20.30.100 Abatement.
A. For a civil violation related to illicit discharges or connections, the Director may also:
1. Require implementation of BMPs described in the Stormwater Management Manual and, when necessary, AKART BMPs as described in RCW 90.48.010 and 90.48.520.
2. Require the violator to sample and analyze any discharge, surface and stormwater, groundwater, or sediment, in accordance with the sampling and analytical procedures and requirements determined by the Director, and provide that analysis to the Director.
3. Make inspections as required to determine compliance, including observation of BMPs or sampling surface and stormwater or groundwater as often as may be necessary.
B. If the required corrective work is not commenced or completed within the time specified, the Director may ask the City Attorney’s office to assist in abating the public nuisance.
C. Consistent with RCW 35A.21.160, RCW 35.22.280(30), and RCW 35.80.030, the City may abate the violation itself and charge the costs of abating the violation as a public nuisance lien against the property.
D. Per RCW 35.80.030, the City may abate unfit dwellings, buildings, structures, or property following the procedures in this Title and RCW 35.80.030, and may direct the County Treasurer to charge the costs of abatement as an assessment upon the tax rolls against the real property.
1. The Director is the municipal officer designated and authorized to exercise the powers necessary to carry out the purposes authorized by RCW 35.80.030.
2. The Hearing Examiner is the appeals commission designated to hear and decide appeals within sixty days of date of filing, as required by RCW 35.80.030(1)(g). (Ord. 2988 § 1 (Att. A), 2016)