§ 22A.02. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

a.

"Abate" means to prevent and/or eliminate.

b.

"City Manager" means that person employed by the City as its City Manager or designee of that person.

c.

"Call for Service" means any occasion on which one or more members of any City Department go to a Property for purposes of investigating suspected Nuisance Activity. A Call for Service is not Founded unless it meets the definition herein of "Founded Call for Service."

d.

"Corrective Action" means any action taken with respect to a Nuisance Property for the purpose of Abating Nuisance Activity.

e.

"Emergency Assistance" means immediate intervention by first responders in order to prevent or stop further damage to person or property.

f.

"Founded Call for Service" means any occasion on which a Call for Service results in a finding of probable cause to believe Nuisance Activity occurred on or within one thousand feet of the Property to which the Call for Service was made. A Founded Call for Service shall not be applied if an Interested Party is the party who reported the criminal activity that resulted in the Call for Service to the City.

g.

"Health, Environmental or Solid Waste violation" means a violation of Chapter 21, Chapter 24, Chapter 25, or Chapter 29 of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Code.

h.

"Interested Party" means a Property Owner, resident, tenant, occupant or person in possession or control of a property.

i.

"Nuisance Activity" means conduct giving rise to the conditions, events, and/or situations described in Section 22A.03.

j.

"Nuisance Property" means a Property which meets the criteria set forth in Section 22A.03.

k.

"Nuisance Property Abatement Plan" means that written plan which is developed by a Property Owner, whether or not it is developed in consultation with the Nuisance Property Abatement Coordinator, pursuant to which the Property Owner undertakes Corrective Action at a Nuisance Property.

l.

"Nuisance Property Abatement Coordinator ("NPAC") " is the City official charged with the administration and enforcement of this Chapter, or any duly authorized representative thereof.

m.

"Permittee" means a person present on a particular property where an Interested Party has allowed, consented to, or otherwise acquiesced in that person's presence, and shall include a person whose presence the Interested Party has failed to prevent or remove.

n.

"Property" means any real estate, including land, and that which is affixed, incidental, or appurtenant to the real estate. For Property consisting of more than one unit, the term Property may refer to a particular unit or to the portion of the Property on which Nuisance Activity has occurred or is occurring. Property may also include areas used in common by all units of the Property, including without limitation, other structures erected on the Property and areas used for parking, loading, and landscaping.

o.

"Property Owner" means the owner of record of the Property in question as shown on the City of Cedar Rapids Assessors website.

p.

The phrase "within one thousand feet of the Property" means the distance measured from the central point of any Nuisance Activity to the nearest point along the parcel line for the Property with which the Interested Party or Permittee is associated. For purposes of this Chapter, the Property of an Interested Party or Permittee who is not responsible for the Founded Nuisance Activity shall not be subject to Section 22A.03.

q.

"Victim of Abuse or Crime" means a person who has suffered harm as a result of abuse or crime that was perpetrated directly against that person.

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