The city has determined that certain activities which have been identified as public nuisances under state law are present and occurring in structures and places within the city. State law provides for the enjoining, abatement and prevention of such nuisances. The city desires to supplement the general laws relating to the abatement of such public nuisances by establishing a process whereby such nuisances may be abated by a voluntary cooperative effort between the city and the owner of the property whereon such public nuisances are occurring. The procedures established in this chapter describe and establish this process and further, establish provisions for obtaining judicial relief in circumstances where voluntary abatement is not achieved.
(Ord. 459 § 1 (part), 1992).