1.20.080 Satisfaction of administrative citation.
A. Upon receipt of a citation, the responsible person must do the following:
1. Pay the fine within twenty days from the date of the administrative citation. All fines assessed are payable to the city. Payment of a fine does not excuse or discharge the failure to correct the violation nor will it bar further enforcement action by the city.
2. Cease and abate the violation. If the offense is a continuing violation and the responsible person fails to properly cease and abate the violation, fines will accrue until the abatement is properly verified. Additionally, subsequent administrative citations may be issued for the same violation. The amount of the fine for failure to correct the violation will increase at the rate specified in this chapter or as established by city council resolution.
B. At any time following thirty days after the issuance of the citation, the city may deliver a collection bill to the responsible person requiring payment for all outstanding amounts owed for the violation, including the amount due for the initial violation and any accrual of fines from the date the citation was issued to the date the abatement of the offense is properly verified (if applicable) plus any appropriate late payment charge, less any amount remitted pursuant to subsection A of this section.
C. The abatement of a continuing violation must be verified by a code enforcement officer. The responsible person must contact the phone number designated on the citation and schedule an inspection by a code enforcement officer. Fines will accrue until the abatement is verified, less any days delayed by action of the city in scheduling such inspection. (Ord. 638 §1, 2014; Ord. 568 §1, 2008).