§ 12.0603 — General Procedures

§12.0603 General Procedures

(a) Abatement Notice (1) Whenever a Director determines that public or private property or any portion of public or private property is a public nuisance as generally defined in Section 11.0210 or as declared in a specific section of the Municipal Code or applicable state codes, an Abatement Notice may be issued to the Responsible Person to abate the public nuisance. (2) The Abatement Notice shall contain a description of the property in general terms reasonably sufficient to identify the location of the property. It shall refer to Divisions 6 and 7 of Article 2, Chapter 1 of the Municipal Code or applicable state code violations which render the property a public nuisance. (3) The Abatement Notice shall describe the action required to abate the public nuisance which may include corrections, repairs, demolition, removal, obtaining the necessary permits, vacation of tenants or other appropriate action and shall establish time frames by which each action must occur. (4) The Abatement Notice shall explain the consequences should the Responsible Person fail to comply with the terms of the notice. (5) The Abatement Notice shall state whether as part of the abatement action, an Abatement Penalty is being assessed against the Responsible Person pursuant to this Division. (6) The Abatement Notice shall identify all applicable hearing and appeal rights. (b) Service of Abatement Notice The Abatement Notice shall be served by any one of the methods of service listed in Section 11.0301 of this Code. (c) Compliance Time Frames The Director shall follow the compliance time frames and specified procedures for either Time Frame One or Time Frame Two depending upon whether the criteria as provided in Section 12.0604 or 12.0605 of this Division applies.

(“General Procedures” added ((a)(b) portions previously contained in former Sec. 13.0305(a)–(c)) on 8–10–1993 by O–17956 N.S.) (Amended 2-26-2007 by O-19579 N.S.; effective 3-28-2007.)