(A) Authority. An Enforcement Official may initiate a request to remedy.
(B) Cause. A violation or alleged violation exists.
(C) General procedure.
(1) Investigation. Before or after sending a notice letter, the Enforcement Official shall make reasonable attempt to investigate an alleged violation to conclude if there is a violation.
(2) Issue notice. The Enforcement Official shall mail a notice letter to the violator, the property address or to the tax record address if mail is undeliverable to the property (e.g., a vacant site) describing the violation or alleged violation.
(3) Timeframe to provide evidence or comply. The Enforcement Official shall grant the violator an opportunity to provide evidence that there isn’t a violation or to bring the violation into compliance; including a timeframe of at least one day but not more than 21 days. The timeframe granted shall be reasonably tied to the time necessary to remedy the violation (e.g., the time to remove an a-frame portable sign could be one day).
(4) Timeframe extension. A timeframe extension may be granted upon request by the Enforcement Official if the violator is making satisfactory progress.
(5) Timely correction. If corrective measures have not been initiated in a timely manner, or corrective measures are not effectively being conducted, or corrective measures are significantly behind schedule, or the violation remains after the timeframe given for remedy, then the Enforcement Official may choose another enforcement option. If the violator is making satisfactory progress and will likely meet the timeframe for remedy, the Enforcement Official shall not begin another enforcement option until the timeframe has expired and a violation remains unresolved.
(D) Safety from fines. The Enforcement Official shall not impose a fine to a violator if a request to remedy is the first enforcement action and the violation is remedied within the granted timeframe.
(Ord. 10-2010, passed - -2010, § 10.11)