(A) If a declared nuisance is not completely abated by the owner, lessee, occupant, agent or person having charge or control of the building, structure or property within the time prescribed in the Board of Zoning Adjustment order, the Director of Planning, any Code Enforcement Officer of the city or any designated city official is authorized and directed to cause the nuisance to be abated by city forces or private contract. In furtherance of this section, the Director of Planning, any Code Enforcement Officer of the city or any designated representative or agent of the city is expressly authorized to enter upon the building, structure or property for the purpose of investigating or abating the nuisance.
(B) Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, whenever the Code Enforcement Officer determines that a public nuisance is so imminently dangerous to life or property that such condition must be immediately corrected, the Code Enforcement Officer may institute the following procedures.
(1) Notice. The Code Enforcement Officer shall attempt to contact, through a personal interview or by telephone, the owner, lessee, agent or other person, if any, occupying or otherwise in real or apparent charge or control thereof. In the event contact is made, the Code Enforcement Officer shall notify such person(s) of the danger involved and require that such condition be removed, repaired, isolated or otherwise abated, within a reasonable period of time under the circumstances, so as to prevent the immediate danger to life or property.
(2) Abatement. In the event the Code Enforcement Officer is unable to make contact as hereinabove noted, or if the appropriate person(s), after notification by the Code Enforcement Officer, fail to abate the condition within the time frame specified by the Code Enforcement Officer, then the Code Enforcement Officer may, with the approval of the Director of Planning, take all steps deemed necessary to remove, repair, isolate or otherwise abate such condition immediately and without further notice so as to prevent the immediate danger to life or property.
(3) Costs. The Code Enforcement Officer shall keep an itemized account of all costs incurred by the city in its abatement efforts. The costs may be recovered pursuant to this chapter or by any other means provided for by law.
(`78 Code, § 8.32.140.) (Ord. 2408 § 1 (part), 1999; Ord. 1898 § 1 (part), 1988.)