Title 7 - Health and Sanitation

7.28 Immediate Hazards

Contents:

7.28.010 Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter, shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

  1. A.
    Enforcing officer means any two of the following officials:
    1. 1.
      City Manager
    2. 2.
      City Attorney
    3. 3.
      Assistant City Attorney
    4. 4.
      Chief of Police
    5. 5.
      Lieutenant Colonel of Police
    6. 6.
      Director of Planning and Development Services
    7. 7.
      Code Administrator
    8. 8.
      Environmental Health Officer
    9. 9.
      Director of Public Works
    10. 10.
      City Engineer
    11. 11.
      Fire Chief

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. B.
    Immediate hazard means any condition, or situation constituting a present dangerous or unsafe condition requiring immediate action to protect the public.

(History: Ord. IHR-2580 §1, 2005; PD-2372 §11, 2002; ROCR-2245 §11, 2001; IHR-1424 §1, 87; IHR-377B §1, 71; IHR-377-A §1, 67; IHR-377 §1, 66)

Effective on: 1/1/1901

7.28.020 Enforcement.

The enforcing officer of the City shall have the power to declare any condition, situation or existing set of facts to constitute an immediate hazard requiring immediate action to protect the public whenever, in his opinion, the public health, safety, welfare or morals are presently jeopardized. The enforcing officer may erect barricades around such immediate hazards, take other actions to eliminate such immediate hazard, or cause the property on which said immediate hazard is located to be vacated, taken down, repaired, shored, or otherwise made safe without delay and such action may be taken without prior notice to or hearings of the owners, agents, lienholders, and occupants. The cost of such action shall be assessed against the premises on which the immediate hazard is located.

(History: Ord. IHR-1424 §2, 87; IHR-377 §2, 66)

Effective on: 1/1/1901

7.28.030 Removal and/or Sale.

The City shall keep an account of the cost of such work, as set forth in 7.28.020, and may sell the salvage from such immediate hazard and apply the proceeds or any necessary portion thereof to pay the cost of removal of such immediate hazard and making the premises safe and secure. If there is no salvageable material or if money received from the salvage is insufficient to pay the cost of such work, such cost or any portion thereof in excess of the amounts received from the sale of the salvage shall be assessed as a special assessment against the parcel of land on which the immediate hazard was located and the City Clerk shall, at the time of certifying other City taxes, certify the unpaid portion of the aforesaid costs and the County Clerk shall extend the same on the tax rolls of the county against said lot or parcel of land.

(History: Ord. IHR-377 §3, 66)

Effective on: 1/1/1901