Ordinance 3901-22 - Laserfiche WebLink

calendar days from the date of mailing of the court's decision, hearing examiner's decision, or a notice from the city that penalties are due. Any such monetary penalty, fees, and/or costs shall further constitute a lien against the affected real property. The office of the city attorney is authorized to take all actions available to collect the monetary penalty. C. Lien Authorized. The city shall have a lien for any monetary penalty imposed, the cost of any abatement proceedings under this chapter, and all related costs including attorney and expert witness fees, against the real property on which the monetary penalty was imposed or any of the abatement work was performed, or both. The lien shall be subordinate to all previously existing special assessment liens imposed on the same property and shall be superior to all other liens, except for state and county taxes, with which it shall be on parity. 1. The city shall cause a claim for lien to be filed for record with the Snohomish County Auditor's Office. 2. The claim of lien shall contain sufficient information regarding the civil violation, as determined by the city, a description of the property to be charged with the lien and the owner of record, and the total amount of the lien.Any such claim of lien shall be verified by the city and may be amended from time to time to reflect changed conditions. 1.20.220 City Abatement. A. Abatement. Upon prior approval by the Code Enforcement Officer,the city may abate a condition which was caused by or continues to be a civil violation when: 1. The terms of the VCA pursuant to this chapter have not been met; or 2. A notice and order or stop work order has been issued,the period for filing an appeal with the hearing examiner has expired, and the required correction has not been completed; or 3. A notice and order or stop work order has been issued, a timely appeal was filed, the appellant failed to appear at the scheduled hearing or a hearing was held as provided in this chapter and the required correction has not been completed by the date specified by an order of the hearing examiner; or 4. The condition is subject to summary abatement as provided for in this chapter or other provisions of city or state law. B. Summary Abatement.When a code violation causes a condition,the continued existence of which constitutes an immediate and emergent threat to the public health, safety, or welfare or to the environment, the city may summarily, and without prior notice to the person responsible, abate the condition. Notice of such abatement, including the reason for it, shall be given to the person responsible for the violation as soon as reasonably possible after the abatement. C. Authorized Action by the City. Using any lawful means, the city may enter upon the subject property and may remove or correct the condition which is subject to abatement. The city may seek judicial process as it deems necessary to affect the removal or correction of such condition.