Ordinance 3901-22 - Laserfiche WebLink

D. In administering the provisions of this chapter, the Code Enforcement Officer shall have the authority to waive any one or more such provisions so as to avoid substantial injustice; provided that substantial injustice may not be based exclusively on financial hardship. 1.20.080 Procedures for Responding to Code Complaints and Violations. A. Authority. The Code Enforcement Officer may determine, based upon information derived from sources including but not limited to field observations, the statements of witnesses, relevant documents, and data systems for tracking violations and applicable city codes and regulations, whether a violation has occurred. Once the Code Enforcement Officer has reasonable cause to determine that a violation has occurred, the violation shall be documented, and Code Enforcement Officer may conduct or take all appropriate or necessary inspections, investigations and actions. The Code Enforcement Officer shall not be required to notify any person when the Code Enforcement Officer determines that no violation has occurred. B. Enforcement Actions. In order to promote compliance with the code and/or to discourage public nuisances,the Code Enforcement Officer may, in accordance with applicable law and in response to inspections, field observations, reports, investigations or reliable complaints, determine that violations of the code have occurred or are or may be occurring, and may take the following enforcement actions, in whole or in part, and in any order appropriate to the violation: 1. Corrective Action Notice. 2. Voluntary compliance agreement. 3. Notice and Order. 4. Stop Work Order. 5. Suspend, revoke, or modify any permit, license or approval. 6. Impose fines, penalties, and/or recover costs incurred by the city. 7. Criminal enforcement. C. Criteria for Determination.When determining what kind of enforcement action to take,the Code Enforcement Officer may consider a number of relevant factors and criteria, including but not limited to life safety considerations, the severity of the public impact of the violation, the time and cost to abate the violation,the likelihood to recover any costs of abatement,and the available city resources to abate the violation. D. Enforcement Actions in Writing. All enforcement actions will be in writing unless otherwise provided in this chapter. Failure to use a specific form or type of enforcement action as described herein, or minor defects in the form of such enforcement action, shall not affect the validity thereof. E. Service. Service of enforcement actions issued pursuant to this chapter shall be made using one or more of the following methods; except that civil and criminal infractions and citations shall be served as provided in Chapter 7.80 RCW as applicable: