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date shall bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum. The costs shall be paid to the Department to which the authorized official is assigned. In the case of persons designated by the Kittitas County fire marshal to enforce Chapter 15.08, 20 KCC costs shall be paid to the Office of the Fire Marshal. b. If more than one landowner has been issued a Notice of Violation and Abatement or more than one appellant was found personally liable for the costs of abating the nuisance by an order issued by the Hearing Examiner, each party shall be jointly and severally liable for the costs of the abatement. c. For purposes of this Section, "costs" shall include but are not limited to: I. Personnel costs, both direct and indirect, including all attorney's fees and costs incurred in the investigation, documentation, and abatement of the nuisance; ii. Repair, demolition, hauling, clean up, storage, disposal, and environmental mitigation expenses; iii. Actual expenses and costs of the County in preparing notices, specifications, and contracts, and the costs of any required printing or mailing; IV. Actual expenses and costs of the County in accomplishing, contracting, or inspecting the abatement work; v. Penalties under to Chapter 18.05 KCC. d. Any salvage value proceeds resulting from the abatement of the property shall first be applied to the costs of abatement. Any remaining such monies shall be paid to the landowner as shown on the last equalized assessment roll. e. The County may impose a special assessment for the costs of any abatement proceedings under this chapter and all other related costs against the real property on which the nuisance was found or any of the work of abatement was performed. 9. Special Assessment. Pursuant to RCW 36.32.120 (10), all costs incurred by Kittitas County for the abatement of any nuisance defined by any statute or ordinance shall be a special assessment upon land or premises on which the nuisance is situated and this assessment and/or any penalties under this Title shall constitute a lien against the property which shall be of equal rank with state, county, and municipal taxes. An authorized official shall cause a claim of lien to be filed for record in the Auditor's Office within ninety (90) days from a final finding. (Ord. 2013-012 , 2013; Ord. 2009-19, 2009) Chapter 18.05 PENALTIES Sections 18.05010 Infraction Penalties. 1805020 Criminal Penalties. 1805030 Abatement. 18.05.010 Infraction Penalties. 1. A person found to have committed a civil infraction shall be assessed a monetary penalty. Except as otherwise required by law, the maximum penalty and default amount is $500 for each day of violation under this Title, not including statutory assessments, and the minimum penalty Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Kittitas County Code Title 18 Amendments Shoreline Master Program Enforcement Exhibit A 1 May 20161 Page 10 of 13