Title 10, Local Laws

Lost or Damaged Cards. If a card is lost, damaged, or becomes illegible, the owner of the card shall notify the Office of the Mayor. Upon providing the required information to the Office of the Mayor and payment of the fee as provided in 10 CMC § 14106, the applicant may obtain a…

Identification Card Fee. The Office of the Mayor shall charge a fee of $20.00 for a new card, and $15.00 for lost or damaged card, or renewal of an expired card. Source: RLL 18-8 § 7 (Nov. 22, 2013); amended by RLL 23-02 § 2 (May 12, 2023), modified. Commission Comment: In codify…

Rota Resident Identification Card Fund. All fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be remitted to the Rota Municipal Treasurer and the Treasurer shall deposit the fees in a special revolving account designated as the Rota Resident Identification Card Revolving Fund. The fe…

Rules and Regulations. The Office of the Mayor shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administer the intent of this chapter. Source: RLL 18-8 § 10 (Nov. 22, 2013), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission substituted the word “chapter” for “Act” pursuant to 1 CMC…

Short Title. This Chapter shall be known as “Nuisance Abatement and Blighted Property Maintenance Act of 2018.” Source: SLL 20-25 § 2 (June 14, 2018), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission changed “Act” to “Chapter” pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).

Applicability. (a) This Chapter shall apply to every building, public or private inclusive and portion thereof, and appurtenance thereto, and the premises on which it is situated, used or intended to be used, whether for commercial, business, institutional, industrial, multi-fami…

Savings Clause. This Chapter shall not affect violations of any other regulation of the Commonwealth existing prior to its adoption. The violations shall continue to be punishable to the full extent of the law under the provisions of those ordinances, codes or regulations in effe…

Authority to Interpret; and to Make, Alter, and Repeal Rules. The Administrator is authorized to interpret this Chapter and to make, alter, and repeal rules and regulations in conformity to this Chapter to implement the requirements hereof, subject to the appeal process specified…

Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter: (a) Abandoned vehicle means a vehicle that does not bear a license plate, or is unregistered and incapable of moving under its own power. (b) Administrator means the Zoning Administrator authorized by 2 CMC § 7222. (c) Alter or alter…

Conditions Prohibited and Declared Public Nuisances. The following described conditions occurring or being upon any lot, tract, or parcel of land, or contiguous swales, improved or unimproved, within 50 feet of any improved property on which there exists a building, structure, or…

Junk and Abandoned Vehicle Parking or Storage Prohibited. No person in charge or control of any property within the island of Saipan shall allow any junk or abandoned vehicle to remain on any private or public property within the island of Saipan longer than 60 days; and no perso…

Basic Maintenance. (a) Residential. All exterior property areas shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, free from any accumulation of trash, rubbish, garbage, or other refuse. The premises of residential property shall not be used for open storage of such items as …

Boarding of Vacant Buildings or Dwellings. (a) It is declared unlawful and a public nuisance for any owner of any property within the island of Saipan to maintain such property or permit such property to be maintained in such manner that any one or more of the conditions describe…

Orders and Notice. (a) Whenever the Administrator finds any one or more violations of this Chapter to exist, he/she may order the owner of the property to abate the nuisance, correct the violation, and/or impose penalties. Where a public nuisance exists, the Administrator shall c…

Hearing. Within 15 days after the date of mailing the order, or other service, including posting, as provided in 10 CMC § 30510, the owner of the property involved shall have the right to make written appeal for a hearing before the Zoning Board. Thereafter, the Board shall promp…

Abatement of Public Nuisances. If, subsequent to the expiration of a right to appeal to the Commonwealth Zoning Board under this Chapter, the owner has failed to abate a nuisance upon order from the Administrator, or if the owner has failed to abate the nuisance after receiving a…

Penalties. The Administrator shall issue a warning notice to any violator of this Act sixty (60) days except residential property owners shall have ninety (90) days before any penalties are imposed.* When a warning is issued and is not acted upon, penalties shall begin to accrue.…

Lien for Costs of Termination and Penalties, Nuisance Abatement Lien Record and Notice. The owner of the property upon which the public nuisance was terminated shall repay the total expense, including administrative costs and interest, incurred by the Commonwealth in causing a pu…

Finality and Priority of Lien. The lien shall be effective and final against the real property upon which a nuisance has been abated and any other property of the owner from the time of entry by the Commonwealth Recorder’s Office and shall take priority as of the time of entry th…

Payment and Enforcement of Lien and Interest Thereon. A lien provided for in this Chapter may be paid within 180 days after the publication of the notice of assessment and lien as provided in 10 CMC § 30514 without interest. Thereafter, the amount of the lien, including administr…

Appeals. (a) Appeals from orders of the Administrator may be made within 30 days upon writing notice received at the Commonwealth Zoning Office and shall be heard by the Commonwealth Zoning Board or its designees in accordance with the APA, 1 CMC §§ 9101–9115. (b) Final decisions…