§ 24-10.2. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply to the construction of this section except where the context clearly indicates another meaning was intended:

A.

Abatement means any emergency response that includes law enforcement, fire, or other emergency response provider personnel and related equipment, to prevent, mitigate or remedy the actual or potential consequences of a nuisance existing on a property due to due to a specified condition listed in subsection 24-10.3.A. or owner neglect.

B.

Emergency response costs shall mean the cost to the city to provide law enforcement, fire, or other emergency response provider personnel and related equipment to respond to abate a property due to the conditions specified in subsection 24-13.3.A. or owner neglect. Such expenses shall include the costs, including salaries or contractual costs, of providing law enforcement, fire, or other emergency response provider personnel and related equipment rescue on-scene at the property.

C.

Owner shall mean the record owner of the title to property, wherever that person or entity may currently reside.

D.

Owner neglect means that the owner has failed to carry out or perform the necessary maintenance, repair, replacement or other appropriate abatement measure on the property to a degree that an emergency response by the city to provide law enforcement, fire, or other emergency response provider personnel and related equipment is required to respond to and/or abate the existing nuisance.

E.

Plumbing systems shall include all the potable water, building supply, and distribution pipes; all plumbing fixtures and traps; all drainage and vent pipes; and all building drains and building sewers, including their respective joints and connections, devices, receptors, and appurtenances within the property lines of the premises and shall include potable water piping, potable water treating or using equipment, medical gas and medical vacuum systems, liquid and fuel gas piping, and water heaters and vents for same.

F.

Nuisance shall have the same meaning as defined in California Civil Code Section 3479.

(Ord. No. 2992 N.S., § 1, 4-7-09)