(A) Hazardous condition. A hazardous condition exists when any earth material, natural slope, excavation, fill, or drainage device is situated on private property in such a manner that creates a risk of injury to persons or property, creates a danger to public safety, or endangers the safety, usability, or stability of adjacent property, structures, or public facilities. The maintenance of any hazardous condition shall constitute a public nuisance.
(B) Enforcement agent. The City Engineer/Public Works Director, or any official authorized to enforce this code, may examine, or cause to be examined, every reported or alleged hazardous condition.
(C) Notification. Upon determining the existence of a hazardous condition, the City Engineer/Public Works Director or other official authorized to enforce this code shall provide written notification to the property owner describing the hazardous condition and requiring mitigation of the hazardous condition within a reasonable time given the risks created by the hazardous condition. The property owner shall comply with the mitigation requirements set forth in the notice. In the event that the required mitigation is not completed within the period specified in the notice, the city may exercise any available legal remedy to correct the hazardous condition.
(Ord. 2022-364, passed 11-16-2022)