The Chief of Police or other authorized representative of the city may bring an action to abate a public nuisance described by this chapter. An order of abatement shall be issued whenever a person who owns, manages or controls any premises encourages or permits any of the illegal activity described in Section 8.12.050 on those premises. The order of abatement shall require the taking of reasonable measures designed to prevent the reoccurrence of the illegal activity. Those measures may include, but not be limited to, making improvements to real estate and installing lighting to enhance security, the hiring of security personnel, the hiring of a receiver, or the initiation and execution of eviction proceedings against tenants engaged in illegal activity on the premises. The order of abatement may also authorize the issuance of ex parte administration search warrants reasonably calculated to determine whether the nuisance has been abated or whether the order of abatement has been obeyed.
(Ord. 2003-1 § 1, 2002).