The city council designates the police department as the agency which shall have the following powers and duties:

A. The duty to inspect when there has been a complaint by more than one person that community decay is present in an area.

B. The power to recommend to the city council further applicable standards by which to enforce this chapter.

C. The power to determine whether or not this chapter applies after an inspection of the property or area.

D. The duty to send a written notice of violation to the owner of the property in violation of this chapter.

E. The power to enter upon the property in violation after written notice and a show cause hearing, if applicable, for the specific purpose of abating the violation.

F. The power to assess the property owner for the actual costs of an abatement made by the agency. (Ord. 513 § 2, 1988)