(A) Basis for the citation. Upon a determination by an Officer that 1 or more civil infractions have occurred, the Officer shall issue a citation to the person or other entity who the Officer has probable cause to believe is responsible for the activity or failure to act that is deemed to be the civil infraction. The person or entity that committed the alleged violation shall be responsible for the civil infraction. In addition, if the person who committed the alleged violation is on property owned by another, with the property owner's permission, the property owner shall be jointly and severally responsible for the violation.
(B) Service of the citation. The Officer shall serve the citation on the respondent(s) by any of the following methods reasonably calculated to actually reach the respondent:
(1) Personal service;
(2) Certified first class mail, return receipt requested, to the respondent's last known mailing address;
(3) Any means provided in Rule 7 of the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure reasonably calculated to apprize the respondent(s) of the violation; or
(4) Where a respondent avoids or eludes service or is otherwise not locatable for service, the city is entitled to use alternative service in the form of any of the following: posting the property, publication in a local newspaper, first class mail to the property.
(Ord. 2014-05-02, passed 5-13-2014)