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a. If the Code Enforcement Officer, or another City employee designated by the City Manager, determines that conditions caused by a violation of subsection 10-1.6 of this Chapter are so severe that they present an immediate danger to the health, safety or welfare of person(s) or property or to the general welfare of the City unless immediately corrected, and that there is not time to seek a court order or administrative order granting the Code Enforcement Officer permission to abate the violation, the violation may be summarily abated without compliance with this Chapter. Summary abatement shall include only such actions as are required to alleviate those conditions that present the immediate health and/or safety concerns, and may include, without limitation, boarding of windows, doors and other openings; removal of junk and debris; and/or securing the perimeter of the property.

b. If summary abatement is performed, the City shall provide the party responsible for the nuisance with a post-abatement hearing to contest the validity of the summary abatement as soon as practicable after the summary abatement occurs pursuant to the procedures for administrative hearing set forth in Section 10-3 of this Chapter, or whatever procedures the City determines should be applicable in the interest of justice.

c. The Code Enforcement Officer shall document the health and/or safety conditions that require summary abatement; all corrective measures taken in the abatement; and the costs thereof. (Ord. #2012-159)