Whenever the Chief of Police shall receive two or more police reports generated in the ordinary course of the business of the Department, or any reports from sworn personnel of any other law enforcement agency lawfully exercising jurisdiction in the city, which reports described the commission of any acts or conduct within the same one year period at, in, or on the same property which could constitute any two or more of the offenses set forth in the definition of "Criminal Public Nuisance" at § 135.02, the Chief shall review said reports and determine whether or not the such acts or conduct in fact constitute any of said offenses. In the event that the Chief determines that said reports in fact described the commission of acts or conduct which constitute any two or more of said offenses, the Chief may take the following action:
(A) Notify by registered mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service, the owners and the occupants of the property in question that said property may be in danger of becoming a criminal public nuisance under the provisions of this chapter, which notice shall identify the property in question by either street address, PIN number of legal description, describe the acts or conduct which have occurred on the property that could serve as part of the basis for determining that the property constitutes a criminal public nuisance, and request that the owners and occupants contact the Chief within 14 days of the date of the letter to discuss potential courses of action which will prevent and deter the property in question from becoming a criminal public nuisance.
(B) After complying with the notification procedure set forth in division (A) above, if the Chief of Police receives an additional report describing the commission of acts or conduct within the same one year period as the acts or conduct with respect to which a notification was issued in accordance with division (A), which acts or conduct were committed at the same property described in said notice and which could constitute the commission of one or more of the offenses set forth in the definition of "Criminal Public Nuisance" at § 135.02, then the Chief shall review such report and determine whether or not such acts or conduct in fact constitute one or more of the said offenses, and, in the event that the Chief determines that such acts or conduct do constitute one or more of the said offenses, then the Chief shall, by registered mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service, and, in addition of either of the foregoing, by posting on the property itself, provide the owners and occupants of the property in question with a second notice, which notice shall inform the owners and occupants that the property in question has become and is in fact a criminal public nuisance under § 135.01, describe all in the acts and conduct forming the basis for the determination that the property in question is a criminal public nuisance, and request that the owners and occupants of the property contact the Chief within 14 days of the date of the notice to determine and implement a course of action which will result in the abatement of the property as a criminal public nuisance.
(C) Proof that the notices required under Chapter 93 were sent or given in the manner required hereunder shall be deemed proof that the owners or occupants of the property to which the notices related received such notices.
(Ord. 04-442, passed 5-12-04)