Part 7 — OWNER OBLIGATIONS

A.

Within 30 days of completion of the project, the owner shall provide the director a certification, signed by a certified engineering geologist or geotechnical engineer attesting that:

All work has been completed in conformance with the geologic evaluation and the certificate of geologic hazard clearance.

Any additional geologic hazard not previously identified, which was encountered during construction, was immediately reported by the applicant or their agent to the director.

(Ords. 24680, 25710.)

A.

The owner of any real property shall take reasonable actions as are necessary to prevent any natural or artificial geologic condition on such real property from threatening the safety of persons or other property.

B.

Whenever the director determines that any natural or artificial condition on a property may potentially endanger the safety of persons or other properties the director may issue a notice of hazardous condition and require that reasonable actions be taken to eliminate the geologic hazard within the time specified in the notice.

(Ords. 24680, 25710.)

Failure to fully comply with any condition of the certificate of geologic hazard clearance, violation of any provision of this chapter or maintenance of any property within any geologic hazard zone in such a manner that a natural or artificial geologic condition on such real property which could be reasonably corrected or made less dangerous, is allowed to threaten the public health, safety or welfare, shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.

(Ords. 24680, 25710.)