When the city employee finds that a previous violation has not been corrected, he shall issue another citation requiring payment of an additional civil penalty in the amount of $200. After a second citation has been issued, no further civil citation shall be issued to the same person for the same continuing violation at the same location unless and until an additional written notice is delivered to the offender by personal service, registered mail or posting of the notice at the location of the violation if reasonable attempts to serve the notice are unsuccessful. The notice shall set forth the nature of the violation and order that corrective action be taken. The notice shall state that failure to correct the violation within the time specified in the notice will result in the assessment of additional civil penalties and other enforcement action. If after the specified time period has expired and corrective action has not been completed, the civil penalty shall automatically activate in the amount of $200 per day and shall continue to be accrued at the rate of $200 per day until the violation is corrected. The city employee shall notify the violator by personal service or certified mail of the day that the civil penalty began to accrue and shall state that the penalty will continue to accrue for each day the violation remains uncorrected. Any enforcement action for injunctive relief by the city shall not stay or abate the accruing of the civil penalty, and the penalty shall continue to accrue daily until the violation is finally corrected either voluntarily or by the city as a result of a court order.
(Ord. 00-26, passed 8-21-00)