Santa Ana Municipal Code § 17-61 Abatement

A public nuisance may be abated pursuant to this article if it must be abated immediately in order to avoid an imminent detriment, to the public health, safety, or welfare.

(Ord. No. NS-1381, § 1, 9-19-77)

Every person, within twenty-four (24) hours after being notified by the director of public works, sanitation inspector, health officer, chief of police, fire chief, or the building official, or their designated representatives, to do so, shall abate any public nuisance existing on any premises owned or occupied by them, and in case of refusal or neglect to do so, such official may cause such nuisance to be abated by the city and the cost of such abatement may be recovered from the owner of the premises pursuant to section 17-62.

(Ord. No. NS-1381, § 1, 9-19-77; Ord. No. NS-1896, § 1, 5-4-87)

Upon abatement by the city, the official causing such abatement may initiate assessment proceedings pursuant to Article III of this chapter. The assessment report shall include a description of the location, nature, and extent of the public nuisance and the reasons for urgency abatement under this article. The hearing on the assessment shall extend to and include the question of whether the conditions abated did in fact constitute a public nuisance. No assessment report shall be confirmed except upon a finding that the conditions abated did in fact constitute a public nuisance.

(Ord. No. NS-1381, § 1, 9-19-77)