(A) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or any amendments thereto, shall be served with a written notice by the director (except as provided in subsection (B) of this section), stating the nature of the violation and fixing a time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof.
(B) If the director determines that a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any amendments thereto, results in the immediate threat of a public hazard or an immediate menace to the public health or safety, the director may enter the premises without notice and do everything necessary to abate such hazard or menace to the public health or safety. The actual cost incurred by the director in taking such abatement action shall be a legal charge against the violator.
(C) Any person wilfully violating any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter, or any amendments thereto, or who shall continue the violation beyond the time specified in the notice to correct such violation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(D) The violator of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any amendments thereto, shall become liable to the city for expense, loss, or damage to the city by reason of such violation. (Ord. 1646, 5-8-2012)