Chapter 17.98 — ENFORCEMENT

Sections:

17.98.010 Administration 17.98.020 Code enforcement 17.98.030 Right of entry 17.98.040 Violation—Declared public nuisances and action 17.98.050 Violation—Procedure 17.98.060 Violation—Liability and penalty

All department heads, officials or other employees of the city shall issue no permit, license or certificate for uses, buildings or structures or purposes in conflict with provisions contained in this title. Any such permit, license or certificate issued in conflict with this title, intentionally or otherwise, shall be null and void.

The city shall be authorized to enforce provisions of this title and to issue citations and make arrests pursuant to the California Penal Code and the Dinuba Municipal Code.

In the discharge of enforcement duties, authorized persons shall have the right to enter any site or to enter any structure for the purpose of investigation and inspection. Such right of entry shall be exercised only at reasonable hours and only with the consent of the owner or tenant unless a written order of a court of competent jurisdiction has been issued.

Any building or structure set up, erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved or maintained contrary to the provisions of this title and any use of land, buildings or premises established, conducted, operated or maintained contrary to the provisions of this title shall be and the same are hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance. The building official shall immediately initiate all necessary legal proceedings for the abatement, removal and enjoinment thereof in the manner provided by law and shall take such other steps as may be necessary to accomplish these ends, and may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to grant such relief as will remove and abate the structure or use and restrain or enjoin the person, firm or corporation or an organization from erecting, moving, altering or enlarging the structure or using the site contrary to the provisions of this title. The remedies prescribed by this section are cumulative and nonexclusive.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.98-1

Any person, firm, corporation or organization found in violation of any provisions of this title shall be notified and cited in accordance with policies established by the community development department and approved by the city council. Such policies shall be available for inspection by any person upon request.

Except as otherwise provided in this title, any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any requirements of the ordinances codified in this title, including any or all other amendments, revisions or supplements, is guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction, shall be punished accordingly, as set forth in Section 1.16.010 of the Municipal Code. The phrase “violation of the same ordinance” as used in Section 1.16.010, as applied to this section, shall mean and refer to a violation of the same numbered section of the Dinuba Municipal Code. If any violation is continued, each day’s violation is deemed a separate infraction.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.98-2