8.08.190 - Administrative penalties.

A.

A business or property that is found to have nuisance conduct or conditions is subject to penalties that include: a one-time fine, a daily fine, license suspension, license revocation, physical abatement, or demolition. Administratively imposed penalties shall be proportional to the severity, taking into consideration the totality of the circumstances, including:

1.

Severity of the nuisance;

2.

Duration of the nuisance;

3.

Impact of the nuisance on the public and neighboring residents and businesses;

4.

History of the nuisance at the property or business;

5.

Owner's attempts at mitigating the nuisance; and

6.

Cost of nuisance mitigation.

7.

A penalty may be stayed or reduced if the owner;

8.

Abates the nuisance within a time period established by the administrative law judge; or

9.

Adopts and implements additional principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), if and as required and approved by the administrative law judge.

B.

The administrative law judge may additionally enter an order of abatement that requires the owner to correct nuisance conditions and authorizes the city to abate the nuisance, including through order of demolition, if the owner does not timely perform the abatement.

C.

In the event the city proves that nuisance conduct or conditions pose a danger to human health or human life, unabated, the administrative law judge shall order the abatement or demolition as requested by the city.

(Ord. No. 2020-06, § VI, 6-3-2020)