Section 8.80.020 Civil violations and penalties.

1. It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain a specified crime property after receipt of the notice herein provided and the time period to abate the illegal activity.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to give false information to a landowner for the purpose of obtaining a lease of real property.

3. Any person who violates or resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a municipal infraction. Any person who violates a provision of this chapter after having previously been found guilty of violating the same provision of this chapter at the same location shall be guilty of a repeat offense.

4. Seeking a civil penalty as authorized in this section does not preclude the city from seeking alternative relief, including but not limited to, any order for abatement or injunctive relief from the court in the same action or as a separate action.

5. Any structure which has been declared a specified crime property twice in any twelve (12) month period shall be considered a nuisance and shall be subject to the abatement procedures authorized in Section 8.72 of this code. (Ord. 96/U-4728)