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Administrative Order shall specify that if the City undertakes to abate or eliminate the violation it shall be entitled to recovery of all costs and expenses incurred in performing such work, and shall also be entitled to recover its administrative costs. Administrative costs shall include costs incurred by the City in connection with the proceeding, including attorney's fees, costs of investigation, staffing costs incurred in preparation for the hearing and for the hearing itself, and the cost of any re- inspection and other costs necessary to enforce the Administrative Order. Such costs, if unpaid, may be recovered by the City through a lien on the affected property or through a special assessment as provided in Section 1 -12 -600 of this Chapter. (3) Any other order or remedy that is in the interests of justice. Section 6. Section 1 -12 -440 of Chapter 1 -12 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows (additions in underline; deletions in °tnket rough): 1 -12 -440 PAYMENT OF PENALTY. (a) Any penalty imposed by the Administrative Hearing Body shall be paid to the City within thirty (30) days from the date of the decision, unless an extension of time is requested by the violator and granted by the Administrative Hearing Body. (b) Any appeals processing fee that is paid pursuant to Section 1 -12 -420 (a), above, shall be refunded to the payee if it is determined by the Administrative Hearing Body that the person charged in the notice of violation was not responsible for the violation or that there was no violation as charged in said notice. (c) Payment of any penalty that is upheld or otherwise imposed by the Hearing Body shall not excuse or permit any continuation or repeated occurrence of the violation that is the subject of the notice of violation. (d) Any penalty imposed by the Administrative Hearing Body shall accrue from the date specified in the notice of violation and shall continue to accrue on a daily basis until the violation is corrected. The determination of compliance or elimination of the violation shall be made by the Enforcement Officer, unless such determination was made by the Administrative Hearing Body as a result of the hearing. The Administrative Hearing Body, in its discretion, may suspend the imposition of any penalty for a period of time not to exceed sixty (60) days during which the responsible party applies for permits required to achieve compliance, and such permit applications are actively pending before, or have already been issued by, the City, the State, or other appropriate governmental agency. (e) Any penalty assessed by the Administrative Hearing Body is a debt owed to the City. In addition to all other means of enforcement and/or collection, any such penalty may be enforced as a personal obligation of the responsible party. If the violation is in connection with real property, such penalty may be enforced by imposition of a lien or special assessment upon the real property. Any lien or special assessment imposed upon the real property shall remain in effect until the penalty is paid in full. ORDINANCE NO. 201 1 -006 4