(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d), an owner or tenant who fails to vacate a property after notice of an order to do so is responsible for a Class D municipal civil infraction. Each day that the person fails to vacate after the date indicated on the notice is a new violation.
(b) Where the order to vacate is based upon an imminent danger to life, limb or property of the occupant or the public at large, then a person who fails to vacate after notice of the order to do so is guilty of a misdemeanor with a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or 90 days in jail. Each day that the person fails to vacate after the date indicated on the notice is a new violation.
(c) Anyone other than an owner or tenant of a dwelling that has been ordered vacated, who fails to vacate, is guilty of a misdemeanor with a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or 90 days in jail.
(d) Except as provided in Section 1462.10(i), an owner, permittee, or tenant who has filed an appeal in accordance with the provisions of this chapter is not subject to the provisions of subsection (a) hereof during the course of those actions.
(e) Failure to obtain a rental permit as required by this chapter is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or ninety days in jail. Each day that a person fails to obtain a rental permit is a separate violation.
(f) Anyone who intentionally makes a false statement to a City employee in the course of the City employee's duties under this chapter, or who intentionally gives false information, including a signature which is not their own, on an application for rental permit under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or ninety days in jail. Each false statement or false piece of information is a separate violation.
(g) The actions, sanctions, and remedies in this chapter are in addition to all other actions, sanctions and remedies available to the City under any other City ordinance, state or federal law.
(Ord. 03-2011. Passed 4-19-11.)