(a) Upon finding a person guilty or responsible for a violation of any provision of this chapter, the court shall order such person to perform whatever action is reasonably necessary to correct and abate the violations, including clean-up, board-up, extermination, repair, rehabilitation, vacation of the building or structure, permanently securing or filling the excavation, compliance with section 16-29, and/or demolition. An abatement order shall be effective for one (1) year unless stayed on appeal. If stayed on appeal, the order shall be effective for one (1) year from the end of the appeal if the judgement and sentence are upheld. If more than one (1) person is guilty or responsible for a violation, such persons shall be jointly and severally responsible for completing the abatement.
(b) For violations of section 16-15 of this chapter, upon a finding of responsibility, the court shall order the abatement of the offending vehicle within thirty (30) days of judgment, unless additional time is requested by the defendant and granted by the court. Upon expiration of the time for abatement, and upon request by the city, the court shall order the city to abate a violation of section 16-15 by towing and impounding the vehicle; and the city shall dispose of the vehicle pursuant to the procedures for such disposal as set forth in sections 20-13 and 20-14 of the Code.
(c) When the court orders abatement pursuant to this section, the court shall advise a violator that additional fines will be imposed for failure to abate a violation, and that the city may bring criminal charges for failure to obey an order to abate a violation.
(Ord. No. 9816, § 15, 2-24-03; Ord. No. 10126, § 13, 3-1-05; Ord. No. 10512, § 3, 3-25-08)