1.28.030 Administrative citation.
A. Whenever an enforcement officer charged with the enforcement of any provision of this code determines that a violation of that provision has occurred, the enforcement officer may issue an administrative citation to any person responsible for the violation.
B. Each administrative citation shall contain the following information:
1. The date of the violation;
2. The address or a definite description of the location where the violation occurred;
3. The section of this code violated and a description of the violation;
4. The amount of the fine for the code violation;
5. A description of the fine payment process, including a description of the time within which and the place to which the fine shall be paid;
6. An order prohibiting the continuation or repeated occurrence of the code violation described in the administrative citation;
7. An order to correct the code violation described in the administrative citation if said violation is correctable as described in Section 1.20.030;
8. A description of the administrative citation review process, including the time within which the administrative citation may be contested and the place from which a request for hearing form to contest the administrative citation may be obtained and an advance deposit waiver; and
9. The name and signature of the citing enforcement officer.
C. In addition to the administrative citation and penalty authorized by this chapter, an order to correct a violation under subdivision B.7 of this section may be enforced as set forth in the chapter applicable to that violation.
D.
1. In cases involving a continuing violation pertaining to building, plumbing, electrical, or other similar structural or zoning issues that do not create an immediate danger to health or safety, a reasonable time not to exceed six months shall be provided to remedy or correct the violation prior to imposition of fines or penalties. In determining what is a reasonable time, the City may consider the estimate of local professionals including licensed contractors. In the case of such violations, the time within which the violation must be corrected in order to avoid a fine shall also be specified on the administrative citation.
2. In cases where a citation is based solely on a person’s failure to have obtained a permit or license from the City other than for a regulated business activity, and the person has not previously been cited for the same violation, the citation shall specify a reasonable time to obtain the permit or license, and the penalty shall not exceed $50.00 if the cited person shows proof of correction to the enforcing officer within the time established for obtaining the permit or license. This subdivision shall apply to violations of Title 23 only at the option of the enforcement officer. (Ord. 6836-NS § 1 (part), 2005: Ord. 6710-NS § 2, 2002)