The City of Danville shall be responsible for the enforcement of this article. The City Engineer, or their authorized representatives have the authority to issue verbal notices, written notices of violation (NOVs), citations and levy fines as described below.
(a) Written notice of violation. Whenever the City Engineer finds that a person has violated a prohibition or has failed to meet a requirement of this article or the maintenance agreement, the City Engineer may order compliance by sending a written NOV to the properly owner. All violations shall be corrected within the time period specified in the notice, but in no case shall such time period be less than twenty-four (24) hours. The NOV shall be mailed to the property owner at the last known address listed on the current tax assessment roll, or by personally serving, or by causing to be personally served, the property owner with a written NOV. A NOV is the first level of enforcement and does not include a penalty, or fine. Only one NOV will be issued for an offense before citations are utilized. An offense of the same nature as a previous offense, even if previously corrected under a NOV, will constitute a second offense to be enforced through a citation.
(b) Citation. The City of Danville may commence appropriate legal action and/or seek equitable relief including injunctive relief against any person who fails to abate a violation and/or to restore an affected property prior to the deadline established in the notice of violation. Any person who violates, neglects, omits, or refuses to comply with any provision of this article or the maintenance agreement shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1000) for each offense. The time of violation shall be measured from the time written notice to correct is given to the owner. Each day a violation is maintained shall constitute a separate offense. Any recoverable cost of corrective action shall be in addition to fines imposed as a penalty. The imposition of any penalty shall not exempt the violator from compliance with the provisions of this article.
(Ord. No. 1992, § 9, 4-25-22)