13.45.040 Penalties for failure to request public works oversight.
Notwithstanding RCW 19.122.070, and any other provision of law, failure to request public works oversight shall be subject to the following penalties:
(1) Where no damage to utilities or public property occurs, the penalty shall be $100.00 for each occurrence.
(2) Where any damage to utilities or public property occurs, the penalty shall be $500.00, plus the actual costs for labor, material, and loss of service incurred to repair and rectify the damage.
(3) The public works superintendent shall prepare a claim against the property owner for all penalties assessed pursuant hereto, and the clerk-treasurer shall bill the property owner(s) of record. Unpaid penalty bills shall accrue interest at 12 percent per annum, and become a lien against the property which runs with the land until paid, and may be foreclosed as provided by law. (Ord. 550 § 2, 2012)