§ 1.12.060. Assessment.

A.

The City Manager, or his or her designee, is authorized to establish a schedule of violations and assessments or similar guidelines for issuing administrative citations.

B.

Except as otherwise provided herein, administrative citations, excluding accruing interest, shall not be assessed at more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) cumulatively per calendar year for an individual parcel or separate structure thereon for any related series of violations. The citation amount shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first issuance, two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the second issuance, and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for all subsequent issuances for any related series of violations occurring within a calendar year. For offenses involving violations of Oakland Municipal Code Sections 5.19.170(F)(2), 8.28.060, 8.28.070, 8.28.150, 8.28.160, 13.16.100 and 13.16.110, administrative citations shall not exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for the first issuance, one thousand dollars ($1000.00) for the second issuance, and one thousand five hundred dollars ($1500.00) for all subsequent issuances for any related series of violations occurring within a calendar year.

C.

The issuance of administrative citations may begin to accrue on the date of initial occurrence of the violation, as identified by the City.

D.

The issuance of administrative citations shall cease when all violations are wholly and permanently corrected.

E.

Administrative citations shall be issued in accordance with the following factors:

1.

The duration and frequency of recurrence of the violation;

2.

The detrimental effects of the violation on the occupants of the property and the surrounding neighborhood and the community at large;

3.

The history of compliance efforts by the responsible person to correct the violation wholly and permanently;

4.

The viability of the administrative citation to effect abatement of the violation wholly and permanently;

5.

Other factors that serve justice.

(Ord. No. 13335, § 2(Exh. A), 10-20-2015; Ord. 12550 § 2 (part), 2003: Ord. 12509 (part), 2003: Ord. 12401 § 1 (part), 2002; Ord. 11805 § 1 (part), 1995: prior code § 1-7.06)