A. An owner is deemed to have violated this chapter each day that a nuisance is permitted to continue following the issuance of a nuisance abatement order. The following administrative fines may be imposed for violations of this chapter in accordance with Chapter 1.15 of this code, except that the below fee schedule shall control over any conflicting fee schedule that may exist under Section 1.15.050 of this code:
1. A $0.00 administrative fine if the owner of the property on which a nuisance is alleged to exist fails to abate the nuisance within 10 days of a nuisance abatement order being issued, except that a frequent violator may be fined $100.00;
2. A $100.00 administrative fine if the owner of the property on which a nuisance is alleged to exist fails to abate the nuisance within between 11 and 20 days of a nuisance abatement order being issued, except that a frequent violator may be fined $200.00;
3. A $200.00 administrative fine if the owner of the property on which a nuisance is alleged to exist fails to abate the nuisance within between 21 and 30 days of a nuisance abatement order being issued, except that a frequent violator may be fined $500.00;
4. A $400.00 administrative fine if the owner of the property on which a nuisance is alleged to exist fails to abate the nuisance within between 31 and 40 days of a nuisance abatement order being issued, except that a frequent violator may be fined $500.00;
5. For each calendar day interval following the 40th day from which a nuisance abatement order has been issued, the owner may be fined an administrative fine of $100.00 for failure to abate the nuisance;
6. For the purposes of this section, a “frequent violator” is a property owner who has been issued more than one nuisance abatement order in the preceding 12 months for violating Chapter 1.14.
B. Any person who removes or defaces a proposed nuisance abatement order or other notice which is posted in the manner provided for by this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both.
(Ord. 1891 (part), Ord. 2592 §1 (part))