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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. A1-35. Nuisance abatement authority.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. A1-35. Nuisance abatement authority.

(a) Those who are authorized to enforce this chapter and to abate any public nuisance on behalf of the County include (i) any County official, employee, agency or department identified in any law, ordinance or regulation as responsible for enforcing any law, ordinance or regulation the violation of which has caused or contributed to the public nuisance on the property, (ii) the Office of the County Counsel, and (iii) the Office of the District Attorney.

(b) Upon discovering a public nuisance, any County official, employee, agency or department who is identified in any law, ordinance or regulation as responsible for enforcing any law, ordinance or regulation the violation of which has caused or contributed to the public nuisance may do one or more of the following:

(1) Take any reasonable steps to abate the nuisance including, but not limited to, removing, repairing or restoring any land, building, structure, use or condition that constitutes a public nuisance. Summary abatement of the nuisance is authorized in accordance with Section A1-40; otherwise, abatement may not be undertaken until the property owner and any persons known to the County to be in possession of the land are provided with notice and an opportunity to be heard in compliance with Government Code Section 25845 and this chapter.

(2) Seek relief from any court to abate the nuisance through the Office of the County Counsel or Office of the District Attorney.

(Ord. No. NS-300.735, § 1, 10-19-04)

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