Compton Municipal Code § 7-1 Administrative Provisions

[Added by Ord. #1577, § 4700]

This Chapter provides minimum standards in order to safeguard the environment, general health, safety, welfare and peace and tranquility of the Citizens of the City of Compton. It is the intent of the City Council to recognize the rights of its citizens to be protected from visual blight, from destruction or depreciation of property values, private and public, real and personal; and from destruction of the beauty of the City.

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Editor's Note: Former Subsection 7-1.2, Administration, previously codified herein and containing portions of Ordinance Nos. 1577 and 2085, was repealed in its entirety by Ordinance No. 2173. See § 8-2 for Municipal Law Enforcement Departments.

[Added by Ord. #1577, § 4700.2]

This Chapter is not the exclusive regulation of public or private nuisances. It shall be supplemental and in addition to other regulatory codes, statutes and resolutions heretofore enacted by the City, state or other legal entity or agency having jurisdiction.

[Added by Ord. #1577, § 4701]

The Commission of an act or acts forbidden by this Chapter, or the failure to act where required by this Chapter to so act, shall constitute a public nuisance, as defined in § 7-13 and is punishable as set out in Subsection 7-1.6a and b.

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Editor's Note: Authority of city governments to provide for the summary abatement of nuisances, Gov. Code § 38773.

[Added by Ord. #1577, § 4701.1]

Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to the penalty established in Chapter 1, § 1-6.

[Added by Ord. #1577, § 4701.2]

The provisions of this Chapter may be enforced by the alternative remedies of:

a. Summary Abatement of the Nuisance. Any act, acts or failures to act which constitute a public nuisance, as defined above, may be summarily abated by the Building and Safety Department at the direction of the Police Department, the Fire Department, the Public Works Department, Los Angeles Health Department, of the office of the City Attorney, at the expense of the person committing, maintaining or causing the nuisance; and the expense may be defrayed by a placing of a lien against the property on which the nuisance was maintained or committed and a personal obligation against the property owner becomes outstanding; or

b. Commencement of Civil or Criminal Proceedings. The City Attorney, at the direction of the City Council, shall commence civil or criminal proceedings to abate a public nuisance in accordance with applicable provisions of the Civil and Penal Code of the State of California.

[Added by Ord. #1577, § 4701.3]

The procedure for levying against real property to recover the costs incurred by the abatement of a nuisance shall be set out in § 7-20, Weed and Rubbish Abatement.

[Added by Ord. #1577, § 4701.4]

Unless otherwise indicated herein, where a permit is required to carry on a designated activity, the City Council may issue a permit upon the written application of any person or group. Such application shall contain the name, address, telephone number, purpose and duration of the permit period, and any other information which the Council may use to consider issuing a permit. The Council may deny such permit if facts or evidence are presented by others which tend in fact to show that the issuance of such permit may harm the health, welfare or safety of the citizens.