Definitions.
Riverside Municipal Code § 1.17.020
in effect1.17.020 - Definitions.
The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A. Administrative costs means all costs incurred by or on behalf of the City from the first discovery of the violation of the Riverside Municipal Code through the appeal process and until compliance is achieved, including but not limited to, staff time in investigating the violation, inspecting the property where the violation occurred, preparing investigation reports, sending notices, preparing for and attending any appeal hearing, attorneys' fees, and fees paid to the Administrative Hearing Officer. "Administrative Costs" shall not mean the administrative citation fines and the administrative civil penalties assessed pursuant to this chapter. "Administrative Costs" shall not mean late payment charges that accrue, or collection costs incurred, as a result of unpaid administrative citation fines.
B. Administrative Code enforcement remedies means administrative abatement, summary abatement, administrative citations, and administrative civil penalties as provided in this Code; and recordation of any notice, including notice of pendency of administrative proceeding, to the property owner and all other interested parties of violations of any provisions contained in the Riverside Municipal Code.
C. Administrative Hearing Officer shall mean any person appointed by the City Manager to preside at administrative hearings.
D. Enforcement Officer shall mean any City employee or agent of the City with the authority to enforce any provision of this Code, including, but not limited to, Code enforcement, fire prevention and parking services.
E. Responsible party means each person committing the violation or causing a condition on a parcel of real property located within the City of Riverside to violate the Riverside Municipal Code; each person who has an ownership interest in that property; and each person who although not an owner, nevertheless has a legal right or a legal obligation to exercise possession and control over that property. In the event the person who commits the violation or causes the violating condition is a minor, then the minor's parents or legal guardian shall be deemed the responsible party. In the event the violation or violating condition is most reasonably attributable to a business and not to an employee, then that business, to the extent it is a legal entity such that it can sue and be sued in its own name, and each person who is an owner of that business shall each be deemed responsible parties.
(Ord. 7757, § 12, 2026; Ord. 7341 § 2, 2016; Ord. 6963 § 2, 2007; Ord. 6479 § 1, 1999)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT1GEPR_CH1.17ADCOENRE_1.17.020DEFetched: 11/1/2026