This chapter identifies enforcement authority and establishes provisions which are intended to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Zoning Code and any conditions of land use entitlements to promote the city's planning efforts and for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare of the city. (Ord. 2010-02 § 1 (part), 2010)
A. Enforcement Authority. Enforcement of this title shall be the Community Development Director. Other officials of the city charged by the law with the general duty of enforcing city ordinances shall also enforce the provisions of this Zoning Code.
B. Duties. It shall be the duty of the Community Development Director to enforce this title and all its provisions. The Community Development Director shall investigate all matters of Zoning Code violations and, if a violation exists, the city shall take enforcement action, including the issuance of citations for any violations of the Zoning Code pertaining to the use of any land and the addition, alteration, construction, conversion, erection, relocation, reconstruction, or use of any structure pursuant to Chapter 8.25 (Administrative Citations and Penalties) of the Municipal Code. (Ord. 2010-02 § 1 (part), 2010)
All departments, officials, and public employees of the city which are vested with the duty or authority to issue planning entitlements, ministerial permits, or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this title and shall issue no such entitlement, permit or license for uses, buildings, or purposes where they would be in conflict with the provisions of this title. Any action taken by an official or public employee of the city in conflict with the provisions of this Zoning Code shall be deemed void. (Ord. 2010-02 § 1 (part), 2010)
A. Public Nuisance. Any building set up, erected, built, moved, or maintained and/or any use, division, or transfer of property contrary to the provisions of this title, or any amendment thereto, shall be, and is, unlawful and a public nuisance and shall be subject to the remedies and penalties identified in this chapter, the municipal code, and other remedies available to the city.
B. Infractions. Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, violating any of the provisions of this title shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, punishable as specified in Chapter 8.25 (Administrative Citations and Penalties) of the municipal code.
C. Stop work order. Any action in violation of this Zoning Code or any conditions imposed on an entitlement or permit shall be subject to the issuance of a stop work order.
D. Injunctive Relief. Whenever, in the judgment of the Community Development Director, any corporation, firm or person is engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice which constitutes or will constitute a violation of any provision of this title or any permit, order, regulation, or rule issued in compliance with this title, at the request of the Community Development Director, the City Attorney may within thirty days make an application to the appropriate court for an order directing compliance.
E. Abatement. All nuisance abatement, removal and enjoinment proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with this title, this Chapter 17.16 (Enforcement, Legal Procedure, and Penalties), and relevant provisions of state law.
F. Remedies. Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, violating any of the provisions of this title shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this title is committed, continued, or permitted. All remedies provided for in this chapter shall be cumulative and not exclusive. (Ord. 2010-02 § 1 (part), 2010)
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