Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order; contents and procedures.
Riverside Municipal Code § 1.17.310
in effect1.17.310 - Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order; contents and procedures.
A. Whenever an Enforcement Officer determines that a violation of one or more provisions of the Riverside Municipal Code has occurred or continues to exist, a written Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order may be issued to each responsible party.
B. The Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order shall specify all of the following required information:
1. Date of mailing by certified and First Class Mail.
2. Identification by name and last known mailing address of each responsible party.
3. Identification of the parcel or parcels of real property subject to the Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order by street address and assessor parcel number (i.e., "APN") for improved parcels and by APN for unimproved parcels not assigned a street address.
4. Notice, in boldface type, that this chapter authorizes the imposition or assessment of administrative civil penalties up to $1,000.00 per day, per violation of any section of the Riverside Municipal Code.
5. Notice that the subject property is in violation of one or more sections of the Riverside Municipal Code as described in the inspection report(s) attached to the Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order. The inspection report shall identify each violation by the applicable section number and by either the section's title or a brief descriptive caption; specifically indicate where on the subject property or structure the violation occurred; the date(s) of occurrence; a brief description of how each section was violated; a brief description of the remedial or corrective action required to permanently correct the violation(s); and a compliance deadline date for the completion of all required corrections.
6. A demand and order to cease and desist from further action causing the violations and to permanently correct the violations by completing the action(s) specified in the inspection report(s) attached to the Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order by a calendar date certain (the compliance deadline).
7. Notice that each responsible party is subject to an order requiring the payment of administrative civil penalties for each violation not corrected by the compliance deadline, in an amount determined by the Administrative Hearing Officer.
8. A list of each violation identified by the applicable section number and the daily amount of administrative civil penalties proposed for each violation.
9. Identification of the specific factors that were used to determine the proposed daily amount of administrative civil penalties, pursuant to the criteria in Section 1.17.320 of this chapter, to be sought by the City in the event the corrective action required is not completed prior to the compliance deadline.
10. Notice of the date the amount of administrative civil penalties sought shall begin to accrue, and that any administrative civil penalties subsequently assessed shall continue on a daily basis at the daily assessed rate until the violations have been permanently corrected as determined by the City or the maximum amount has been reached.
11. Notice that administrative costs, in addition to any administrative civil penalties that may be imposed, may also be assessed by the Administrative Hearing Officer.
12. Notice and a brief description of the consequences of a responsible party's failure or refusal to appear at an administrative enforcement hearing on the Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order, and a responsible party's failure or refusal to pay the assessed administrative civil penalties and costs as provided in this chapter.
13. Notice and a brief description of any other consequences arising from a responsible party's failure or refusal to comply with the terms and deadlines as prescribed in the Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order.
14. Notice and a brief description of the administrative enforcement hearing procedures as set forth in this chapter.
15. Notice that a responsible party may seek judicial review of the Administrative Civil Penalties Enforcement Order pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure § 1094.6.
C. The Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order shall be served upon each responsible party in the manner required under this chapter.
D. More than one Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order may be issued against the same responsible party if each such subsequent notice and order concerns different dates, different violations, or different locations.
(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_1.17.310ADCIPENOORCOPRFetched: 11/1/2026