Chapter 16.44
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY
Sections:
16.44.010 Violation – Sale before approval and/or recording.
16.44.010 Violation – Sale before approval and/or recording.
No person, firm or corporation, proposing to make or having made a subdivision of land containing five or more lots, plots or tracts, or proposing to make or having made a plat or subdivision containing a dedication or any part thereof as a public right-of-way shall enter into any contract for the sale of, or shall offer to sell said subdivision, or any part thereof, or shall proceed with any construction work on the proposed subdivision or dedication in accordance with the prescribed rules and regulations contained herein until the plat has been approved by the city and has been filed for record with the King County department of records and elections. (Ord. 693 § 1, 1994. Formerly 16.24.090.)
16.44.020 Review of decision.
Judicial appeals of the city’s actions under this title may be filed in superior court as described in CHMC 19.06.006. (Ord. 739 § 21, 1996; Ord. 693 § 1, 1994)
16.44.030 Penalty designated.
Any person, firm, corporation or association, or any agent of any person, firm, corporation or association who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. In addition to the above penalty, whenever land within a subdivision granted final approval is used in a manner or for a purpose which violates any provision of this title or any term or condition of plat approval prescribed for the plat by the planning commission, the city may commence an action to restrain and enjoin such use and compel compliance with the provisions of this title or with such terms or conditions. The costs of any such action may be taxed against the violator. (Ord. 693 § 1, 1994)
16.44.040 Civil penalty.
Any person, firm, corporation or association, or any agent of any person, firm, corporation or association who violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject in addition to other penalties hereunder, to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per day for each violation of this title, plus payment of the city’s reasonable attorney’s fees and all costs incurred in collecting said civil penalty. The amount of the civil penalty shall be determined by the mayor in consultation with the city attorney and the mayor shall report the setting of said civil penalty to the city council at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the council. (Ord. 693 § 1, 1994)