Abatement - Assessment of costs.
San José Municipal Code § 11.104.110
in effect11.104.110 - Abatement - Assessment of costs.
A. Costs of administration and abatement shall be assessed against the property owner if, based on all relevant evidence presented at the hearing, the board finds that the vehicle or part thereof was placed upon the property with the knowledge of the property owner or that the property owner has subsequently acquiesced in its presence.
B. If the board determines that the costs of administration and abatement should be assessed against the property owner, then the costs of administration and abatement will be assessed against the parcel of land from which the vehicle or part thereof was abated and removed, in accordance with the abatement cost recovery procedures set out in Part 4 of Chapter 17.02 of Title 17 of the San José Municipal Code.
C. If the board determines that the costs of administration and abatement should not be assessed against the property owner, then the costs may be assessed against the vehicle owner, and the director or director of finance may take such action to recover the cost of administration and abatement of the nuisance as the city is authorized to do by law for the recovery of a civil debt.
D. The city may recover the costs of any legal or administrative action it takes in order to recover its costs under this chapter from either the vehicle or the property owner or both.
(Ord. 24056.)
Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT11VETR_CH11.104ABDIINVE_11.104.110ABSSCOFetched: 11/1/2026