Any person who is the owner of any lot or piece of ground or property within the city who suffers or permits conditions to prevail thereon so as to become a nuisance in the manner set forth in section 8.04.010 of this chapter shall be guilty of an offense. For the purpose of this chapter and section, the term "owner" means the owner of record of the property in question as shown by the most current tax rolls of the county treasurer, except where a new owner of record can be determined by the production of current records on file with the county clerk's office showing a new owner for the property who has not been entered on the current tax rolls. (Ord. 663 §1, 1987: Ord. 417 §1, 1976: prior code §12-10)