Section 1.14.140 Recovery of costs of abatement.

    City may elect to recover its costs to abate nuisance conditions, including without limitation, the costs of any appeals hearing (including staff time necessary to prepare for and attend an appeals hearing), any reinspections required to determine or confirm that compliance has been achieved, production of all staff reports, environmental tests or measurements that are deemed necessary or appropriate by the enforcement officer, third party inspection(s) or consultant services as deemed necessary by the city and any attorney’ s fees incurred in pursuing enforcement. If city elects at the initiation of an administrative enforcement action or proceeding to seek recovery of attorney’ s fees, pursuant to Government Code Section 38773.5(b), then the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover attorney’ s fees in an amount not to exceed the amount of attorney’ s fees incurred by city in such action. Recovery by city of the costs of enforcement shall be in addition to any penalty imposed on the responsible party. (Ord. 651 § 2 (part), 2005)