(A) Whenever necessary to investigate and ascertain, and/or to abate any violation of the provisions of this chapter, or whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that there exists a violation of this chapter, the enforcing officer may enter onto any premises or into any building upon presentation of proper credentials to the owner and/or the occupant thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the enforcing officer may enter onto any premises or into any building under authority of warrant issues pursuant to Cal. Code of Civil Procedure §§ 1822.50 et seq. All costs incurred by the county in seeking and obtaining an inspection and/or abatement warrant may be recoverable as abatement costs.
(B) Upon discovering a public nuisance as defined in this chapter, the enforcing officer may do any one or more of the following:
(1) Issue a notice of violation, and record the notice of violation;
(2) Issue a notice to abate a public nuisance, record the notice to abate, and abate the public nuisance;
(3) Impose, determine, and collect an administrative civil penalty;
(4) Issue a stop work order requiring immediate cessation of the use or activity in accordance with this chapter;
(5) Seek relief from any court to abate the nuisance and/or collect civil penalties and abatement costs through the Office of the County Counsel, without first going through the administrative procedures set forth in this chapter; or
(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, when any nuisance described in § 1.06.030 constitutes an immediate threat to public health, safety, and/or welfare, and when the procedures set forth in this chapter would not result in abatement of that nuisance within a short enough time period to avoid that threat, the enforcing officer may direct any officer or employee of the county to summarily abate the nuisance. The enforcing officer shall make reasonable efforts to notify the responsible parties, but the formal notice and hearing procedures in this chapter shall not apply; however, the enforcing officer shall issue a post-deprivation notice to the responsible parties. The county may nevertheless recover all its costs for abating that nuisance in the manner set forth in this chapter.
(Ord. 960, § 1, 2017; Ord. 1,029, § 2(part), 2021)