1.14.200 Recovery of enforcement and other costs.
A. In addition to the other remedies available under this chapter, the Code Compliance Officer may charge the owner of the property on which a violation of any provision listed in RMC 1.14.030.A, Applicability, or any permit issued under any provision listed in RMC 1.14.030.A, Applicability, occurred or any person who violated any provision listed in RMC 1.14.030.A, Applicability, or a permit issued under RMC 1.14.030.A, Applicability, with the costs of enforcement, restoration, abatement, and bringing the violation into compliance. Such costs are due and payable thirty days from the date the invoice is mailed.
B. The costs of enforcement, restoration, abatement, and bringing the violation into compliance shall include, but are not limited to:
1. Personnel costs, both direct and indirect, including attorney’s fees and costs incurred to document the violation.
2. Removal, excavation, loading, hauling, storage, and disposal expenses incurred by the City or the City’s contractors.
3. The cost of any studies needed to determine how to restore the property or to correct any violations incurred by the City or the City’s contractors.
4. The costs of stabilizing the site to prevent further damage or pollution incurred by the City or the City’s contractors.
5. Construction, excavation, regrading, seeding, or planting expenses incurred by the City or the City’s contractors.
6. The costs of maintaining any restoration or repair work incurred by the City or the City’s contractors.
7. Actual expenses and cost of the City in preparing notices, specifications, and contracts and in accomplishing or contracting and inspecting the work, and the costs of any required printing and mailing.
C. Where the Code Compliance Officer assesses costs under RMC 1.14.200, Recovery of Enforcement and Other Costs, those costs create a joint and several personal obligation in any person violating any provision listed in RMC 1.14.030.A, Applicability, or any permit issued under any provision listed in RMC 1.14.030.A, Applicability. The City may collect these costs by turning the debt over to a collection agency, filing a civil lawsuit, filing a lien or other legal means. (Ord. 1935 § 17, 1997).