Pittsburg City Zoning Code
SECTION XXXV
VIOLATION, PENALTY AND ENFORCEMENT
§ 1 VIOLATION, PENALTY AND ENFORCEMENT.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be fined not more than $500.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
It shall be the duty of the City Manager or his designee to see that the Ordinance is enforced through the proper legal channels. Appeals from the decision under this Ordinance Inspector may be made to the Board of Adjustment, as provided by Section XXX.
(Ordinance 550 adopted –/–/–; Ordinance 940-22 adopted 6/13/2022; Ordinance 958-23 adopted 1/9/2023)
§ 2 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
Property owners and occupants shall be jointly responsibility [responsible] for nuisances and abatement thereof under this article.
(a)
In the event that any person, firm, or corporation who shall own or occupy any house, building establishment, lot, tract, parcel of land, or a portion thereof situated within the corporate limits of the city shall fail to comply with this article within ten (10) days of notice of a violation, the city shall have a right, but not the obligation, to:
(b)
Such notice shall be in writing, and may be served upon such person in any one or more of the following ways:
(1)
Personally given to the owner;
(2)
By letter addressed to the owner's post office address;
(3)
By publication at least twice within ten (10) consecutive days in the city's official newspaper;
(4)
By posting the notice on or near the front door of each building on the property to which the violation relates; or
(5)
By posting the notice on a placard attached to a stake driven into the ground on the property to which the violation relates, if the property contains no buildings.
(c)
The expense to be charged to the owner of the property as authorized by this section shall include:
(1)
The amount paid by the city for the work done or improvements made;
(2)
The cost of publishing notices in the newspaper; and
(3)
An administrative fee, as set in the budget's fee schedule each year, to cover the cost of identifying, inspecting and notifying the owner of the property and other incidental expenses.
(d)
In the notice herein provided for, if mailed to the owner by certified mail, return receipt requested, the city shall have the right to inform the property owner that, if he or she commits another violation of the same kind or nature on or before the first anniversary of the date of the notice, the city may, without further notice, correct the violation at the owner's expense and assess the expense against the property.
(Ordinance 958-23 adopted 1/9/2023)