13.20.030 Issuance of administrative orders or exercise of other remedies.
(1) After confirmation of a violation, the director may choose from any combination of the remedies available in Chapter 13.40 SMC to resolve the violation.
(2) Discretion.
(a) Generally, the director should use a graduated enforcement process that uses notification and education as a first step and should offer responsible parties the opportunity to correct violations before imposing fines.
(b) The director may determine that a violation is so egregious that graduated enforcement is inappropriate or would require more time than is appropriate compared to the gravity of the violation.
(c) The director may decide not to take action to correct a violation, especially for de minimis violations or violations that require interpretations or discretionary judgments of the applicability of the land use code. (Ord. 1517 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).