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<br />1. Reasonable legal fees and costs which shall include, but are not limited to, legal personnel <br />costs and expert witness fees, both direct and related, incurred to enforce the provisions <br />of Chapter 1.20 EMC as may be allowed by law; <br />2. Personnel costs which shall include, but are not limited to, administrative employee costs, <br />and law enforcement or related enforcement agencies costs, both direct and related, <br />incurred to enforce the provisions of Chapter 1.20 EMC; <br />3. Abatement costs as itemized by the city when undertaking an abatement of a violation <br />under Chapter 1.20 EMC; and <br />4. Actual expenses and costs of the city in preparing notices, specifications, and contracts; <br />in accomplishing or contracting and inspecting the work; monitoring the property <br />consistent with the orders of compliance; hauling, storage, disposal expenses; the costs <br />of any required printing, mailing, or court filing fees; and the costs of recording any liens <br />or releases of liens on title. <br />C. Payment due. Such costs are due and payable 30 days from mailing of the invoice. <br />D. Damages. In addition to any penalties or costs that may be imposed, any person violating or failing <br />to comply with any of the provisions of this code shall be liable for all loss or damage to public or <br />private property arising from such violation, including the cost of restoring the affected area to <br />its condition prior to the violation. Administrative costs will be charged as fifteen (15%) percent <br />of the total amount of liability for costs, expenses, losses, or damages to the city occasioned <br />thereby. This clause does not establish a cause of action that may be asserted by any party other <br />than the city. Penalties, damage, costs, and expenses may be recovered only by the city. <br />E. Special Assessment. Pursuant to RCW 35.21.955, the city may levy upon the property subject to <br />an enforcement action a special assessment for the expense of any abatement undertaken, or <br />unpaid fines, penalties, and costs issued pursuant to this chapter. <br />1. Prior to levying the special assessment authorized in this subsection (E), the city shall <br />provide the owner and any identifiable mortgage holder with 10 days’ advance written <br />notice that a special assessment will be levied on the property. The notice shall provide <br />the estimated amount of the special assessment. The notice shall be sent by regular mail. <br />2. The special assessment authorized by this section constitutes a lien against the property <br />and is binding upon successors in title only from the date the lien is recorded in the county <br />where the affected real property is located. <br />4. Upon certification to the county treasurer by the city treasurer of the special assessment <br />amount due and owing, the county treasurer shall enter the amount of such assessment <br />upon the tax rolls against the property for the current year and the same shall become a <br />part of the general taxes for that year to be collected at the same time and with interest <br />at such rates and in such manner as provided in RCW 84.56.020, as now or hereafter <br />amended, for delinquent taxes, and when collected to be deposited to the credit of the <br />general fund of the city. The lien shall be of equal rank with the state, county and <br />municipal taxes.