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Section 22.02.050 Imposition of cumulative monetary penalties.

If the person(s) responsible for the violation(s) fails to appeal a notice of civil violation and order that imposes cumulative monetary penalties or the person(s) responsible for the violation(s) loses at an appeal hearing, the city official may seek to collect cumulative monetary penalties for continued noncompliance with the city code provisions cited in the subject notice of civil violation and order.  The city official shall not seek to collect cumulative civil penalties unless the person(s) responsible for the violation(s) has been given written notice of an opportunity to appeal the cumulative penalties, under the procedures contained in VMC 22.03.020.  The appeal authorized in this section is limited to the sole issue of whether or not the conditions that gave rise to the issuance of the notice of civil violation and order have changed.  The person(s) responsible for the violation(s) shall not be permitted to contest in such appeal, whether the conditions that gave rise to the issuance of the notice of civil violation and order constitute a violation of the code.

(M-3857, Amended, 12/17/2007, Sec 6, Prior Text; M-3638, Added, 12/01/2003, Sec 32)