§ 11.07.050. District court hearing.

(a) When served with a notice and declaration of chronic nuisance, the owner may request a hearing by filing in district court a complaint for declaratory or injunctive relief. Service of the complaint shall be effectuated in accordance with the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure. The complaint must be filed and served prior to the abatement date specified in the notice. The date specified in the notice is tolled for the period during which the owner requests a hearing and receives a decision.

(b)

When served with a notice and the owner fails to abate the chronic nuisance by the date specified in the notice and fails to request a hearing in district court prior to the date specified in the notice, the sheriff or authorized agent may request the district attorney to file a complaint in district court.

(c)

If the court finds that a chronic nuisance exists and action is necessary to avoid serious threat to the public welfare or the safety or health of the occupants of the property, the court may order the county to secure and close the property until the nuisance is abated.

(d)

In addition, if the court finds that a chronic nuisance exists, the court may:

(1)

Impose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per day for each day that the chronic nuisance was not abated after the date specified in the notice by which the owner was required to abate the condition;

(2)

Order the owner to pay the county for the cost incurred by the county in abating the condition; and

(3)

Order any other appropriate relief.

(Ord. 2720 § 3 (part), 2002: Ord. 2008 § 1 (part), 1997)