Board waives $410 monitoring fee for 1445 Nogales Street as redevelopment proceeds

The Sacramento Housing Code Advisory and Appeals Board voted on June 10, 2026 to waive a $410.40 monitoring fee charged to the Community Church of God in Christ No. 1 for the property at 1445 Nogales Street, while noting that other administrative penalties and monitoring fees assessed over the life of the case would be handled in separate cost-recovery proceedings.

City staff member Matthew Sartain told the board the case (22-022072) opened on May 28, 2022; initial inspections documented siding failure, broken windows and a large hole in the roof. Sartain said there had been no owner contact early in the case and that staff had assessed, to date, 20 monitoring fees and 18 administrative penalties, and recommended confirmation of a monitoring-fee charge of $410.40 for the property.

Argyle (appears in the record also as "Ardeo") Harrison, appearing for the Community Church, presented a video and described site cleanup: removal of vehicles and debris, installation of fencing, and ongoing monitoring. Harrison said the property owner or developer had submitted demolition and redevelopment plans, was working with city staff, and had an active planning submittal approved on April 11; Harrison described an overall redevelopment plan to convert the church building into apartments and to build additional units that would increase housing supply in the Del Paso Heights area.

Harrison asked the board to waive or substantially reduce administrative penalties to allow limited resources to be directed to remediation and construction. “Imposing additional pennies on a property who... we're actively working with the city and investing resources to comply, doesn't advance the city's goals,” he said.

Board members focused their review on the single monitoring fee appealed at the hearing and on evidence of progress and ongoing submittals. Staff noted that an approved planning submittal and a subsequent building submittal were in the record (May 20) and said inspectors would not continue charging monitoring fees as long as the permit process was ongoing and the parties stayed in communication. The board moved to waive the $410.40 monitoring fee for 1445 Nogales Street; the motion was seconded and carried. The board also adopted a set of uncontested cost-recovery blanket items (item 5) by vote.

Next steps: staff and the appellant were told to maintain communication about submittals and review status; other administrative penalties will be addressed in the separate cost-recovery calendar referenced by staff.