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Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Enforcement <br />Kittitas County Code Title 18 Amendments Exhibit A | May 2016 | Page 10 of 13 <br />date shall bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum. The costs shall be paid to the <br />Department to which the authorized official is assigned. In the case of persons designated <br />by the Kittitas County fire marshal to enforce Chapter 15.08, 20 KCC costs shall be paid to <br />the Office of the Fire Marshal. <br />b. If more than one landowner has been issued a Notice of Violation and Abatement or more <br />than one appellant was found personally liable for the costs of abating the nuisance by an <br />order issued by the Hearing Examiner, each party shall be jointly and severally liable for the <br />costs of the abatement. <br />c. For purposes of this Section, "costs" shall include but are not limited to: <br />i. Personnel costs, both direct and indirect, including all attorney's fees and costs <br />incurred in the investigation, documentation, and abatement of the nuisance; <br />ii. Repair, demolition, hauling, clean up, storage, disposal, and environmental mitigation <br />expenses; <br />iii. Actual expenses and costs of the County in preparing notices, specifications, and <br />contracts, and the costs of any required printing or mailing; <br />iv. Actual expenses and costs of the County in accomplishing, contracting, or inspecting <br />the abatement work; <br />v. Penalties under to Chapter 18.05 KCC. <br />d. Any salvage value proceeds resulting from the abatement of the property shall first be <br />applied to the costs of abatement. Any remaining such monies shall be paid to the <br />landowner as shown on the last equalized assessment roll. <br />e. The County may impose a special assessment for the costs of any abatement proceedings <br />under this chapter and all other related costs against the real property on which the <br />nuisance was found or any of the work of abatement was performed. <br />9. Special Assessment. <br />Pursuant to RCW 36.32.120(10), all costs incurred by Kittitas County for the abatement of any <br />nuisance defined by any statute or ordinance shall be a special assessment upon land or <br />premises on which the nuisance is situated and this assessment and/or any penalties under this <br />Title shall constitute a lien against the property which shall be of equal rank with state, county, <br />and municipal taxes. An authorized official shall cause a claim of lien to be filed for record in the <br />Auditor's Office within ninety (90) days from a final finding. (Ord. 2013-012, 2013; Ord. 2009-19, <br />2009) <br />Chapter 18.05 <br />PENALTIES <br />Sections <br />18.05.010 Infraction Penalties. <br />18.05.020 Criminal Penalties. <br />18.05.030 Abatement. <br />18.05.010 Infraction Penalties. <br />1. A person found to have committed a civil infraction shall be assessed a monetary penalty. <br />Except as otherwise required by law, the maximum penalty and default amount is $500 for each <br />day of violation under this Title, not including statutory assessments, and the minimum penalty