Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Ch. 8.24 Property Maintenance

This chapter shall be known as the "City of Rancho Palos Verdes Property Maintenance Ordinance" and is adopted pursuant to the authority contained in Government Code § 38773.5.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.010; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

The city council finds and determines as follows:

A. The city has a history of and a reputation for well-kept properties, and the property values and the general welfare of the community are dependent, in part, upon the appearance and maintenance of private properties.

B. There exists a need for further emphasis on property maintenance and sanitation in that certain conditions, as described in this chapter, have been found from place to place throughout the city.

C. The existence of certain conditions, as described in this chapter, is injurious and inimical to the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the city and contributes substantially and increasingly to the deterioration of neighborhoods.

D. Unless corrective measures are undertaken to alleviate such conditions and ensure the avoidance of future problems in this regard, the public health, safety and general welfare, and specifically the social and economic conditions of the community, will be adversely affected.

E. The abatement procedures set forth in this chapter are reasonable and afford due process to all affected persons.

F. The uses and abuses of property as described in this chapter reasonably relate to the proper exercise of the police power to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the public.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.020; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereafter set forth shall govern the construction of this chapter:

A. Attractive nuisance means any condition instrumentality, or machine which is unsafe and unprotected and thereby dangerous to young children by reason of their inability to appreciate the peril therein, and which may reasonably be expected to attract young children to the property and to risk injury by playing with, in or on it.

B. Code enforcement official means the city manager, or any person designated by the city manager to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

C. Occupant includes, but is not limited to, the owner, the owner's agent or employee, a lessee, the lessee's agent or employee, a tenant, the tenant's agent or employee, or any person otherwise in possession or control of any property within the jurisdiction of the city. If the owner is the occupant of the property, provisions relating to the owner and the occupant shall be treated as relating to one person.

D. Owner means the owner of record as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county. For purposes of providing notice to an owner of any action under this chapter, the term "owner" includes the actual owner of record, or such owner's agent, employee or other legal representative.

E. Property includes any grounds, lot, parcel, tract or other piece of land, as well as any building, structure or other appurtenance located thereon.

F. Public nuisance means anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by a neighborhood or by any considerable number of persons in the city irrespective of whether the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals is unequal.

G. Vehicle means a motorized or nonmotorized device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, including, but not limited to, automobiles, recreational vehicles, trailers, campers, watercraft, aircraft, or gliders. The term "vehicle" does not mean any device moved exclusively by human power.

H. Recreational vehicle means any motor home, camper, house or tent trailer that may be used by persons for temporary occupancy, regardless of whether it has its own motor or is to be towed by a motorized vehicle. The term "recreational vehicle" does not mean a mobilehome.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.030; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988; Ord. No. 390, § 1, 2003)

The administration and enforcement of this chapter shall be the responsibility of the code enforcement official who shall perform all duties in the manner authorized by law.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.040; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

The procedures set forth in this chapter shall not be exclusive and shall not, in any manner, limit or restrict the city in the enforcement of other city ordinances or the abatement of public nuisances in any other manner provided by law.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.050; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any property in the city to cause, or to permit, or to maintain thereon any condition which is at variance with the level of maintenance of surrounding properties, or which results in substantial detriment to the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by others in the immediate vicinity thereof. Such conditions include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Inadequately maintained landscaping visible from the public right-of-way or adjoining property, which shall include:

a. Lawns with grasses which create an unsightly appearance due to lack of water or inadequate spraying, trimming, treatment or similar maintenance;

b. Overgrown vegetation which is unsightly and likely to harbor rats or vermin;

c. Trees, hedges, shrubs, plants or other vegetation which:

i. Are dead, decayed, diseased, or infested with insects;

ii. Create a fire hazard or are otherwise dangerous to the public health, safety and welfare;

iii. Interfere with or impede the flow of traffic, whether vehicular or pedestrian, or obstruct visibility, on streets, intersections, sidewalks or other public rights-of-way; or

iv. Create an unsightly appearance due to lack of water or inadequately spraying, trimming, pruning, treatment or similar maintenance.

2. The storage of trash, garbage or refuse cans, bins, boxes or other such containers in front or side yards, which are not substantially screened from view from the public or private street right-of-way, except when placed for collection pursuant to the provisions of this Code.

3. The accumulation of junk, trash, debris, rubbish, garbage, lumber, scrap metal, concrete, asphalt, tin cans, tires, piles of earth or salvage materials which are visible from the public right-of-way or adjoining property.

4. Abandoned, discarded or unused furniture, stoves, sinks, toilets, cabinets or other household fixtures or equipment which are not stored within an entirely enclosed space.

5. Abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles that are not stored within a fully enclosed structure.

6. Any vehicle that is not parked or stored in the following manner:

a. Any vehicle shall be parked overnight or stored only on a developed lot or parcel (lot), except that one vehicle may be parked or stored on an undeveloped lot if the owner of the vehicle also is the owner of the undeveloped lot or is a member of the lot owner's immediate family, and the owner of the vehicle lives on a developed lot that is contiguous to the undeveloped lot on which the vehicle is parked or stored, provided that the remaining provisions of this subsection 6 are met. For the purposes of this section, the term "vehicle" includes a trailer, which is attached to a motorized vehicle that tows the trailer, and the term "immediate family" includes spouses, registered domestic partners, children, stepchildren, parents, in-laws, grandparents and grandchildren.

b. Any vehicle parked on a direct access driveway shall be parked essentially perpendicular to the street of access.

c. Any vehicle that is parked in the front yard or on any other portion of the property that is visible from the street right-of-way shall be parked or stored on a driveway or other lawfully installed paved surface so that the entire vehicle fits over the paved surface without overhanging into landscaped areas, sidewalks, parkways or the street right-of-way.

d. Any vehicle that is parked in the front yard or any other portion of the property that is visible from the street right-of-way shall be kept in a reasonably well-maintained condition (i.e., no broken windows) or shall be covered with a generic vehicle cover that is designed for the particular type of vehicle, provided that the cover is properly secured and is continually maintained in good repair (i.e., is not torn).

e. Unless a temporary guest permit has been issued by the director, no vehicle shall be occupied or used as an accessory dwelling unit for sleeping, cooking, office, or other similar purposes, and no vehicle shall be connected to electricity, water, or sewer lines, except for the temporary purpose of charging batteries, filling water tanks, or legally removing material from any gray and black water tanks. Temporary guest permits shall be issued only for properties that are developed with a residence. A temporary guest permit shall not be effective for more than 14 calendar days, and no more than three temporary guest permits may be issued for any residence during any calendar year.

7. Buildings, structures or appurtenances thereto which are deemed to be "unsafe" as that term is defined in section 102 of the California Building Code, as adopted by section 15.04.010 (Building code adopted).

8. Building exteriors, walls, fences, driveways or walkways which are cracked, broken, defective, deteriorated, in disrepair, or defaced due to any writing, inscription or other marking commonly referred to as "graffiti."

9. Buildings or structures which are abandoned, boarded up, partially destroyed, or partially constructed after building permits have expired.

10. Buildings or structures with deteriorating or peeling paint which allows the exterior covering to deteriorate or which permits the effects of sun and water penetration to cause decay, dry rot, warping or cracking.

11. Buildings or structures with broken windows, doors, attic vents or underfloor vents.

12. A swimming pool, pond or other body of water which is abandoned, unattended, unfiltered, or otherwise unmaintained, wherein the water becomes polluted by bacterial growth, algae, remains of insects or deceased animals or reptiles, rubbish, refuse, debris or other foreign matter, thereby creating an unhealthy, unsafe or unsightly condition.

13. Mechanical equipment, including, but not limited to, air conditioning units and pool filters, which generate noise levels in excess of 65 dBA as measured from the closest property line.

B. It is unlawful for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any property in the city to fail or refuse to remove from any sidewalk or other public right-of-way abutting or adjoining such property all loose earth, mounds of soil, dry grass, weeds, dead trees, tin cans, abandoned asphalt or concrete, rubbish, refuse, and waste material of any kind, or any other unsanitary substance, object or condition which may endanger or injure neighboring property or the health, safety or welfare of the residents in the vicinity of such property, or which may obstruct such sidewalk or other public right-of-way and thereby endanger or injure persons traveling thereon.

C. It is unlawful for any person to dump, move or place any earth, sand, gravel, rock, stone or other excavated material or debris so as to cause the same to be deposited upon or to roll, blow, flow, or wash upon or over any public place or way or the premises of another without the express written consent of the owner of such premises so affected. No person shall, when hauling any earth, sand, gravel, rock, stone or other excavated material or debris over any public street, alley or other public place, allow such material to blow or spill over and upon such street, alley, or place, or adjacent private property.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.060; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988; Ord. No. 273, § 5(exh. A), 1991; Ord. No. 390, § 2, 2003; Ord. No. 511, § 1, 6-29-2010; Ord. No. 553, § 2, 12-3-2013; Ord. No. 622, § 1, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 628, § 7, 10-15-2019)

A. It is declared to be a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of any property in the city to cause, permit, or maintain any prohibited activity or unlawful condition thereon described in section 8.24.060 (Prohibited activities and unlawful conditions), or to maintain any attractive nuisance.

B. The city council shall have the power to declare by ordinance or resolution that a particular activity or condition other than and in addition to those described in section 8.24.060 (Prohibited activities and unlawful conditions) shall constitute a public nuisance which must be abated.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.070; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

A. Procedures. Whenever the code enforcement official has inspected or caused to be inspected any property and has determined that an unlawful condition constituting a public nuisance exists thereon, the code enforcement official may use the procedures set forth in this section for the abatement of such public nuisance; provided, however, that if the public nuisance is determined to be imminently dangerous to life or adjacent property and to require immediate removal, repair or isolation, the procedures set forth in section 8.24.100 (Alternative procedures for abatement of imminently dangerous public nuisances) hereof may be used by the code enforcement official.

B. Notice and order of code enforcement official.

1. The code enforcement official shall give, or cause to be given, a notice and order to abate the unlawful conditions existing on the property. Such notice and order shall be in writing and shall detail the existing unlawful conditions which constitute a violation of this chapter. Such notice and order shall be in substantially the following form:

NOTICE AND ORDER TO ABATE A PUBLIC NUISANCE

TO THE OWNER, AGENT OF THE OWNER, LESSEE, OCCUPANT, OR PERSON IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED:

YOUR ATTENTION IS HEREBY DIRECTED to the provisions of chapter 8.24 of title 8 of the Municipal Code of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on file in the office of the city clerk in the City Hall.

Pursuant to the provisions of said chapter, you are hereby notified that:

(DESCRIPTION OF UNLAWFUL CONDITIONS)

You are further notified and ordered to abate the above specified conditions by taking the following actions:

(DESCRIPTION OF ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ABATE UNLAWFUL CONDITIONS)

Such actions must be completed within (insert time period) days from the date of your receipt of this notice and order, and thereafter you must maintain the said property free of any of the unlawful conditions described above. It is your responsibility to obtain all appropriate permits and to dispose of any materials involved in the public nuisance in a legal manner.

In the event you fail to complete such work within the time hereinabove mentioned, the undersigned shall cause the appropriate action to be taken and completed, and the charges therefor will be a lien upon the said property or upon the lot or parcel of land adjoining and abutting the public right-of-way or sidewalk in the event the public right-of-way or sidewalk is to be cleaned or otherwise protected.

You are advised that any person holding record title or having any interest in the property may appeal from this notice and order, or any determination of the Code Enforcement Official, to the city council within ten days from the date of service of this notice and order. Written notice of such appeal must be filed in the office of the city clerk in the City Hall at 30940 Hawthorne Boulevard, Rancho Palos Verdes, California 90274. If no appeal is filed within the time prescribed, the determination of the Code Enforcement Official shall be final.

You are further advised that this notice and order may be recorded against the property in the office of the county recorder.

The said building, structure, improvement, or property is situated in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, on premises described as LOT _____, BLOCK _____, TRACT _____, and commonly known as ___________.

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Dated at Rancho Palos Verdes, California this _____ day of ___, ___.

2. The notice and order shall be given by delivering the notice personally to the owner, agent of the owner, lessee, occupant, or person in possession of the premises described in the notice and order, or by sending such notice by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the owner, agent of the owner, lessee, occupant or person in possession of the premises therein described at their last-known address. The address of the owner as it appears on the last equalized assessment roll of the county shall be conclusively deemed to be the proper address for the mailing of such notice. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to have been received three days after the date the notice was deposited in the United States mail.

3. In the absence of fraud, no error or mistake in the service of the notice and order, and no failure on the part of any property owner to receive the notice and order, shall in any manner affect the validity of any proceedings hereunder as to any other person duly served.

4. Proof of service of the notice and order shall be documented at the time of service by a declaration under penalty of perjury executed by the person effecting service and declaring the time and manner in which service was made.

5. Subsequent to service of the notice and order, the code enforcement official may file in the office of the county recorder a certificate containing a legal description of the subject property and certifying that a public nuisance exists on the property and that the owner has been so notified. The code enforcement official shall file a new certificate in the office of the county recorder, stating that the public nuisance has been abated, whenever any of the following has occurred:

a. The corrections ordered have been completed so that a public nuisance no longer exists on the property described in the certificate;

b. The notice and order is rescinded by the city council upon appeal; or

c. The city has caused the public nuisance to be abated and the costs of abatement have been paid.

C. Extension of time to perform work. Upon receipt of a written request from any person required to comply with the notice and order, the code enforcement official may grant an extension of time within which to complete said abatement, if the code enforcement official determines that such an extension of time will not create a situation imminently dangerous to life or property. The code enforcement official shall have the authority to place reasonable conditions on any such extension.

D. Appeals. Within ten days after the date of service of a notice and order, the owner, agent of the owner, lessee, occupant, or person in possession of the property who may have been served with a notice and order, or any person interested in the property affected by such notice and order, may appeal to the city council as to the requirements of such notice and order. Such appeals shall be in writing, shall state the objections of the person filing the appeal, shall be filed with the city clerk within the time specified herein, and shall be presented to the city council by the city clerk at its next regular meeting. The city council shall thereupon proceed to hear and pass upon the appeal. The city council shall, by resolution, determine whether the code enforcement official shall proceed in accordance with the notice and order as given, or as modified by the city council, or not at all, and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive. Said hearing may be continued by the city council from time to time as it deems necessary.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.080; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

A. If the owner, agent of the owner, lessee, occupant, or person in possession of the property who may have been served with a notice and order shall fail to take action as required by the notice within the time therein specified, or as extended by the city council, and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the code enforcement official shall take action as specified in the notice and order to abate the public nuisance existing on the property.

B. Abatement of the public nuisance may, in the discretion of the code enforcement official, be performed by city forces or by a private contractor engaged by the city pursuant to the provisions of this Code.

C. Notwithstanding compliance with the notice and order, the owner, and any other persons having an interest in the property described in the notice, shall in all events be jointly and severally liable for all costs incurred by the city in securing such compliance, including those costs identified in section 8.24.110(A). Moneys due the city pursuant to this subsection may be recovered in an appropriate civil action. Alternatively, costs may be recovered by the city in the same manner that abatement costs are recovered pursuant to this chapter. The city shall be entitled to recover its attorneys' fees and costs arising from any abatement action or other civil action to enforce this chapter if the city is the prevailing party, and provided it elected to seek attorneys' fees at the commencement of the action. A responsible person shall be entitled to recover their attorneys' fees if the city made the election to seek attorneys' fees at the outset of the action and the responsible person prevails in that action. In no such legal action shall an award of costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, to a prevailing party exceed the amount of costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the city in the action or proceeding.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.090; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988; Ord. No. 570, § 6, 7-7-2015)

Whenever the code enforcement official determines that a public nuisance is so imminently dangerous to life or adjacent property that such condition must be immediately removed, repaired or isolated, the code enforcement official may implement the following procedures:

A. Notice. The code enforcement official shall attempt to make contact through a personal interview, or by telephone, with the owner of the property or the person, if any, occupying or otherwise in real or apparent charge and control thereof. In the event such contact is made, the code enforcement official shall notify such persons of the danger involved and require that such condition be immediately removed, repaired or isolated so as to preclude harm to any person or property.

B. Abatement. If the code enforcement official is unable to make contact as hereinabove noted, or if the appropriate persons, after notification by the code enforcement official, do not take action within such time as may be specified by such official, then the code enforcement official may take all actions deemed necessary to remove, repair or isolate such dangerous condition or conditions, with the use of city forces or a contractor engaged pursuant to the provisions of this Code.

C. Costs. The code enforcement official shall keep an itemized account of the costs incurred by the city in removing, repairing or isolating such condition or conditions. Such costs may be recovered by the city in the same manner that abatement costs are recovered pursuant to this chapter.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.100; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

A. The code enforcement official, in conjunction with the director of finance, shall keep an itemized account of all costs incurred by the city in the abatement of any public nuisance under this chapter. Such costs may include, but are not limited to, any and all direct costs and expenses related to such items as investigation, boundary determination, measurement, personnel salaries and benefits, operational overhead, fees for experts or consultants, legal costs or expenses, including attorney's fees, claims against the city arising as a consequence of the public nuisance, clerical and administrative costs, and procedures associated with collecting moneys due hereunder.

B. Upon completion of the abatement work, the code enforcement official shall prepare a report specifying the work done, the itemized costs of the work necessary to abate the public nuisance, a description of the property involved, and the names and addresses of the persons entitled to notice pursuant to section 8.24.080 (Procedures for abatement of public nuisances). Any such report may include costs on any number of properties, whether or not contiguous to each other, and whether or not under the same ownership. The report shall be filed with the city clerk.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.110; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

A. Hearing notice. Within ten days after the filing of the report referred to in section 8.24.110 (Account of abatement costs), the city clerk shall fix a time and place for hearing and passing upon the report. The city clerk shall cause notice of the proposed assessment, as set forth in the report, to be given in the manner and to the persons specified in section 8.24.080 (Procedures for abatement of public nuisances). Such notice shall contain a description of the property sufficient to enable the persons served to identify it, and shall specify the day, hour, and place when the city council will hear and pass upon the report, together with any objections or protests which may be raised by any person liable to be assessed for the costs of such abatement. Such notice shall also specify that the property may be sold after three years by the tax collector for unpaid special assessments. (See Government Code § 38773.5.) Notice of the hearing shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the time fixed by the clerk for the hearing, and shall also be published once, at least 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county.

B. Protests. Any interested person may file a written protest with the city clerk at any time prior to the time set for the hearing on the report of the code enforcement official. Each such protest shall contain a description of the property in which the person signing the protest is interested and the grounds of such protest. The city clerk shall endorse on every such protest the date and time of filing and shall present such protest to the city council at the time set for hearing.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.120; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

Upon the day and hour fixed for the hearing the city council shall consider the report of the code enforcement official, together with any protests which have been filed with the city clerk. The city council may make such revisions, corrections, or modifications in the report as it may deem just, and when the city council is satisfied with the correctness of the assessment, the report and the proposed assessment, as submitted, or as revised, corrected, or modified, shall be confirmed by resolution. The decision of the city council on the report and the assessment and on all protests shall be final and conclusive. The city council may continue the hearing from time to time as it deems necessary.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.130; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

The validity of any assessment levied under the provisions of this chapter shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless such action or proceeding is commenced within 30 days after the assessment is confirmed by resolution of the city council.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.140; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

A. Notice of lien. Immediately upon confirmation of the assessment by the city council, the finance director shall execute and file in the office of the county recorder a certificate in substantially the following form:

NOTICE OF LIEN

Pursuant to the authority vested in the code enforcement official by the provisions of title 8, chapter 8.24 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code, the code enforcement official on or about the _____ day of ___________, 20_____, caused the abatement of a nuisance on real property, and the city council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, on the _____ day of ___________, 20_____, assessed the costs of such abatement upon said real property, and the same has not been paid nor any part thereof, and the City of Rancho Palos Verdes does hereby claim a lien on said real property for the net expense of the doing of said abatement in the amount of $_____, and this amount shall be a lien upon said real property until the sum of _____, with interest at the rate of six per annum from ___________, 20_____, has been paid in full and discharged of record.

The real property hereinbefore mentioned, and upon which a lien is claimed, is that certain parcel of land in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, County of Los Angeles, State of California, and more particularly described as follows:

(DESCRIPTION)

Dated: this _____ day of ___________, 20_____.

(ACKNOWLEDGEMENT)

B. Recordation. Immediately upon the recording of the notice of lien, the assessment shall constitute a lien on the real property assessed.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.150; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

A. Assessment book. The notice of lien, after recording, shall be delivered to the auditor of the county, who shall enter the amount on the county assessment book opposite the description of the particular property, and the amount shall be collected together with all other taxes against the property.

B. Collection. The amount set forth in the notice of lien shall thereafter be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary city taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and interest and to the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency to the levy, collection and enforcement of city taxes are made applicable to such assessment.

C. Refunds. The city council may order a refund of all or part of the assessment paid pursuant to this chapter if it finds that all or part of the assessment was erroneously levied. An assessment or part thereof shall not be refunded unless a claim is filed with a city clerk within six months after the assessment became due and payable. The claim shall be verified by the person who paid the assessment, or the legal representative of such person.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.160; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

The provisions of this chapter shall in no manner adversely affect the right of the owner, lessee, or occupant of any such property to recover all costs and expenses imposed by this chapter from any person responsible for creating or maintaining the public nuisance.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.170; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

A. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this chapter, or whenever the code enforcement official has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building or upon any property any unlawful condition of prohibited activity which makes such building or property unsafe, dangerous or hazardous, the code enforcement official may enter such building or property at all reasonable times to inspect the same or to perform any duty imposed upon the code enforcement official by this chapter; provided, however, that if such building or property is occupied, the code enforcement official shall first present proper credentials and request entry; and if such building or property is unoccupied, the code enforcement official shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other persons having charge or control of the building or property and request entry. If such entry is refused, the code enforcement official shall have recourse to every remedy provided by law to secure entry.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person, including an owner, agent of the owner, lessee, or anyone in possession of any property within the city to refuse to allow the code enforcement official, or a contractor engaged by the city, to enter upon the property at any time during the hours of daylight for the purpose of the abatement of a public nuisance or to obstruct, impede or interfere in any manner with the code enforcement official, or a contractor engaged by the city, in any work undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.180; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988)

Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor, shall be punishable as provided for in chapter 1.08 (General penalty). All remedies set forth herein are cumulative, and the use of any one or more remedies by the city shall not bar the use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter or this Code.

(Code 1981, § 8.24.190; Ord. No. 235, § 2(part), 1988; Ord. No. 570, § 7, 7-7-2015)