20.28.010 Penalties schedule.
(1) Penalties will be assessed in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) Penalties for noncommercial violations shall be assessed at the rate of $100 per day per violation. Any person engaged in the development, management, sale, rental, or use of property solely for the purpose of residential occupancy by the person or his or her immediate family is engaged in a noncommercial action for purposes of this chapter.
(b) Penalties for commercial violations shall be assessed at the rate of $250 per day per violation. Any violation other than a noncommercial violation is a commercial violation.
(2) Each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation is committed, continued, not permitted, or not corrected shall be a violation for purposes of this chapter. Penalties for failure to obtain any required permit shall begin to accrue on the first day activity subject to the permit requirement is commenced and shall cease to accrue on the day the permit is obtained. Penalties for the violation of any stop work order shall begin to accrue on the first day the stop work order is violated and shall cease on the day the work is actually stopped. Penalties for failure to correct the violation by the date set forth in a notice and order or a voluntary compliance agreement shall begin to accrue on the first day after said date.
(3) Second, third, or repeated but separate violations of a like nature by the same person may be described as a repeat violation. Penalties for repeat violations shall be double the rates identified in subsection (1) of this section. For the purposes of this section, the term “of a like nature” means a violation of the same Clallam County Code title or chapter.
(4) The Director may waive accrued but unpaid penalties in accordance with the provisions of this title only.
(5) Penalties assessed create a joint and several obligation in all persons responsible for code compliance. Such penalties are due and payable 30 calendar days from assessment. The Director may collect assessed penalties by any appropriate legal means, including forwarding the same to a collection agency for collection. A lien for penalties may be recorded if penalties remain unpaid, according to the provisions of this title. A lien for penalties shall run with the subject land (if owned by the person responsible for code compliance), and shall accrue interest at six percent per annum from the date of recording the lien until paid in full.