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be less than $500 (five hundred dollars) nor exceed $1,000 (one <br />thousand dollars). Payment of a monetary penalty pursuant to this <br />chapter does not relieve the person to whom the violation citation was <br />issued of the duty to correct the violation or preclude the city from <br />taking action to abate the situation as provided herein. The monetary <br />penalty constitutes an obligation of the person(s) to whom the <br />violation citation is issued. Any monetary penalty assessed must be <br />paid to the city within fifteen calendar days of the effective date of the <br />violations hearing examiner's order. The city is authorized to take <br />action to collect the monetary penalty, including filing civil actions or <br />turning the matter over to collection, in which case costs incurred by <br />the city as a result of the collection process will be assessed in addition <br />to the monetary penalty. In addition, the city can also incorporate any <br />outstanding penalty into an assessment lien when the city incurs costs <br />in abating the violation. <br />B. A "repeat violator" is defined as a person, firm, corporation, <br />association, or agent thereof who has received a violation citation <br />involving the same property three times or more within one calendar <br />year. <br />C. If a person is a repeat violator as defined in subsection B of this <br />section, the city may issue a repeat violator citation. A repeat violator <br />citation shall be issued and served in the same manner and form as <br />provided in this chapter for a violation citation, but will not include a <br />description of the corrective action necessary to eliminate the violation <br />or a date by which the corrective action must be completed. The repeat <br />violator citation will notify the person receiving the citation that due to <br />the repeat nature of their violations, the city will be seeking an order <br />from the violations hearing examiner, at the date and time set forth in <br />the citation, granting any and all relief to which the city is entitled <br />under this chapter. <br />D. An "emergency" means a situation which in the opinion of a code <br />compliance officer requires immediate action to prevent or eliminate <br />an immediate threat to the health or safety of persons or property. <br />Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter, when a violation <br />citation is issued in the case of an emergency, immediate action shall <br />be required by the person(s) to whom the violation citation is issued. <br />No action shall be stayed pending the filing of an appeal. If the city <br />does not obtain immediate action by the responsible person upon <br />issuance of the violation citation, the city is authorized to immediately <br />abate the violation itself or as otherwise provided herein. <br />Notwithstanding the exercise of emergency authority, the city is <br />entitled to collect its cost of abatement, assess penalties and take all <br />actions provided in this chapter. <br />Ili <br />