Etna Municipal Code Art. I Intent/purpose

A. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a just, equitable and practicable method for preventing, discouraging and/or abating certain conditions which endanger the life, limb, health, property, safety or welfare of the general public and to provide city staff with enforcement regulations that can be effectively applied and administered in a fair, expedient, and cost-efficient manner. The city may direct a property owner to remove a nuisance on the property and, if the owner fails to do so, remove the nuisance at the owner's expense.

B. The procedure set forth in this chapter for the abatement of a nuisance and the making of the cost of abatement a special assessment against that parcel is adopted under Government Code Section 38773.5. The procedure set forth in this chapter for abatement applies to any nuisance which the city declares is a nuisance either under this code or by another ordinance which the city may adopt.

C. The procedure set forth in this chapter is not exclusive and is in addition to the procedure for abatement which is conferred upon the city by Civil Code Section 3494, Code of Civil Procedure Section 731, Government Code Section 38773, or other lawful authority.

(Ord. 217, 2015)