(A) Except as set forth in division (B) below, when a code violation does not create an immediate danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public, an enforcement officer shall provide a notice of violation to a responsible person prior to issuing an administrative citation. The notice of violation shall state that an administrative citation will issue if the code violation is not corrected or remedied within the period of time specified in the notice of violation. If the code violation pertains to building, plumbing, electrical or similar structural or zoning issues that do not create an immediate danger to health or safety, the period of time specified in the notice of violation shall be 14 days. Otherwise, the period of time shall be a reasonable period of time for the responsible person to correct or otherwise remedy the code violation, as determined by the enforcement officer. After the expiration of such time period, or any extension thereof authorized pursuant to § 15.04, if the enforcement officer determines that the code violation still exists, the enforcement officer may issue an administrative citation to that responsible person.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (A) of this section, if an enforcement officer determines after investigation that a code violation which does not create an immediate danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public exists on a property for which a notice of violation for the same code violation has been issued within the previous three months, the enforcement officer may issue an administrative citation without first issuing another notice of violation.
(C) When a code violation creates an immediate danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public, an enforcement officer may issue an administrative citation to a responsible person without first providing a notice of violation as set forth in division (A) of this section.
(D) After conducting an investigation, an enforcement officer may determine that a responsible person committed a code violation and may issue an administrative citation for the code violation whether or not the enforcement officer personally observed the creation of the circumstances which constitute the code violation.
(E) Each day a responsible person allows a code violation to exist shall be a separate violation and that responsible person shall be subject to a separate fine for each such day.
(F) An administrative citation may charge a code violation for one or more days on which a violation exists and may charge violation of one or more code sections.
(Ord. 1282, passed 3-1-06)