No owner, operator or occupant of any parcel of land or any other responsible party shall maintain or permit to be maintained any part of such parcel in such a manner that grass or weeds of any kind, type or nature located thereon extend or stand more than eight inches above grade, or allows an accumulation of rubbish, garbage, broken, dilapidated or unusable furniture, mattresses or other household furniture, plastic materials, paints, miscellaneous coverings and/or any other materials, or contains dead grass, trees, shrubbery or plantings that significantly debase the property. This requirement shall be enforced as follows:
(a) The Housing Manager and/or the Chief Housing Inspector are authorized to issued notices and citations to the owner, operator or occupant of any property maintained in violation of this section, or to any other responsible party.
(b) The official shall post a notice in a conspicuous location on the property. The notice shall state the time when the notice was issued and shall indicate that the violation must be corrected within forty-eight hours after posting, weather permitting.
(c) No person shall fail to comply with such notice.
(d) Nothing herein shall be construed as modifying in any way Section 1113.18 of the Health and Sanitation Code.
(e) Whenever a property owner fails to comply with the notice within 48 hours, the City shall authorize a private contractor to abate the nuisance. The property owner shall be billed a dollar amount in accordance with a fee schedule established by the Director; of Community Service and Economic Development and maintained in the Building and Housing Department. Additional charges will apply to lots larger than 7,500 square feet or lots with grass and/or weeds in excess of 12 inches, and any other items found to be in violation of this section. Multiple charges shall apply to multiple lots with a single owner. The payment shall be deposited with the Housing Department within thirty days of the date of the bill. Any bill that is not paid within thirty days shall be placed on the property taxes of the property owner as a tax lien for collection, by the Finance Director.
(Ord. 2010-20. Passed 4-14-10.)