Chapter 16.56
VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
Sections:
16.56.010 Violation – Penalty.
16.56.030 Violation of a stop work order.
16.56.010 Violation – Penalty.
A. No person shall transfer, sell, lease or offer for transfer, sale or lease any land subject to the requirements of this title without having a subdivision or short subdivision approved and filed except as provided in CMC 16.20.070 and 16.24.080 (agreements to transfer land conditioned on final plat approval).
B. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this title is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a gross misdemeanor under this title shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or by imprisonment for not more than one year. (Ord. 1159 NS § 1, 1997).
16.56.020 Stop work order.
Whenever any work is being done contrary to the provisions of this code, plat or preliminary plat conditions, or other pertinent laws or ordinances implemented through the enforcement of this code, the plat administrator or his/her designee may order the work stopped by notice in writing served on any person shall forthwith stop such work until authorized by the plat administrator (or designee) to proceed with the work. (Ord. 1159 NS § 1, 1997).
16.56.030 Violation of a stop work order.
A. It is unlawful for any person, with actual or constructive knowledge of the issuance of a stop work order issued pursuant to this code, to construct or do the work prohibited by the order, or to permit or allow the same to be done, or to remove or deface said order, until the plat administrator or his/her designee have removed or lifted the order and issued a written authorization for the activity or work to be continued.
B. The plat administrator or his/her designee may immediately seek issuance of a citation, or complaint, where there is a violation of a stop work order.
C. Any violator of a stop work order may be subject to arrest if the violation is committed in the presence of an officer per RCW 10.31.100.
D. Violation of a stop work order shall be a gross misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 and/or imprisonment for not more than a year. Each day or part thereof during which any violation is committed or permitted shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 1159 NS § 1, 1997).