(a) Whenever an Enforcement Officer charged with the enforcement of any provision of the Municipal Code determines that a transient violation of the provision has occurred, the Enforcement Officer shall have the authority to issue an administrative citation to any person responsible for the violation.
(b) Whenever an Enforcement Officer charged with the enforcement of any provision of the Municipal Code determines that a continuing violation of that provision had occurred, the Enforcement Officer shall provide a reasonable period of time, but no more than twenty-one (21) days, for a person responsible for a continuing violation to correct or otherwise remedy the violation prior to the imposition of administrative fines or penalties, when the violation pertains to building, plumbing, electrical or other similar structural or zoning issues that do not create an immediate danger to health or safety.
(c) Each administrative citation shall contain the following information:
(1) The date of the violation;
(2) The address or a definite description of the location where the violation occurred;
(3) The section of the Code violated and a description of the violation;
(4) A description of the action required to correct the violation;
(5) The type of penalty and the amount of the fine for the Code violation;
(6) A description of the fine payment process, including a description of the time within which and the place to which the fine shall be paid;
(7) An order prohibiting the continuation or repeated occurrence of the Code violation described in the administrative citation;
(8) A description of the administrative citation review process, including the time within which the administrative citation may be contested and the place from which a request for an initial review form to contest the administrative citation may be obtained; and
(9) The name and signature of the citing Enforcement Officer.
(10) A statement that unpaid fines and late payment fees are subject to lien or special assessment collection procedures and that property subject to a special assessment may be sold after three (3) or more years by the tax collector for unpaid delinquent assessments.
(Ord. 2628, eff. March 6, 1997, as amended by § 3, Ord. 2920, eff. May 20, 2010)