§ 8.20.020. Abatement.

Each and every person who allows accumulated waste materials, or junk, as defined in Section 8.20.010, to be stored, located, situated or piled on property or premises over which he has control, which is not obscured from the view of occupants of adjoining property or by passers-by on public streets or ways, after reasonable notice, but in no event less than ten days, is served upon him in writing by the code enforcement officer, shall either remove the accumulated waste material, or junk, or obscure the same from the view of occupants of adjoining property and passers-by on public streets or ways, and upon failure to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor/infraction, and the continued existence of such condition shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense for each and every day that such condition continues to exist after the time stated in the notice of violation. The code enforcement officer may also compel the removal of such waste materials or junk to be removed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 8.14 by criminal citation with a notice to appear in court or by the procedure for abatement of public nuisances.

(Ord. 311 Exh. A (part), 1987: Ord. 32 § 1 (part), 1965: prior code § 11401)