(1) Whenever a violation of this chapter occurs, the director may impose a monetary penalty upon the person(s) responsible for the violation. Any such penalty will be set forth in a notice and order issued pursuant to SCC 7.53.180.

(2) The base amount of monetary penalties for noncommercial violations shall be determined by the director by reference to the penalty criteria contained in SCC 7.53.192 and the penalty schedule contained in SCC 7.53.195. For repeat violators and repeat violations, the base penalty amount resulting from this calculation shall be doubled.

(3) The base amount of monetary penalties for commercial violations shall be determined by the director by reference to the penalty criteria contained in SCC 7.53.192 and the penalty schedule contained in SCC 7.53.197. For repeat violators and repeat violations, the base penalty amount resulting from this calculation shall be doubled.

(4) In addition to the base penalty amount, the person(s) responsible for a violation, whether a noncommercial violation or a commercial violation, may also be required to reimburse the county for the costs incurred by the county in investigating the violation and enforcing remediation of the violation, including any laboratory costs. If the full amount of reimbursable costs incurred by the county due to a particular violation is not known at the time an original notice and order is issued, a revised notice and order including such costs in the monetary penalty may be issued to the responsible person(s) once said costs are known.

(5) If there is more than one person responsible for a given violation, all responsible persons shall be jointly and severally liable to the county for the entire amount of monetary penalties imposed with respect to the violation. (Added by Ord. 01-035, May 23, 2001, Eff date June 2, 2001; Amended by Amended Ord. 07-030, May 2, 2007, Eff date May 17, 2007; Amended by Ord. 08-091, July 30, 2008, Eff date Aug. 21, 2008; Amended by Amended Ord. 13-023, Apr. 17, 2013, Eff date Apr. 28, 2013).