Section 8.80.030 Procedure for enforcement.

1. Whenever a structure has three violations in a six month period of Chapter 8.08, the chief of police shall mail a notice of potential specified crime property.

2. The chief of police shall maintain a current list of properties which have received a notice required by this section which shall be available for public inspection.

3. When the chief of police has a reasonable belief that a structure is being used or maintained in violation of this chapter, the chief of police shall notify the owner of record in writing that the structure will be declared to be a specified crime property.

4. A reasonable belief that a structure is being used as a specified crime property may be found from, but is not limited to, evidence of drug paraphernalia in or around the structure, an increase in vehicular or pedestrian traffic in or around the structure, observations of the exchange of

money, verified citizen complaints of bootlegging, unauthorized delivery or manufacture of a controlled substance, illegal gambling, bootlegging, prostitution, pimping, or pandering and any other activity which leads a police officer to reasonably believe violations exist. (Ord. 96/U-4728)