A. In determining the date when Administrative Civil Penalties start to accrue, an Enforcement Officer may consider the date when the City first discovered the violation as evidenced by the issuance of a Notice of Violation or any other written correspondence.
B. The assessment of Administrative Civil Penalties shall end when all corrections or other action required by the Administrative Civil Penalties Notice and Order have been completed.
C. The Enforcement Officer may assess fines at a rate of up to $1,000 per violation per day. In determining the amount of the Administrative Civil Penalties at an administrative hearing, the Hearing Officer may consider some or all of the following factors:
(1) The duration of the violation;
(2) The frequency of recurrence of the violation;
(3) The seriousness of the violation;
(4) Whether the violation is designated as an infraction, a misdemeanor, or either an infraction or a misdemeanor, by the Municipal Code;
(5) The history of the violation;
(6) The good faith effort by the Responsible Party to comply;
(7) The economic impact of the penalty on the Responsible Party; and
(8) The impact of the violation upon the community.
(Ord. MC-1553, 2-17-21)