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<br /> <br />a. Injunction and Abatement. The city, through its authorized agents, may initiate <br />injunction or abatement proceedings or other appropriate action in the courts against any <br />person, firm or corporation who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this <br />chapter or against the erector, owner or user of an unlawful billboard or billboard <br />structure or the owner of the property on which an unlawful billboard or billboard <br />structure is located, to prevent, enjoin, abate or terminate violations of this chapter <br />and/or the erection, use or display of an unlawful billboard or billboard structure. <br /> <br />b. Civil Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who violates or fails to comply with any <br />of the provisions of this chapter or the erector, owner or user of an unlawful billboard or <br />billboard structure or the owner of property on which an unlawful billboard or billboard <br />structure is located shall be subject to a maximum civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars <br />for each day or portion thereof that the use or display of the unlawful billboard or <br />billboard structure has continued, except that the owner of property on which an <br />unlawful billboard or billboard structure is located, who is not also the owner or user of <br />the unlawful billboard or billboard structure, shall be subject to the penalty only if <br />demand for removal or alteration of the unlawful billboard or billboard structure shall <br />have been mailed to said owner at his last known address by registered mail, return <br />receipt requested, and the demand has remained uncomplied with for more than thirty <br />days. <br /> <br />2. Removal of Unlawful Billboard—Immediate and Serious Danger. Billboards or billboard <br />structures which the administrator finds upon public streets, sidewalks, rights-of-way or other <br />public property, or which wheresoever located present an immediate and serious danger to the <br />public because of their unsafe condition may be immediately removed by the administrator <br />without prior notice. The owner of the billboard or billboard structure, the user of the billboard <br />or billboard structure, and the property owner on which the billboard or billboard structure is <br />located shall be responsible to the city for all costs incurred by the city in the removal of the <br />billboard or billboard structure. <br /> <br />Section 39. Everett Municipal Code Section 16.56.040 is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced as <br />follows: <br /> <br />Any person, persons, companies or corporations violating any of the provisions of this chapter by <br />maintaining or erecting a barbed wire or electric fence within the city, as set forth in this chapter shall <br />upon conviction be punished by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment for a period <br />not to exceed six months or by both fine and imprisonment. <br /> <br />Any person or persons violating this chapter or rule or regulation adopted hereunder, shall be subject to <br />the enforcement procedures established pursuant to Everett Municipal Code Chapter 1.20. <br /> <br />Section 40. Everett Municipal Code Section 16.64.020 is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />The board shall be convened from time to time as may be necessary. When convened, T the board shall <br />consist of seven members who are qualified to pass upon matters pertaining to the codes and ordinances <br />set forth in Section 16.64.010. The department head who has the responsibility regarding the particular <br />code under consideration by the board shall be an ex officio member of the board and shall act as