(A) Upon receipt of an administrative citation, the responsible party must do the following:
(1) Pay the fine within 30 days from the date of the administrative citation. All fines assessed are payable to the City Clerk. Payment of a fine does not excuse or discharge the failure to correct the violation nor will it bar further enforcement action by the City Clerk; and
(2) Correct and abate the violation. If the offense is a continuing violation and the responsible party fails to properly correct and abate the violation, fines will accrue for each day until the abatement is properly verified by the city. Additionally, subsequent administrative citations may be issued for the same violation. The amount of the fine for failure to correct the violation will increase at the rate specified in this chapter or as established by City Council resolution.
(B) At any time following 30 days after the issuance of the administrative citation, the city may deliver a collection bill to the responsible party requiring payment for all outstanding amounts owed for the violation, including costs, the amount due for the initial violation and any accrual of daily fines from the date the citation was issued to the date the abatement of the offense is properly verified by the city (if applicable), plus any appropriate late payment charge, less any amount remitted pursuant to subsection (A) of this section.
(C) The abatement of a continuing violation must be verified by an enforcement officer. The responsible party must contact by phone, the enforcement officer who issued the citation and schedule an inspection. Fines will accrue until the abatement is verified, less any days delayed by action of the city in scheduling such inspection.
(Ord. 4544, passed 5-26-09)