Penalties
Seattle Mun. Code § 15.91.016
in effect15.91.016 - Penalties
A. Citation penalty fee schedule. The Director of Transportation shall prepare and recommend for adoption by the City Council a citation penalty fee schedule for violations of Title 15. Citation penalty fees shall increase each time the same violator has been subsequently found to have committed a violation within a one-year period, and will be based on the permit type issued and then the zoning designation adjacent to the public place where the violation occurred, if applicable.
1. Violations of Title 15 or Street Use permit. The first time a person or entity is found to have violated subsection 15.91.002.A or violated a condition of their Street Use permit, the person or entity shall be subject to a penalty established by the citation penalty fee schedule.
2. Violation warning. The Director may, in an exercise of discretion, issue a warning to the person or entity responsible for obtaining the Street Use permit if the person or individual has not been previously warned or cited for violating subsection 15.91.002.A.
3. If, within a one-year period after a person's or entity's first violation of subsection 15.91.002.A6 or violation of a Street Use permit condition has been determined to exist, a person or entity is subsequently cited for violating subsection 15.91.002.A or subsequent violation of Street Use permit condition, the person or entity shall be subject to further penalties established by the citation penalty fee schedule.
B. Insecure and unsafe uses. As provided for in Section 15.04.070, if the City determines that a permitted site or use is insecure or unsafe following a third upheld citation within one year after a first violation for insecure or unsafe conditions has been determined to exist; the Street Use permit may be immediately revoked, the permittee may be subject to additional penalties established by the citation penalty fee schedule, and the use may be subject to abatement as provided for in subsection 15.91.030.
C. Street Use permit condition violation. A permittee's failure to comply with their Street Use permit conditions after three citations related to violating subsection 15.91.002.A have been upheld by the Hearing Examiner in a one-year period may be grounds for permit revocation.
D. Deposit of funds. Any funds received by the Hearing Examiner or collection agency for violations associated with Section 15.91.002 shall be deposited into the General Fund.
(Ord. 125492, § 49, 2017; Ord. 125031, § 3, 2016; Ord. 124951, § 18, 2015; Ord. 124598, § 10, 2014; Ord. 123659, § 42, 2011; Ord. 123100, § 6, 2009; Ord. 121925, § 2, 2005; Ord. 120822, § 12, 2002.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT15STSIUS_SUBTITLE_IVEN_CH15.91CI_15.91.016PEFetched: 11/1/2026