13.48.050 Schedule of civil penalties.
A. Civil penalties shall be assessed against all persons liable for the City’s intervention to abate a gathering constituting a public nuisance as follows:
1. For the second response in any one hundred twenty (120) day period the penalty shall be the total sum of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
2. For the third response in any one hundred twenty (120) day period the penalty shall be the total sum of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00).
3. For any further response in any one hundred twenty (120) day period the penalty shall be the total sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for each such further response.
4. The penalties that are provided herein shall be in addition to any other penalties imposed by law for particular violations of law committed during the course of an event which is a public nuisance under this chapter; provided, however, that if the only violation of law which constituted the public nuisance under this chapter is excessive noise, the remedies provided under this chapter shall be exclusive of any other remedies provided by law to the City for such excessive noise.
B. The City shall bill all persons liable for the penalties by sending an administrative citation issued pursuant to Chapter 1.28 along with a letter in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit "B" by mail. Payment of the penalties shall be due within thirty (30) days of the date the administrative citation is issued in accordance with Section 1.28.050.A. If full payment is not received within the required time for payment of the administrative citation, the bill will be delinquent, and all persons liable for the penalties shall be charged interest at the maximum legal rate from the date the payment period expires and a further civil penalty in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00). (Ord. 7177-NS § 2, 2011: Ord. 6974-NS § 3, 2007: Ord. 6182-NS § 5, 1993)