It is unlawful for any person to interfere with the performance of the duties herein specified for the City code enforcement officer or any authorized officer or employee thereof, or to refuse to allow any such officer or employee or approved private contractor to enter upon any premises for the purpose of abating the public nuisance or to interfere in any manner whatever with said officers or employees in the work of abatement.

Paying a fine or serving a jail sentence shall not relieve any person from responsibility for correcting any condition which violates any provision of a code being enforced pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. 2718 § 1, 1998; Ord. 2187 § 2, 1987).