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57 <br /> <br />may fine such user in an amount not less than $250 and not to exceed $10,000. <br />Such fines shall be assessed on a per violation, per day basis. In the case of <br />monthly or other long-term average discharge limits, fines shall be assessed for <br />each day during the period of violation. Said Administrative fines shall constitute <br />a sewer service surcharge, and upon assessment, shall be subject to collection in <br />the same manner as all other sewer utility rates, charges and penalties. <br /> <br /> B. Unless other arrangements have been made with, and authorized by the <br />Director, unpaid charges, fines, and penalties shall accrue thereafter at a rate of <br />one percent (1%) per month. After 90 days, if charges, fines, and penalties have <br />not been paid, the City may revoke the user’s discharge permit. <br /> <br /> C. Users desiring to appeal and dispute such fines must file a written request for <br />the Director to reconsider the fine along with full payment of the fine amount <br />within ten calendar (10) days of being notified of the fine. Upon receipt of a <br />timely appeal, the Director shall set a date and time for an appeal hearing, but in <br />no case shall the hearing be set more than sixty business (60) days from the <br />receipt of the timely notice of appeal unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by <br />the appellate and the Director. The appellant shall be notified in writing of the <br />date, time, and place for the appeal hearing. The Director or the Director’s <br />designee shall serve as the Hearing Examiner. In the event the user's appeal i s <br />successful, any payments made shall be returned to the user. Affirmation or <br />modification of an administrative fine by the Public Works Director shall relate <br />back to the original date of assessment. <br /> <br />D. The City shall recover the costs of preparing administrative enforcement actions, <br />such as notices and orders, including the cost of additional inspections, sampling <br />and analysis, and may add them to the fine. The City may also add to the fine the <br />monetary value of any economic benefit the user gained through noncompliance <br />to the fine. <br /> <br /> E. Issuance of an administrative fine shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, <br />taking any other action against the user. <br /> <br /> F. Users seeking judicial review of administrative fines must do so by filing a <br />Petition for Review in the Snohomish County Superior Court within thirty <br />calendar (30) days of the decision of the Director. <br /> <br />9.7 Emergency Suspensions <br /> <br />The Director may immediately suspend a user's discharge (after informal notice to the <br />user) whenever such suspension is necessary to stop an actual or threatened discharge <br />which reasonably appears to present or cause an imminent or substantial