ORD 2583 ORDINANCE NO . > 5�3
AN ORDINANCE amending Chapter 18 . 55 of the Camas
Municipal Code by adopting additional procedural requirements
for appeals and Civil Regulatory Orders .
The Council of the City of Camas do ordain as follows :
Section I
Section 18 . 55 . 200 of the Camas Municipal Code is amended to provide as follows :
18 . 55 . 200 Appeals .
A . The following decisions may be appealed to the City Council : ( 1 ) Type
II decisions ; ( 2 ) Shoreline Master Program Permits ; ( 3 ) SEPA decisions ; (4 )
Civil Regulatory Orders , and ( 5 ) Civil fines . For all other decisions under
this Chapter , there is no appeal to any other decision maker within the City .
B . All appeals are initiated by filing a Notice of Appeal with the Director
within fourteen days of issuance of the decision being appealed .
C . The Notice of Appeal shall be in writing and contain the following
information :
( 1 ) Appellant' s name , address and phone number ;
( 2 ) Appellant ' s statement describing his or other standing to appeal ;
( 3 ) Identification of the application which is the subject of the appeal ;
(4 ) Appellant' s statement of grounds for the appeal and the facts upon
which the appeal is based ;
( 5 ) The relief sought , including the specific nature and extent ;
( 6 ) A statement that the appellant has read the Notice of Appeal and
believes the content to be true , followed by the appellant ' s
signature .
D . The Notice of Appeal shall be accompanied by an appeal fee as set forth
in a fee schedule adopted by resolution .
E . Appeals of Civil Regulatory Orders and civil fines shall be heard de
novo by the City Council . All other appeals shall be closed record hearings
before the City Council .
F . Notice of any appeal shall be given to those entitled to notice of the
decision or determination being appealed .
Section II
Section 18 . 55 . 210 of the Camas Municipal Code is hereby repealed .
Section III
Section 18 . 55 . 235 of the Camas Municipal Code is hereby amended to include a
subsection D to provide as follows :
Section 18 . 55 . 235 (D ) -
The hearings examiner shall issue a decision on a request for
reconsideration within forty - five days of the filing of the request for
reconsideration . When a request for reconsideration has been timely filed ,
any appeal to Clark County Superior Court under the Land Use Petition Act
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shall be filed within twenty- one days after a hearings examiner issues its
decision on the request for reconsideration .
Section IV
Section 18 . 55 . 400 of the Camas Municipal Code is amended to provide as follows :
Section 18 . 55 . 400 Enforcing authority .
A . The public works director , community development director , engineering
manager , fire marshal , and building official shall be responsible for
enforcing Titles 14 through 18 of this code , and may adopt administrative
rules to meet that responsibility . Enforcement responsibility may be
delegated to an appropriate designee , for example , a code enforcement
officer .
B . The enforcement provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to any
violation of the provisions of Titles 14 through 18 of this code , and to any
failure to comply with the terms and conditions of any permits or approvals
issued pursuant to the provisions of those titles .
Section V
Section 18 . 55 . 410 of the Camas Municipal Code is amended to provide as follows .
Section 18 . 55 . 410 General penalty .
Compliance with the requirements of Titles 14 through 18 of this code shall
be mandatory . The general penalties and remedies established in Chapter
1 . 24 of this code for such violations shall apply to any violation of those
titles . The enforcement actions authorized under this chapter shall be
supplemental to those general penalties and remedies .
Section VI
Section 18 . 55 . 420 of the Camas Municipal Code is amended to provide as follows :
Section 18 . 55 . 420 Application .
Actions under this chapter may be taken in any order deemed necessary or
desirable by the director to achieve the purpose of Titles 14 through 18 of
this code . Proof of a violation of a development permit or approval shall
idence that the violation is that of the applicant
constitute prima facie ev
and/or owner of the property upon which the violation exists . An
enforcement action under this chapter shall not relieve or prevent
enforcement against any other responsible person .
Section VII
Section 18 . 55 . 430 (E) of the Camas Municipal Code is amended to provide as follows .
Section 18 . 55 . 430 (E ) Appeal .
A civil regulatory order may be appealed to the City Council as provided by
CMC 18 . 55 . 200 .
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Section VIII
Section 18 . 55 . 440 (F ) of the Camas Municipal Code is amended to provide as follows :
Section 18 . 55 . 440 (F) Appeal .
A civil fine may be appealed to the City Council as provided by CMC
18 . 55 . 200 . If an application for remission of a fine was timely submitted ,
then the appeal must be filed within fourteen days of the date the director
issues the decision on the application for remission .
This Ordinance shall take force and be in effect five ( 5 ) days from and after its
publication according to law .
PASSED BY the Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this � d y of
2010 .
SIGNEDl�^ -�� �
Mayor
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Clerk
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