A. Maintenance Of Nuisance Unlawful: It is unlawful for any person, including, but not limited to, any owner, lessee, or other person to create or maintain a nuisance within the city or to permit a nuisance to remain on premises under his control within the city.
B. Citation Books Provided: The city manager is hereby authorized and directed to supply all code enforcement officials with citation books in sets, each set consisting of an original and at least two (2) duplicate copies, for the purpose of giving notice to persons violating any provision of this chapter.
C. Notice To Violator: Notice may be given by delivering the citation to the violator or by affixing it to the property involved in the violation in a conspicuous location.
D. Contents Of Citation: Each citation shall direct the violator to appear and present such citation at a designated place on or before a date and hour specified thereon. Each citation shall indicate the location of the violation.
E. Violator Compelled To Appear: It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to violate his written promise to appear, given to the issuing official upon the issuance of a code violation citation regardless of the disposition of the charge for which citation was originally issued.
F. Failure To Appear; Warrant Issuance From Court: If a violator under this chapter does not appear in response to a code violation citation affixed to the subject property within a period of five (5) days, the clerk of the municipal court may send to the owner of said property to which the citation was affixed a letter informing him of the violation and warning him that in the event such letter is disregarded for a period of five (5) days, a warrant of arrest may be issued. On any occasion where two (2) or more code violation citations have been affixed on the same property and the citations have been disregarded, a warrant of arrest may be issued without sending the letter provided in this section.
G. Copy Of Citation Deposited With Court Clerk: The issuing official, upon issuing a code violation citation to an alleged violator of any provision this title, shall deposit the original and a duplicate copy of the citation with the municipal court clerk. Upon the filing of the original citation in the municipal court, the citation may be disposed of only by trial in the court or by other official action by a judge of the court, including forfeiture of bail or by payment of a fine. (2000 Code § 8-417; amd. Ord. 1067, 1-8-2008, eff. 2-7-2008)