A. The Fire Chief or Director shall notify the owner, occupant or agent thereof, or person in charge or control of the property, each hereinafter referred to as "owner", personally or by certified mail of such accumulation and shall conspicuously post such notice in writing on any lot or premises upon which the Fire Chief or Director determines after investigation that such public nuisance exists. Such notice shall bear a title with the words "Notice To Clean Premises" in letters not less than one inch in height, and it shall direct the abatement of the nuisance and refer to this Chapter for particulars. Such notice shall require the owner to commence the abatement within five days and to complete such abatement within ten days from the date of the notice. Notices which are served by certified mail shall be addressed to the owner of the property at the address ascertained from title company records or as otherwise known. Service by certified mail shall be deemed complete upon deposit in a public receptacle for United States mail. The notices shall specify that a failure to comply with the notice is a misdemeanor or an infraction.
B. Any firm, corporation, owner, agent, occupant, or person in charge or control of real property who refuses or neglects to remove and abate any accumulation of matter described in Section 8.18.010 within the ten-day period set forth in any "Notice To Clean Premises" served upon them shall be guilty of a misdemeanor or an infraction. Each succeeding day that a person, firm or corporation refuses or neglects to remove and abate the matters determined to be a nuisance shall constitute a separate misdemeanor or infraction under this section. In the case of an appeal filed pursuant to Section 8.18.040, the time period for required removal and abatement shall be extended as set forth in Section 8.18.040.
C. The Fire Chief or Director shall enforce the provisions of this Chapter and are authorized to make arrests and issue notices pursuant to Chapter SC of Part 2 Title 3 of the Penal Code of the State of California.
D. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor or an infraction, which upon conviction thereof is punishable in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.12.010 of this Code.
E. The conviction of a misdemeanor or an infraction under this Chapter shall have no effect on any abatement process or procedure followed by the City
(Ord. MC-1449, 11-01-17; Ord. MC-460, 5-15-85; Ord. MC-241, 12-21-82; Ord. 3701, 1-24-78; Ord. 3367, 8-22-73)