19.16.020 Applicability.
This chapter establishes a civil method, where permitted under the law, to enforce violations of the chapters and titles of the code referenced in GHMC 19.16.010, provided an alternate civil method, other than abatement, is not specifically set forth in the code. Where the alternate civil method is abatement, both methods may apply.
A. The city administrator and/or his/her authorized representative (the “administrator”) shall have the authority to enforce the land use codes of the city of Gig Harbor.
B. The code shall be enforced for the benefit of the health, safety and welfare of the general public, and not for the benefit of any particular person or class of persons.
C. It is the intent of this chapter to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon the owner, lessee, occupier, or other person responsible for the condition of the land and buildings within the scope of this chapter.
D. No provision of or term used in this chapter is intended to impose upon the city, or any of its officers or employees, any duty that would subject them to damages in a civil action. (Ord. 1226 § 1, 2011).