Upon observing a violation of the provisions of this chapter, a notice to abate shall be issued to the property owner as shown on the records maintained by the department of assessment. The notice to abate shall be served by first class mail to the address shown on the assessor's records. Additionally, the notice to abate shall be posted in a conspicuous location upon the property at issue. Failure to receive such notice to abate shall not be a defense to any action by the city to abate the nuisance, collect abatement costs, collect administrative costs, or impose penalties authorized by this Code. The notice to abate shall inform the owner of the following:
(1) The nature of the violation;
(2) The time within which the violation must be abated, being not less than three days and no more than ten days from the date of the notice to abate;
(3) That the city shall act to abate the violation if it is not abated by the owner;
(4) That the cost of abatement by the city, together with an amount of $75.00 per invoice to cover administrative costs and contingent expenses, shall be charged against the owner or occupant and against the property itself; and
a. That, due to the increased administrative costs associated with repeat offenders (e.g., increased monitoring of property), an additional fee of $100.00 will be charged against the owner or occupant and against the property itself for the second and subsequent incidents in a calendar year.
(i) At the request of the owner or occupant, and upon good cause shown, the director of public works, or his designee, may waive the additional $100.00 fee once in a calendar year.
(5) That refusal to allow the city to abate an uncorrected violation shall be a civil infraction punishable by a civil fine of $500, plus costs imposed by the court.
a. The city may seek reimbursement from any person, partnership, corporation or association for mobilization costs of any contractor hired by the city to abate the nuisance when the contractor was unable to complete the abatement due to the actions of that person, partnership, corporation or association.
(Ord. No. 02-899, 5-21-02; Ord. No. 11-1338, 11-21-11; Ord. No. 18-1619, 7-17-18)