confirmed violations within thirty days; OR
DISMISS the First Administrative Citation issued August 14, 2026.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that, after holding the appeal hearing, the Building Standards Appeals Board (BSAB) CONFIRM the First Administrative Citation (Citation) issued to property owners Jordan Sarabian and Jacob Sarabian (Property Owners or Appellants) on August 14, 2026, and ORDER Appellants to repair the remaining violation within thirty days, pursuant to Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) sections 11-319 and 11-324, and California Health and Safety Code section 17920.3.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On November 25, 2025, case E25-16504 was opened within the Anti-Slum Enforcement Team (ASET) and assigned to Community Revitalization Specialist Rene Hernandez (Inspector Hernandez). He inspected two of the three units at 246 N. Effie Street (the Property) on December 24, 2025, and inspected the last unit on January 6, 2026.
Based on his observations from those initial inspections, a Notice and Order with 95 violations was issued on January 12, 2026. (Appeal Packet (AP), pg. 60.) After various extensions and attempts to work with Appellants ...
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