CHAPTER 95A: NUISANCES

Section

General Provisions

   95A.101   Purpose

   95A.102   General enforcement authority

   95A.103   Definitions

   95A.104   Declaration of a public nuisance

   95A.105   Emergency abatement

   95A.106   Notification to property owner

   95A.107   Voluntary abatement of nuisances

   95A.108   Failure to voluntarily abate a declared nuisance

   95A.109   Authority to enter upon property

   95A.110   Service of notices and orders for the abatement of a public nuisance

   95A.111   Abatement of public nuisance hearing by the Hearing officer

   95A.112   Abatement of public nuisance hearing procedures

   95A.113   Order on the abatement of a public nuisance

   95A.114   Alternative process

   95A.115   Service of the order to abate a public nuisance

   95A.116   Voluntary abatement after order to abate a public nuisance

   95A.117   Abatement by the city

   95A.118   Recording the notice of intent to demolish

   95A.119   Record of expenses and order for costs of abatement

   95A.120   Grievance with abatement order - appeal to the Indio Consolidated Appeals Board

   95A.121   Grievance with cost order - appeals to the Indio Consolidated Appeals Board

   95A.122   Assessment of costs

   95A.123   Violations

   95A.124   Alternative remedies

Fugitive Dust Control

   95A.131   Purpose

   95A.132   Control requirements

   95A.133   Disturbed vacant lands/weed abatement activities

   95A.134   Unpaved roads; unpaved parking lots; public or private paved roads

   95A.135   Administrative requirements; exemptions; compliance

Cross-reference:

   Consolidated Appeals Board, see § 95.01

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 95A.101 PURPOSE.

   (A)   It is the intention of the City Council, in adopting the provisions codified in this chapter, to set forth guidelines for determining what conditions constitute a public nuisance; to establish a method for giving notice of the conditions and an opportunity to correct; and finally in the event the public nuisance is not abated or corrected, to provide a procedure for a hearing and determination of the facts and manner in which the conditions shall be corrected or removed.

   (B)   In order to further the stated goals of the city and to protect its citizens and their property from conditions which are offensive or annoying to the senses, detrimental to property values and community appearance, or hazardous or injurious to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public, the City Council has determined that this chapter pertaining to nuisance abatement is necessary to effectively abate or prevent the development of such conditions in the city.

   (C)   The remedies provided for in this chapter are supplemental and complementary to all of the provisions of this code, state law, and any law cognizable at common law or in equity; and nothing herein shall be read, interpreted, or construed in any manner to limit any existing right or power of the city to abate any and all public nuisances.

(Ord. 1529, passed 3-5-08)

§ 95A.102 GENERAL ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.

   Enforcement officials have the authority and powers necessary to gain compliance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, land use plans, and applicable state and/or uniform codes. These powers include, but are not limited to, the power to issue notices of violation, field citations, or notices and orders to abate nuisances, inspect public and private property, and use whatever judicial and administrative remedies are available under the Municipal Code or applicable state codes.

(Ord. 1529, passed 3-5-08)