Chapter 8.03
ABATEMENT OF BUILDING NUISANCES

Sections:

8.03.005    Repealed.

8.03.010    Dangerous Buildings Declared Nuisance.

8.03.020    Buildings Used for Illegal Manufacture.

8.03.030    Violation, Penalty.

8.03.040    Appeal.

8.03.005 Repealed.

[BC 8.03.005, repealed by Ordinance No. 3680, 6/12/89]

8.03.010 Dangerous Buildings Declared Nuisance.

Every building or part of a building determined by the Building Official to be a dangerous building as defined in section 302 of the Dangerous Buildings Code is declared to be a public nuisance and may be abated in accordance with the procedures set forth in that code. [BC 8.03.010, amended by Ordinance No. 3680, 6/12/89]

8.03.020 Buildings Used for Illegal Manufacture.

Section 302 of the Dangerous Buildings Code is amended by adding condition 19 to read as follows:

19. Whenever a building or any portion thereof has been used for the illegal manufacture or distribution of hazardous chemicals or materials.

[BC 8.03.020, amended by Ordinance No. 3680, 6/12/89]

8.03.030 Violation, Penalty.

A. No person who is the owner of any dangerous building within the City shall knowingly allow a building to be or remain dangerous after ten days from the date that a notice to abate has been mailed and no written protest has been filed.

B. No person shall fail to abate a nuisance within the time provided in the Notice and Order of the Building Official.

C. Violation of this ordinance constitutes a Class 1 Civil Infraction and shall be processed in accordance with the procedures set forth in BC 2.10.010 through 2.10.050.

D. Each day that a violation of this ordinance exists constitutes a separate violation.

E. The requirement to abate a public nuisance is not a penalty for violating this ordinance but is an additional remedy. [BC 8.03.030 repealed, renumbered and amended by Ordinance No. 3680, 6/12/89]

8.03.040 Appeal.

Chapter 5 of the Dangerous Buildings Code is amended by adding Section 505 to read as follows: “Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Board of Construction Appeals concerning a Notice and Order of the Building Official may file an Appeal to the city council within 15 days setting forth the issues of disagreement. Said appeal shall be in writing and filed with the city recorder.” [BC 8.03.040, repealed and added by Ordinance No. 3680, 6/12/89]