A. Any officer or employee of the city who has knowledge that real property has been divided in violation of the Subdivision Map Act or these regulations, shall immediately notify the director.
1. Notice of Violation. Upon receipt of that information, the director or their designee shall file a notice of violation. The owner of the real property shall be notified of the following:
a) The date that the violation was observed;
b) The section of this code or the State Subdivision Map Act violated and a description of the violation;
c) Actions required to correct the violation;
d) A reasonable time period for the correction; and
e) Notice that if the violation is not corrected by the date specified in the notice of violation, and administrative citation may be issued, subject to administrative review, and hearings by the map advisory committee and administrative fines may be imposed, as established by resolution of the city council, including any increased fines for repeat violations of the same code provision by the same person within 12 months from the date of a previous administrative citation, and penalties and interest accrued for delinquent administrative fines; and
f) An administrative fine shall be paid to the city within 21 calendar days from the date of the administrative citation or, if a request for an initial administrative review is submitted, within 15 calendar days of the notice that the administrative review determined that the citation should not be canceled. Payment of a fine under this title shall not excuse or discharge any continuation or repeated occurrence of the code violation that is the subject of the administrative citation.
2. Notice of violation - Exceptions. An administrative citation may be issued in lieu of a notice of violation if:
a) The person responsible for the violation was issued a notice of violation of the same provision of this code within the immediately preceding 12 months;
b) The violation constitutes, in the opinion of the director or their designee, an immediate threat to the health or safety of any person or the public generally;
c) One or more other violations exist on the property;
d) The person responsible for the violation currently owes the city unpaid administrative fines that are delinquent.
3. Correction of Violation. If the director or their designee determines that all violations listed in the notice of violation have been corrected within the time specified in the notice of violation, an administrative citation shall not be issued. If the director or their designee determines that all violations listed in the notice of violation have not been corrected within the time specified, an administrative citation may be issued for each uncorrected violation, or the director or their designee may invoke any other remedy provided by law, including a determination of whether a final notice of violation shall be recorded in the manner and form as prescribed by the Subdivision Map Act.
4. Administrative Review, Hearings, and Collections and Liens. If the violation is not corrected or the recipient of an administrative citation requests an administrative hearing, the procedures established in Article IV, Article V, and Article VI of Chapter 1.15 of the Chico Municipal Code shall be followed.
B. No board, commission, officer, or employee of the city shall issue any certificate or permit or grant any approval necessary to develop any real property within the city which has been divided, or which resulted from a division, in violation of the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, or of these regulations.
(Ord. 2591 (part))