Ordinance 2916-06 - Laserfiche WebLink

Violation citations—Issuance—Default — Repeat Violators. A. Who may issue a violation citation. Personnel assigned to the City of Everett code compliance program, the director or supervisor of code compliance or his/her designee (hereinafter referred to as "a code compliance officer") is authorized to issue and serve a violation citation upon reasonable belief that the following has occurred: 1. A violation of one or more of the provisions of any ordinance set forth in Section 1.20.020; or 2. A violation of one or more of the provisions of any city regulation or ordinance that identifies the herein described enforcement procedure as the enforcement procedure for said regulation or ordinance. B. The violation citation may be issued to: 1. Any person owning, leasing, renting, occupying or having charge or possession of any property in the city, including vacant lots, who is causing, allowing or participating in violations occurring in relation to property owned or utilized by such persons. 2. For purposes of this section, "occupying" property may include any private or publicly owned property within the City of Everett to which a person described in Subsection 1 herein has moved a nuisance. 3. Additionally, a copy of such violation citation shall be served upon all occupants and persons having any interest in the subject property as shown upon the records of the auditor's office of the county in which the subject property is located. C. Service of the violation citation. 1. The violation citation may be served by means of personal service, or by mailing a copy of the violation citation to such person at his/her last known address as determined by the code compliance officer certified mail return receipt requested, or by posting a copy of the violation citation conspicuously upon the subject property. Any one of the aforementioned methods of service shall be satisfactory service of the violation citation. 2. Proof of service shall be made by a written declaration under penalty of perjury by the person effecting the service, declaring the time and date of service and the manner by which service was made. D. Contents of the violation citation. The violation citation shall contain substantially the following information: 1. The name and address of the person to whom the citation is issued; 2. The location of the subject property by address or other description sufficient for identification of the subject property; 3. The regulation that has been violated; 4. A description of the minimum corrective action necessary to eliminate the violation ("corrective action");