18.04.040 Violation—Penalty—Edible food recovery.
A. Absent compliance by the respondent within the deadline set forth in the notice of violation, the town shall commence an action to impose penalties, via an administrative citation and fine, pursuant to the jurisdiction’s policy/ordinance/guidelines or requirements contained in Chapter 1.21, Administrative Citations.
B. For the purposes of edible food recovery, the designee for edible food recovery shall commence an action to impose penalties, via an administrative citation and fine, pursuant to the edible food recovery penalties provisions contained in this title.
C. Notices shall be sent to owner at the official address of the owner maintained by the tax collector for the jurisdiction or if no such address is available, to the owner at the address of the dwelling or commercial property or to the party responsible for paying for the collection services, depending upon available information.
D. Penalty Amounts for Edible Food Recovery Violations. The penalty levels are as follows:
1. For a first violation, the amount of the base penalty shall be fifty dollars to one hundred dollars per violation.
2. For a second violation, the amount of the base penalty shall be one hundred dollars to two hundred dollars per violation.
3. For a third or subsequent violation, the amount of the base penalty shall be two hundred fifty dollars to five hundred dollars per violation. (Ord. 649 § 3, 2021)