(a) The hearing officer may impose administrative penalties in an amount not to exceed the maximum provided in the schedule of administrative penalties adopted by council resolution in effect on the date when the violation occurred.
(b) In determining the amount of the administrative penalty, the hearing officer may take any or all of the following factors into consideration:
(1) The duration of the violation;
(2) The frequency, recurrence, and number of violations, related or unrelated, by the same violator;
(3) The seriousness of the violation;
(4) The good faith efforts of the violator to come into compliance;
(5) The economic impact of the violation on the community;
(6) Such other factors as justice may require.
(c) Late payment charges shall accrue and be payable in the amount and by the terms specified in the schedule of administrative penalties.
(d) Administrative penalties sustained by the hearing officer are a debt owed to the city and in addition to all other means of enforcement, if the violation concerns the condition of real property, may be enforced by means of a lien against the real property on which the violation occurred in accordance with Section 1.12.180. Failure to pay administrative penalties within the time allowed under this chapter shall constitute a violation of this code punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 4572 § 2 (part), 1999)