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ORDINANCE NS-2282 Enforcement officer means any of the following: the director, the planning manager, the building safety manager, coordinator, senior community preservation inspector, community preservation inspectors, supervisor of inspections, senior building inspectors, and building inspectors. Expense of abatement means the employee and hearing officer work-hour costs and other expenses incurred in inspecting the premises and seeking abatement of the nuisance, preparing and giving notices, holding hearings, and seeking payment of costs from the responsible party or parties, including any legal actions, and any other cost incurred by the city in the implementation of this article. The city council may establish reasonable work-hour cost rates by resolution, in which event expense of abatement shall be based upon the rates thus established, as applicable. Hearing officer means any person, other than an employee of the City of Santa Ana, designated by the director and retained by the city to perform as an independent officer in hearing and deciding the issues presented at any hearing held pursuant to the provisions of this article. Nuisance means any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any provision of Chapter 8 of this code, including any provision of any uniform code incorporated by reference into said chapter, or in violation of any provision of Chapter 41 of this code. Premises means the parcel of real property on which a nuisance exists. Responsible party or parties means the owner or owners of the premises, as shown on the latest equalized assessment role, and/or such person or persons other than the owners, if any, who are in possession and control of the premises. Bec. $7-Z03. Commencement of proceedings. Whenever an enforcement officer determines that conditions constituting a nuisance exist on any premises, he or she shall give written notice to abate the nuisance to the responsible party or parties and to all known parties of interest by certified mail or personal delivery. In the event the premises are unoccupied or the person or persons having the right to possession and control of the premises cannot be identified or located, the enforcement officer shall also affix a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the premises. The timeframe for compliance will commence upon the delivery date of said notice established by the post office or the date said notice is affixed to the premises, whichever occurs first. The failure of any responsible party or parties to receive