A. The city manager shall be the primary city official responsible for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The city manager may appoint a nuisance abatement team or other city official as his/her designee and delegate all or a portion of the administration and enforcement responsibilities to that team or official. If a nuisance abatement team is appointed it shall be comprised of a representative of the planning department, the building department, the police department, and the public works department, and shall be under the direction of the department head as appointed by the city manager. The city manager or his/her designee shall provide property owners in violation of this code with a thirty-day notice of compliance. Thereafter, any legal remedies available within this code may be pursued by the city manager or his/her designee and the city attorney unless all applicable code violations are corrected.

B. Enforcement of this chapter shall occur when violations are public nuisances as defined herein. Enforcement of violations which are visible from the public right-of-way shall be given priority, unless otherwise specified or determined to be an imminent hazard by the city manager or his/her designee. For private nuisances, the town will attempt to contact the affected or involved individuals and facilitate a resolution of the issues. In addition to other conflict resolution techniques, the town may utilize a professional mediation service to help resolve the matter. (Ord. 490 § 18 (part), 1996)