Portola Municipal Code Ch. 18.04 Cumulative Enforcement Remedies

The enforcement remedies available to the city of Portola code compliance officials under the laws of California and the city of Portola shall be cumulative. Such remedies include, but are not limited to, the following:

A. Injunctive relief or nuisance abatement orders granted in judicial proceedings;

B. Summary abatement of a nuisance by order of the city of Portola code compliance officials or city council, as authorized by state law, when a nuisance constitutes an immediate threat to public health or safety;

C. Criminal penalties, including incarceration, by misdemeanors or infractions citations and arrests issued by city of Portola code enforcement officers;

D. Civil penalties or fines imposed by administrative order or court judgment, pursuant to California Government Code Section 53069.4;

E. Recovery of the administrative fees and physical costs of nuisance abatement pursuant to California Government Code Section 25845(b) and of any fee, cost, or charge as provided by Government Code Section 54988;

F. Recovery of attorney's fees by the prevailing party in any action, administrative proceeding, or special proceeding, in which the city elects at the initiation of the action or proceeding to seek to recover its attorney's fees, pursuant to California Government Code Section 25845(c); and

G. Recovery of treble costs of abatement upon entry of a second or subsequent civil or criminal judgment within a two-year period, pursuant to California Government Code Section 25845.5, except for conditions abated pursuant to Section 17980 of the Health and Safety Code, so long as the judgment finds that the condition may be abated in accordance with an ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 25845.

(Ord. 313 (part), 2006)