A. The city may immediately abate any nuisance or violation of this chapter that poses a clear and imminent danger to, or requires immediate action to prevent or mitigate the loss or impairment of, life, health, property, or essential public services. The city may perform this abatement without providing prior notice or hearing to the owner or occupier of the offending premises.
B. The owner and/or occupier of the premises or the persons creating, causing, committing, or maintaining the nuisance shall be subject to any administrative fines, penalties, fees and costs, including reasonable attorney fees, imposed or incurred by the city pursuant to this chapter.
C. Any abatement performed by the city pursuant to this section shall be at the expense of the owner and/or occupier of the premises or the persons creating, causing, allowing, permitting, committing, or maintaining the nuisance. The city shall recover its expenses pursuant any of the methods set forth in Section 1.13.110 of the Visalia Municipal Code.
(Ord. 2016-19 § 1 (part), 2016)