Martinez Municipal Code Ch. 18.84 Enforcement

A. The officers or agents of the City Building Inspector and the County Health Officer shall have the authority of peace officers as may be necessary to secure enforcement of this title.

B. The officers or agents of the City Building Inspector or the County Health Officers may:

1. Enter public or private property to determine whether there exists any mobile home park to which this title applies;

2. Enter and inspect all mobile home parks wherever situated, and inspect all accommodations, equipment or paraphernalia used in connection therewith, including the right to examine any registers of occupants maintained therein in order to secure the enforcement of the provisions of this title.

(Prior code § 4655)

Any structure that has become unfit for human habitation or occupancy as defined is a nuisance. The City Building Inspector after so determining shall notify the owner or operator of a mobile home park when such structure is found to be unfit for human occupancy. Such notice shall set forth the conditions that render the structure unfit for occupancy and shall order the correction or abatement thereof either by demolition or repair within 30 days or such additional time as is reasonable.

(Prior code § 4656)

If any building or structure is constructed, altered, converted, used or maintained in violation of any provision of this title or of any order or notice issued by the City Building Inspector or the County Health Officer pursuant to this title, or if a nuisance exists in any mobile home park or in any structure or upon the mobile home site on which it is situated, the City Building Inspector or the County Health Officer may institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, restrain, correct or abate the violation or nuisance.

(Prior code § 4657)

In any action or proceeding to abate a nuisance in a mobile home park, proof of the following facts is sufficient for a judgment or order for the abatement of the operation of the mobile home park:

A. Previous conviction of the owner or operator of the mobile home park of a violation of this title which constitutes a nuisance;

B. Failure on the part of the owner or operator to correct the violation after the conviction;

C. The violation is the basis for the proceeding.

(Prior code § 4658)

The Health Department may revoke any license to maintain and operate a mobile home park when the licensee has been found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of violating any provisions of this title.

(Prior code § 4659)