(a) City Council hereby finds that disruptive properties place a substantial unacceptable threat and burden on the common health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City of Johnstown. To this end, City Council hereby authorizes and directs the Chief of Police and/or Chief of Fire, or his/her designee as provided in the following sections, to charge the cost of law enforcement resulting from authorities being called to a disruptive property to the property owner in order to deter repeated violation of State and local law, and to pursue misdemeanor charges against the owner and/or occupant of a disruptive property when disruptive activity (as defined in Section 692.02) remains unabated over an unreasonably long period of time.
(b) Nothing in this chapter is intended to deter individuals within the City from requesting public safety services when they are in legitimate need of such.
(Ord. 5038. Passed 9-23-09.)