(1) All violations of Snohomish County Code, except as otherwise provided in SCC 30.85.090, shall be subject to a notice of violation.

(2) A notice of violation represents a determination by the department that a violation has been committed and monetary penalties shall be assessed pursuant to SCC 30.85.170. If the person served with a notice of violation fails to respond to it by the compliance date, the director shall note that the person failed to respond to the notice of violation within the designated appeal period and is deemed to have committed the violation identified in the notice of violation. Notation of the failure to respond shall constitute a final decision under SCC 30.85.260.

(3) The notice of violation may list corrective actions suggested to remedy the violation.

(4) Payment of a monetary penalty assessed under a notice of violation shall not relieve the person(s) named in the notice of violation of the obligation to correct, cure, abate or stop the violation(s).

(5) The notice of violation is a final determination and the person(s) named in the notice of violation shall correct the violation by the date stated in the notice of violation, unless the notice of violation is appealed.

(6) A notice of violation may be withdrawn by the department at any time if it is determined that it was issued in error.

(7) A notice of violation may be amended at any time in order to correct clerical errors or to cite additional authority for a stated violation.

(8) When an administrative or judicial appeal is pending, additional notices of violation may be issued at the same location.

(9) The director may extend the time for compliance issued in a notice of violation upon finding that substantial progress toward compliance has been made. After penalties have begun to accrue, an extension of a notice of violation may be granted by the director, based upon the efforts of the violator to achieve compliance. Such an extension allows the director to stay the accrual of additional penalties until the new compliance date stated in the extension notice. Penalties that have already accrued prior to the extension shall not be waived, but may be reduced under SCC 30.85.180. An extension of time may be revoked by the director upon a finding that the conditions at the time the extension was granted have changed, or the person(s) responsible are not performing corrective actions required in the notice of violation. If the extension of the compliance date is revoked, a new compliance date shall be set, which may be the date of revocation. (Added by Amended Ord. 08-062, Oct. 1, 2008, Eff date Nov. 1, 2008; Amended by Amended Ord. 12-018, May 2, 2012, Eff date May 21, 2012).