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<br />I. Rebuttable Presumption. There is a rebuttable presumption that the owner of a vehicle, building, <br />structure, property, personal property or land upon or within which a violation has occurred or is <br />occurring is also responsible for the violation, so long as the owner had or has actual or <br />constructive knowledge of the violation at the time the violation occurred or is occurring. <br />J. Responsibility for Juveniles. Any adult who is responsible for the care or supervision of a juvenile <br />less than eighteen (18) years of age is liable for any violation of the code provisions referenced in <br />EMC 1.20.020 committed by the juvenile, so long as the responsible adult had or has actual or <br />constructive knowledge of the violation at the time the violation occurred or is occurring. <br />K. Abatement Fund Established. All monies collected from the assessment of civil penalties shall be <br />allocated to support expenditures for abatement, and shall be accounted for through either <br />creation of an account in the fund for such costs, or other appropriate accounting mechanism. <br />1.20.070 Authority and Administration. <br />A. The Code Enforcement Officer shall have the authority to administer and enforce this chapter and <br />is authorized to adopt procedures, policies, rules or guidelines; conduct inspections; and prepare <br />the forms necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The Code Enforcement Officer may <br />seek assistance from city departments, other public agencies or private contractors to resolve <br />code violations. <br />B. In order to discourage public nuisances and otherwise promote compliance with applicable code <br />provisions, the Code Enforcement Officer may, in response to field observations or other <br />information available, determine that violations of the code provisions referenced in EMC <br />1.20.020 have occurred or are occurring, and may: <br />1. Issue notice and orders, execute voluntary compliance agreements, assess civil <br />penalties, and recover costs; <br />2. Require abatement, and if such abatement is not timely completed by the person or <br />persons responsible for a code violation, undertake the abatement and charge the <br />reasonable costs of such work; <br />3. Order work stopped at a property by means of a stop work order; <br />4. Suspend, revoke, or modify a permit previously issued by the city when other efforts to <br />achieve compliance have failed, and <br />5. Forward a written statement providing all relevant information relating to the violation <br />to the office of the city attorney with a recommendation to prosecute willful and knowing <br />violations as misdemeanor offenses. <br />C. The provisions of Chapter 1.20 EMC shall in no way adversely affect the rights of the owner, lessee, <br />or occupant of any property to recover all costs and expenses incurred and required pursuant to <br />this Chapter from any person causing such violation.