§ 5-36.113. Dangerous nuisance—Immediate abatement—Notice and costs.

Whenever the Director of Community Services determines that a public nuisance is so imminently dangerous to life or property that such condition must be immediately corrected or isolated, the Director, in consultation with the Building Official or other official as determined by the circumstances, may institute the following procedures:

(a)

Notice. The Director of Community Services shall attempt to make contact through a personal meeting, or by telephone, with the landowner or the person, if any, occupying or otherwise in real or apparent charge and control thereof. In the event contact is made, the Director of Community Services shall notify such person or persons of the danger involved and require that such condition be immediately removed, repaired, or isolated so as to preclude harm to any person or property.

(b)

Abatement. In the event the Director of Community Services is unable to make contact as herein above noted, or if the appropriate persons, after notification by the Director of Community Services, do not take action as specified by such official, within twenty-four (24) hours or such lesser time as circumstances may warrant in the discretion of the Director, then the Director may take all steps necessary to remove or isolate such dangerous condition, or conditions, with the use of City forces or a contractor retained pursuant to the provisions of this Code.

(§ 3 (part), Ord. 921, eff. July 2, 1998)