(a) The provisions of this Article shall be enforced by inspectors of the Bureau of Permits and Inspections, police officers, or any other public officer authorized to enforce ordinances.
(Ord. 55-2021. Passed 10-19-21.)
(b) Any violation of the provisions of this Article may be cause for a citation, a violation ticket and/or a notice of violation to be issued to the violator.
(c) A notice of violation or violation ticket shall be served by handing it to the violator, by handing it at the residence of the person to be served to an adult member of the household or other person in charge of the residence, by leaving or affixing the notice or violation ticket to the property where the violation exists, by handing it at any office or usual place of business of the violator, to his/her agent or to the person for the time being in charge thereof, or by mailing the notice to the violator's address of record.
(d) Each day a violation continues or is permitted to continue may constitute a separate offense for which a separate fine may be imposed.
(e) A public officer is authorized and empowered to cause a violation to be corrected.
(f) If the City has effected the correction of the violation, the cost thereof may be charged to the owner of the property, tenant, or offending party.
(1) Where the public officer or City takes corrective action to abate a public nuisance, the cost thereof, including any labor or materials supplied by the City or its contractors plus an administrative fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) added to each invoice incurred shall be charged to the owner and shall constitute a municipal lien against the real property upon which said cost and fee were incurred.
(2) For nuisance abatements in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), the administrative fee shall be fifteen (15%) percent of the actual cost incurred, including any labor or materials supplied by the City or its contractors.
(g) The City may publish and post any regulations governing the procedures and enforcement of any provisions of this Article.
(Ord. 11-2017. Passed 5-17-17.)