§ 19-4. Responsibility for compliance.
It is the responsibility of each owner to maintain their property in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Where applicable, tenants or lessees shall receive enforcement notices in connection with enforcement; however, the owner is ultimately responsible for compliance with this chapter.
The holder and/or owner of any mortgage which is upon real property which is in violation of this chapter shall be a responsible party for compliance with this chapter upon the filing of a lis pendens and/or an action, the purpose of which is to foreclose upon the mortgage or similar instrument that secures debt upon the real property. The responsibility for compliance with this chapter of a mortgage owner/holder shall be effective, in the case of a single-family residential unit, only during periods of time that the residential unit shall be vacant and in foreclosure. In all instances, the responsibility of a holder/owner of a mortgage shall remain until such time as the property is sold or transferred to a new owner, or the foreclosure action described herein is dismissed.
(Ord. No. 03-160, §§ 1, 2, 7-8-03; Ord. No. 08-134, § 1, 12-2-08)