§ 8.54.440. Additional remedies.

A.

Any violation of this Chapter shall be treated as a strict liability offense; a violation shall be deemed to have occurred regardless of a violator's intent.

B.

Any person, partnership, association, corporation, fiduciary or other legal entity, that owns, leases, occupies, controls or manages any property subject to this Chapter, and causes, permits, or maintains a violation of this Chapter as to that property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in Chapter 1.28 of this Code.

C.

This chapter is intended to be cumulative to, and not in place of, other rights and remedies available to the City pursuant to the Oakland Municipal Code or available under State or Federal law. The City Attorney or a duly authorized enforcement official may pursue any other right or remedy permitted by the Oakland Municipal Code, including, but not limited to, commencement of any civil action, or administration action to abate the condition of a property as a public nuisance.

D.

In the event that the City takes administrative action to abate the condition of a property subject to the registration requirement contained in this Chapter, above and beyond the rights and remedies specified in Chapters 1.08, 1.12, 1.16 and 15.08 the following administrative penalties shall apply:

1.

In each instance when a party becomes subject to a penalty specified in this section, a Building Official shall issue an order providing written notice of that party's obligation to make payment of said penalty. Each such order shall constitute a special assessment against the property in question having the same legal status as an order determining the cost of abatement of a public nuisance pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 15.08.

(Ord. No. 13126, § 2, 6-19-2012)