The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall be applied as defined in this section, unless a different meaning is specifically defined elsewhere in this chapter and specifically stated to apply:
ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION: A citation issued to a responsible person which gives a reasonable notice of a violation.
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOND: A surety bond which guarantees abatement of a violation.
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT HEARING OR HEARING: A hearing held pursuant to the procedures established by this chapter and at the request of a responsible person charged with a violation.
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT ORDER: An order issued by an administrative law judge. The order may include an order to abate the violation, pay civil fees and administrative costs, or take any other action as authorized or required by this chapter and applicable state statutes.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE: An individual appointed by the county council to preside over administrative code enforcement hearings.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: The department head of the Summit County department of community development.
COUNTY: Summit County, Utah.
COUNTY COUNCIL: The legislative body of Summit County and the governing body of special service districts located within the County.
COUNTY MANAGER: The chief executive officer of Summit County.
DISTRICT MANAGER: The chief executive officer of special service districts located within the County.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL: Any person authorized to enforce violations of any applicable laws or the adopted rules and regulations of special service districts within the county including, but not limited to, code enforcement officers, fire marshals, fire wardens, sheriff deputies, engineering inspectors, building inspectors, the building official, health inspectors, and health officials. If the enforcement official issuing a citation is not certified by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST certified), the maximum penalty that may be prescribed by the enforcement official is an infraction.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION: Any person that holds a recorded mortgage or deed of trust on a property.
GOOD CAUSE: Incapacitating illness; death; lack of proper notice; unavailability due to unavoidable, unpreventable, or extenuating emergency or circumstance, and acts of nature adverse to performing required acts.
IMMINENT LIFE SAFETY HAZARD: Any condition that creates a present, serious, and immediate danger to life, property, health, or public safety.
LEGAL INTEREST: Any interest that is represented by a document, such as a deed of trust, quitclaim deed, mortgage, judgment lien, tax or assessment lien, mechanic's lien, or other similar instrument that is recorded with the Summit County recorder.
NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE: A document issued by the county, or a special service district located within the County, representing that a property complies with the requirements outlined in the notice of violation, and that all outstanding civil fees and costs have been satisfied (either by being paid in full, or a subsequent administrative or judicial decision has resolved the outstanding debt).
NOTICE OF VIOLATION: A written notice prepared by an enforcement official that informs a responsible person of code violations and requires them to take certain steps to correct the violations.
PROPERTY OWNER: The recorded owner of real property as shown on the records of the Summit County recorder or assessor.
PUBLIC NUISANCE: Any condition caused, maintained, or permitted to exist that constitutes a threat to the public's health, safety, and welfare, or that significantly obstructs, injures, or interferes with the reasonable or free use of property in a neighborhood or community by any considerable number of persons.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON: Any person who is responsible for causing or maintaining a violation of this code, the adopted rules and regulations of special service districts within the County, or applicable state statutes. The property owner, tenant, person with a legal interest in the real property, or person in possession of the real property, or if a business, the business manager or owner, shall be liable for any violation maintained on the property. In all cases, the property owner shall be considered a responsible person.
WRITTEN: Includes handwritten, typewritten, photocopied, computer printed, or facsimile.
(Ord. 807, 6-12-2013; amd. Ord. 910, 8-5-2020; Ord. 979, 7-10-2024)