Architectural Committee Meetings

The Architectural Committee meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month at 1:30p.m. at the District Office located at 2098 Frontage Road in Salton City for the purpose of architectural  review and approval of building projects within the district and to oversee complaints about possible CC&R infractions.     

The Architectural Committee

Per Board Resolution 2006-6-1, and consistent with Voter approved Ordinance 85-4, each Director appoints an architectural committee member for a 2 year term.  The Architectural Committee meets two times a month at a public housing that falls under the Brown Act in regards to open government meetings. 

The Architectural Committee members are:

Herschel Silverstone

Desert Shores

Linda Lockhart

Salton City

Ron Allen

Salton City

John Winters

Desert Shores

Newly Appointed Director Medders

scheduled to make his appointment soon

Their terms will expire on the 1st Friday of December 2009

Before a county building permit can be issued an Architectural Review application must be submitted approving the layout of your project as well as the size and height of the building. Other issues such as State compliance of any manufactured / mobile home to be installed is reviewed. Adherence to the CC&R’s and other relevant regulations and ordinances are also taken into consideration. 

If you do not have a copy of your tracts CC&R's the district can provide you one for the costs associated with pulling and copying the appropriate tract file.  This can be done at the district office at 2098 Frontage Road in Salton City during normal business hours.  Call (760) 394-4446 for more information.

An Architectural  Review application can be picked up at the SCSD office or online here. When submitting the application a $50 non-refundable fee is assessed. You will also be required to submit a plot plan showing the layout of your project when submitting the review application.  

Go to the Building Hints page for more information on developing your property.

CC&R Enforcement

On August 15th, 2006 the Board of Directors of the Salton Community Services District unanimously approved Resolution 2006-6-1 (Barrett) which describes the duties of the Architectural Committee and its companion Motion (Palmer) describing the CC&R Investigators duties.   This legislation is a result of months of deliberations and over 8 hours of public study sessions.  The end product is based upon Resolution 85-4 which was voted on by the public back in 1985.  85-4 gave the architectural committee powers of architectural review and gave the district the power of CC&R enforcement.  2006-6-1 delegates CC&R enforcement to the architectural committee.

2006-6-1 clearly defines what the responsibilities of the Architectural Committee are, while the investigator job description establishes that the investigator only documents a duly received complaint of a  possible CC&R violation.  The investigator does not determine if the complaint is valid or not, he/she just documents site conditions and turns that information over to the architectural committee whom then determines, at a public meeting, if a violation actually exists.  If it is deemed by the architectural committee that a violation exists then the property owner is notified and asked to correct the violation.  The Investigator is strictly forbidden from documenting or reporting anything that is not on the original complaint form.