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Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> A. More than one person, firm, corporation, association or agent therefore <br /> may be found responsible for a single violation. The violations hearing <br /> examiner may impose a monetary penalty for each violation as a joint and <br /> several penalty, or individually. <br /> B. The monetary penalty for each initial violation shall not exceed five <br /> hundred dollars ($500.00) individual or five hundred dollars ($500.00) <br /> joint and severally, unless the violator is a repeat violator as defined in this <br /> section, in which case the monetary penalty for each repeat violation shall <br /> not be less than five hundred dollars ($500.00)nor exceed one thousand <br /> dollars ($1,000.00). Payment of a monetary penalty pursuant to this <br /> chapter does not relieve the person to whom the violation citation was <br /> issued of the duty to correct the violation or preclude the city from taking <br /> action to abate the situation as provided herein. The monetary penalty <br /> constitutes an obligation of the person(s) to whom the violation citation is <br /> issued. Any monetary penalty assessed must be paid to the city within <br /> fifteen calendar days of the effective date of the violations hearing <br /> examiner's order. The city is authorized to take action to collect the <br /> monetary penalty, including filing civil actions or turning the matter over <br /> to collection, in which case costs incurred by the city as a result of the <br /> collection process will be assessed in addition to the monetary penalty. In <br /> addition, the city can also incorporate any outstanding penalty into an <br /> assessment lien when the city incurs costs in abating the violation. <br /> C. "Repeat violator"means any person, firm, corporation, association, or <br /> agent thereof who has had a violation citation issued pursuant to the <br /> provisions in this Chapter, and within thirty-six (36) months of the <br /> issuance of such citation commits or allows to be committed a new and <br /> separate violation of a same or similar Chapter of the Everett Municipal <br /> Code that is enforceable under this Chapter, regardless of location. <br /> D. If a person is a repeat violator as defined in subsection B of this section, <br /> the city may issue a repeat violator citation. A repeat violator citation shall <br /> be issued and served in the same manner and form as provided in this <br /> chapter for a violation citation, but will not include a description of the <br /> corrective action necessary to eliminate the violation or a date by which <br /> the corrective action must be completed. The repeat violator citation will <br /> notify the person receiving the citation that due to the repeat nature of <br /> their violations, the city will be seeking an order from the violations <br /> hearing examiner, at the date and time set forth in the citation, granting <br /> any and all relief to which the city is entitled under this chapter. <br />