A. Reinspection Fee. A reinspection fee may be imposed on each person who receives a notice of violation, notice and order, or letter of correction of any provision of the municipal code, adopted building code. or state lafl. The fee amount shall be established by the council's fee resolution. The fee may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection conducted when the particular violation for which an inspection or reinspection is scheduled is not fully abated or corrected as directed by, and within the time and manner specified in, the notice or letter.
The fee shall not apply to the original inspection to document the violations and shall not apply to the first scheduled compliance inspection made after the issuance of a notice or letter, whether or not the correction has been made.
B. Administrative Costs. If a notice or letter has been previously issued for the same violation and the property has been in compliance with the law for less than one hundred eighty (180) days, the violation shall be deemed a continuation of the original case and all inspections or reinspections, including the first inspection for the repeated offense, shall be charged a reinspection fee. This fee is intended to compensate for administrative costs for unnecessary inspections, and not for enforcement of the law.
Any reinspection fee(s) imposed shall be separate and apart from any fines or penalties imposed for violation of the law, or costs incurred by the city for the abatement of a public nuisance.
(Ord. 182 § 2 (part), 1997)