(a) If the property owner or other person or agency fails to abate the public nuisance or take action to prevent the public nuisance from recurring within the time specified in the Director's order or the hearing officer's decision, whichever is applicable, the Director may abate the public nuisance and take whatever action is necessary to prevent the recurrence of the public nuisance. If the Director intends to recover the County's costs for the abatement the Director shall keep a separate account for the costs for each assessor's parcel involved in the Director's action.
(b) The Director may also impose a civil penalty up to $1,000 a day for each day the property owner or other person or agency failed to comply. The Director shall apportion the daily civil penalty assessed among the parcels involved in the action, applying the same percentage to each parcel based upon the percentage of the County's costs incurred for each parcel.
(Added by Ord. No. 10019 (N.S.), effective 11-20-09; amended by Ord. No. 10240 (N.S.), effective 1-4-13)