9.39.040 Citation for excessive police response.
It is unlawful for the owner or tenant of a dwelling or residential property to cause excessive police responses as defined in PMC 9.39.020.
A. The police department shall serve the owner of the property and the tenant of a unit a citation for excessive police responses.
B. A person is exempt from liability for the citation established by subsection (A) of this section if:
1. The person is a federal, state, or local government agency;
2. The property or unit responded to is used exclusively for nonprofit religious, charitable, cemetery, hospital or educational purposes;
3. The city has not provided notice to the person in writing as provided in PMC 9.39.030.
C. If a property has more than one owner, all owners shall be jointly liable, with the tenant, for any citation issued under this chapter. Actual notice to one owner creates a rebuttable presumption of actual notice to all other owners.
D. For residential property owned as a condominium, a citation based on excessive police responses to a single dwelling unit shall be assessed against the owner of the dwelling unit, jointly with the tenant.
E. A tenant shall not be liable for a citation if the tenant’s conduct did not require the police response and the tenant’s right to possession commenced on a date subsequent to the date of the first police response that is counted for purposes of the fee imposed under this chapter.
F. If the unit requiring excessive police responses is a mobile home located in a mobile home park, the fee may not be imposed on the owner or operator of the mobile home park unless the owner’s or operator’s conduct required the excessive police response, or if the mobile home is owned and rented out by the mobile home park owner. The fee may be imposed jointly on the owner and tenant of the mobile home.
G. The cost of the citation may be collected in accordance with applicable rules of court and Palmer Municipal Code. (Ord. 19-016 § 3, 2019)