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.010 Any Code Enforcement Officer, upon determining that a provision of this Code which he or she is authorized and charged to enforce has been violated, has the authority to issue a civil citation to any person(s) responsible therefor. A Code Enforcement Officer may issue a citation for a violation not committed in the Officer's presence if the Officer has determined through investigation that the responsible person cited did commit the violation. A responsible person to whom a citation is issued shall be liable for and shall pay to the City the fine(s) described in the citation when due pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
.020 Each day a violation of this Code exists shall be a separate violation and shall be subject to a separate civil citation and fine, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1.20.030.040 of this chapter. A citation may charge a violation for one or more days on which a violation exists, and for violation of one or more Code provisions. (Ord. 5930 1 (part); July 27, 2004.)
Each citation issued pursuant to this chapter shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:
.010 Name of the person responsible for the violation of any provision of this Code.
.020 Date on which the Code violation occurred or, in the case of a continuing violation, the date the Code violation was first known or observed to have occurred by the Code Enforcement Officer issuing the citation.
.030 The Code section(s) violated.
.040 Address of the property where the Code violation occurred. In the event the property does not have a legal address, or such address is unknown to the Code Enforcement Officer, a description of the property reasonably sufficient to identify the site of the violation shall be sufficient.
.050 Description of the violation(s).
.060 Amount of the fine for each violation, and procedure to pay the fine(s) and avoid a late payment penalty and/or any interest charges.
.070 Description of the procedure for requesting a waiver of fine deposit and/or an administrative review to contest the citation.
.080 Signature of the Code Enforcement Officer issuing the citation.
.090 Date the citation is issued.
.100 A self-addressed envelope in which the citee can mail or deliver to the City the fine, or request a waiver of fine deposit or request an administrative review.
.110 Any other information deemed necessary or appropriate by the Code Enforcement Officer or Manager. (Ord. 5930 1 (part); July 27, 2004.)
Any citation or notice issued or given pursuant to any provision of this chapter may be served, and shall be deemed received on the date when served, in any of the following manners:
.010 A Code Enforcement Officer may personally serve the notice or citation on the responsible person or citee. When personally served, the responsible person or citee shall be requested to sign a copy of the notice or citation showing his or her receipt thereof. If the responsible person refuses or otherwise fails to sign the notice or citation, the Code Enforcement Officer shall so indicate on the notice or citation. Neither the refusal or failure of the responsible person or citee to sign the notice or citation, nor the failure of the notice or citation to contain all of the information otherwise required by any provision of this chapter, shall affect the validity of the notice or citation or the validity of its service.
.020 A Code Enforcement Officer may mail the notice or citation by first class mail, if the responsible person or citee is not present for personal service when the Officer issues the notice or citation. When served by mail, the notice or citation shall be mailed to the citee's address shown on the county's last equalized property tax assessment rolls for a property-related violation, or to any address known for the citee for all other violations.
.030 A Code Enforcement Officer may post a copy of the notice or citation in a conspicuous place on the property on which any property-related Code violation exists or existed. When served by posting, a copy of the notice or citation shall also be mailed by first class mail to the responsible person or citee at the address of the property where the violation exists or existed. Failure of the responsible person or citee to receive the posted or mailed copy of the notice or citation, or both, shall not affect the validity of the notice or citation or the validity of its service.
.040 Any notice or order required or authorized to be given by the Manager or the Hearing Officer, or their designees, pursuant to any provision of this chapter shall be given in the manner provided in this section. (Ord. 5930 1 (part); July 27, 2004.)
.010 The amount of the fines for violating particular provisions of this Code shall be as set forth in a schedule of fines adopted by resolution of the City Council of the City. The schedule may include escalating fine amounts for repeat violations occurring within specified periods of time. Unless such schedule of fines as adopted by said resolution of the City Council separately and specifically sets forth the amount of the fines for violations of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code relating to temporary or portable signs, flags, banners or balloons, the amount of the fine for any such violation shall be twice the otherwise applicable amount set forth in said schedule.
.020 The schedule of fines may also specify the amount of interest and/or late payment penalty, if any, owed for any fine not paid when due. Any interest and/or late payment penalty shall be imposed for fines not paid within thirty (30) days of their due date, or such other time as specified in the resolution adopting and specifying said interest and/or penalties.
.030 Fines are due on the date the citation is issued, except, when a fine deposit has been waived pursuant to Section 1.20.090 of this chapter and the Hearing Officer thereafter upholds the citation and the amount of the fine, in whole or part, the fine amount shall be due on the date notice of the decision is given to the citee by the Hearing Officer, as provided in this chapter.
.040 Any civil fine(s), penalties and interest due pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the City Finance Department at such location or address as designated by the Manager.
.050 Payment of a civil fine shall not excuse the citee from correcting the Code violation for which the citation was issued. The issuance of a citation and/or payment of a fine does not bar the City from taking any other enforcement action regarding a Code violation that is not corrected, including issuing additional civil citations, nor bar any other civil or criminal enforcement action(s) as may be authorized by law for any uncorrected or subsequent violation of the same or any other Code provision.
.060 Any civil fine imposed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be separate and apart from any reinspection fee(s) due pursuant to Section 1.01.389 or any other applicable provision of this Code. (Ord. 5930 1 (part); July 27, 2004: Ord. 6054 § 4; April 24, 2007.)
.010 Any person receiving a civil citation may contest it by filing a request for an administrative review within the time provided herein. To obtain an administrative review, the citee shall file a signed written application in the form prescribed by the City, specifying the grounds for contesting the citation and fine. A citee may only contest the citation on one or more of the following grounds: (i) by denying that a violation occurred, (ii) by denying that a violation was not corrected within any applicable correction period, (iii) by denying that the citee is a responsible person for the violation, or (iv) by denying that the circumstances warrant imposition of the fine(s) prescribed.
.020 Any application request for administrative review must be received by the City within thirty (30) days of the date the citation was issued, and be accompanied by a deposit of the full amount of the fine or an application for waiver of the fine deposit pursuant to Section 1.20.090 of this chapter. The request for administrative review shall not be accepted for filing, if not accompanied by either a deposit of the full amount of the fine or an application for waiver of the fine deposit which conforms to the provisions of Section 1.20.090. When an application for administrative review and fine deposit and/or an application for waiver of fine deposit are mailed by the citee, the application(s) and fine shall be deemed filed on the date received by the City. All applications shall be date stamped on the date received by the City. The Manager may reject any application which is not timely received by the City. (Ord. 5930 1 (part); July 27, 2004.)
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