A. The planning director and building official shall be the officials responsible for the enforcement of this title. In the discharge of their duty, the officials shall have the right to enter on any site or to enter any structure for the purpose of investigation and inspection, provided that the right of entry shall be exercised only at reasonable hours and that in no case shall any structure be entered in the absence of the owner or tenant without the written order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The officials may serve notice requiring the removal of any structure or use in violation of this title to the owner or his authorized agent, on a tenant, or on an architect, builder, contractor or other person who commits or participates in any violation. The officials may call upon the city attorney to institute necessary legal proceedings to enforce the provisions of this title, and the city attorney is hereby authorized to institute appropriate actions to that end. The officials may call upon the chief of police and his authorized agents to assist in the enforcement of this title.
B. Any person violating any provision of this title shall be guilty of an infraction. A person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which a violation of this title is committed, continued or permitted by the person. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)
C. Any structure erected, moved, altered, enlarged or maintained and any use of site contrary to the provisions of this title, including, but not limited to, use of a single-family residential dwelling as a transient dwelling, shall be and is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance, and the city attorney shall immediately institute necessary legal proceedings for the abatement, removal and enjoinment thereof in the manner provided by law and shall take such other steps as may be necessary to accomplish these ends, and shall apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to grant such relief as will remove or abate the structure or use and restrain or enjoin the person from erecting, moving, altering or enlarging the structure or using the site contrary to the provisions of this title. (Ord. 583, 5-25-2005)
D. All remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)