Los Altos Municipal Code Ch. 1.10 Administration and Enforcement

All officials, departments, and employees of the city vested with the authority or duty to issue permits, certificates, or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and shall issue no permit, certificate, or license which conflicts with the provisions of this chapter. Any permit, certificate, or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this chapter shall be null and void.

(Prior code § 10-2.3201)

The zoning administrator shall be the official responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. In the discharge of this duty the zoning administrator shall have the right to enter upon any site or to enter any structure for the purpose of investigation and inspection provided the right of entry shall be exercised only at reasonable hours and in no case shall any structure be entered in the absence of the owner or the tenants, except with his or her written consent or except under the written order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The zoning administrator may serve notice on the owner or his or her authorized agent, or on a tenant, or on an architect, builder, contractor, or other person who commits or participates in

any violation, requiring the removal of any structure or use in violation of the provisions of this chapter. The zoning administrator may call upon the city attorney to institute necessary legal proceedings to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and the city attorney is hereby authorized to institute appropriate actions to that end. The zoning administrator may call upon the chief of police and his or her authorized agents to assist in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The city planner is hereby designated the zoning administrator.

(Prior code § 10-2.3202)

A.

Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any structure erected, moved, altered, enlarged, or maintained in violation of the provisions of this chapter, or any use of property contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be and is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance, and the city attorney, upon receipt from the zoning administrator of written notice thereof, shall immediately institute 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. He or she shall apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to grant such relief as will remove or abate the structure or use and restrain or enjoin the person from erecting, moving, altering, or enlarging such structure or using such property contrary to the provisions of this chapter.

B.

All remedies provided for in this chapter shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

(Prior code § 10-2.3203)