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(4) The location where the violation occurred. (5) A notice that each violation of the Code also constitutes a nuisance and that nuisance abatement costs may be enforced as an assessment or lien against the real property and/or location where the Code violation occurred. (6) A statement indicating that any person receiving a notice of violation may file an appeal pursuant to Chapter 1 (Section 21.8) within fifteen (15) days from the issuance of the citation. The absence of any of the above information in the Notice of Violation form shall not invalidate the City's process or issuance of the Notice of Violation. (g) The City shall have the authority to impose an administrative fine for violations of this Section following the issuance of an administrative citation as authorized in subdivision (f) above. The City is authorized to collect the amount of the fine specified below in addition to any other amount to which the City may be entitled under the law. The fines shall be in the following amounts and shall be due to the City within thirty (30) days of the date of the issuance of the citation as follows: (1) 1 st response: No fine (2) 2nd subsequent response: $100.00. (2) 3rd subsequent response: $250.00. (3) 4th subsequent response: $500.00. (4) 5th subsequent response: $750. (5) 6th subsequent response or thereafter: $1,000 (h) Collection of Unpaid Fines. At its discretion, the City may pursue any and all legal and equitable remedies to collect unpaid fines imposed pursuant to this Chapter. Pursuit of one remedy does not preclude the pursuit of any other remedy. It is intended that persons, maintaining, and/or permitting the violation, and not the taxpayers, bear the financial burden of the City's enforcement activity. (i) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided under this chapter are cumulative, and shall not restrict the City's ability to pursue any other remedy to which it is entitled under law or equity. Nothing in this Chapter shall be deemed to preclude the imposition of any criminal penalty, nor shall anything in this Chapter be deemed to conflict with any penalty or provision under State law, or prohibit any conduct authorized by the State or Federal constitutions. Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have