A. Any administrative fine or penalty in the amount set forth by the notice of violation, if an appeal is not requested in a timely manner, or as ordered by the Hearing Officer, if the matter is timely appealed, shall be paid to the City within thirty (30) days of service of the notice of violation or administrative order, unless an extension of time is requested by the violator and granted by the City.

B. Payment of a fine or penalty imposed pursuant to this chapter shall not excuse or permit any continuation or repeated occurrence of the violation that is the subject of the notice of violation.

C. Any administrative penalty or fines imposed within the notice of violation, if no timely appeal is made, or ordered by the Hearing Officer, if the matter is appealed, are a debt owed to the City. In addition to all other means of enforcement, any fines or penalties specified in the notice of violation, if no timely appeal is made, or specified in the administrative order of the Hearing Officer, may be enforced as a personal obligation of the violator.

D. If the violation is connected with real property and the violator is an owner of the real property, any fines or penalties may be enforced by imposition of a lien on the real property. The Police Department shall prepare and file with the City Clerk a report stating the amount due and owing. The City may record notice of this lien after a hearing before the City Council to consider any protest or objection to the lien. The City shall serve notice of the hearing upon the owner of record of the real property, based on the last equalized assessment roll or the supplemental roll, whichever is more current. The notice of hearing shall include the time, date, and place of the hearing and the amount of the lien to be imposed, and shall be served in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. If the owner of record cannot be found after a diligent search, the notice may be served by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous place upon the property for a period of ten (10) days and publication thereof in a newspaper of general circulation published in Marin County, California. If the City Council determines that the lien should be imposed, the City may cause notice of the lien to be recorded with the County Recorder. Once recorded, the lien shall have the force and effect and priority of a judgment lien. Any fee imposed on the City by the County Recorder for costs of processing and recording the lien and the cost of providing notice to the property owner in the manner described herein may be recovered from the property owner in any foreclosure action to enforce the lien after recordation.

E. The remedies set forth in this section are not exclusive. The City may collect administrative penalties and fines by the use of the small claims court or by any other legal remedy. (Ord. 1031, 2018; Ord. 1030 § 2(13), 2018; Ord. 1007 § 1, 2015; Ord. 1002 §§ 2, 3, 2015)