Chapter 17.60 VIOLATION

Chapter 17.60
VIOLATION—PENALTY

Sections:

17.60.030 Assurance of discontinuance of violations.

17.60.040 Compliance with final plat approval.

17.60.010 Violation—Applicability.

Any person, firm, corporation or association, or any agent of any person, firm, corporation or association who violates any provision of Chapter 58.17 RCW or Chapters 17.04 through 17.60 relating to the sale, offer for sale, lease or transfer of any lot, tract or parcel of land, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and each sale, offer for sale, lease or transfer of each separate lot, tract or parcel of land in violation of any provision of Chapter 58.17 RCW or Chapters 17.04 through 17.60 shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. This section shall not apply to any sale, offer for sale, lease or transfer of any lot, tract or parcel of land conducted in compliance with Section 17.24.040. (Ord. 1985-03 § 18.10)

17.60.020 Violation of court order.

Any person who violates any court order or injunction issued pursuant to Chapter 58.17 RCW shall be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both. (Ord. 1985-03 § 18.20)

17.60.030 Assurance of discontinuance of violations.

In the enforcement of the ordinance codified in Chapters 17.04 through 17.60, the prosecuting attorney may accept an assurance of discontinuance of any act or practice deemed in violation of said ordinance from any person engaging in, or who has engaged in such act or practice. Any such assurance shall be in writing and be filed with and subject to the approval of the superior court of the county. A violation of such assurance shall constitute prima facie proof of a violation of said ordinance. (Ord. 1985-03 § 18.30)

17.60.040 Compliance with final plat approval.

Whenever land within a subdivision granted final approval is used in a manner or for a purpose which violates any provision of Chapter 58.17 RCW, any provision of the ordinance codified in Chapters 17.04 through 17.61, or any term or condition of plat approval for the plat by the hearing examiner, then the prosecuting attorney, or the attorney general if the prosecuting attorney shall fail to act, may commence an action to restrain and enjoin such use and compel compliance with the provisions of Chapter 58.17 RCW, or the ordinance codified in this title or with such terms or conditions prescribed by the hearing examiner. The costs of such action may be taxed against the violator. (Ord. 2007-02 (part): Ord. 1985-03 § 18.40)