EVERETT — Fines that a Monroe man owes Snohomish County over an illegal berm at a private shooting range have been cut drastically under a revised decision from the county hearing examiner.
The new penalty against Jim Faire is $1,500 for the first 20 days, starting Tuesday, according to Hearing Examiner Barbara Dykes’ order. That amount would grow by $4,500 if Faire does not get the proper permits after 20 days, another $6,000 after 40 days and another $7,500 after 60 days.
Noise complaints first drew the county’s attention to Faire’s Ben Howard Road property. Code-enforcement officials fined Faire over the berm and over hosting a commercial gun range in June, but he appealed at a Sept. 17 hearing.
Dykes’ original Oct. 2 order dismissed the commercial shooting range violation, but ruled that Faire owed $6,000 for the berm. That fine would grow by $3,000 daily until he got the permits. Because county permits often take a month or longer, Faire worried he would be forced to pay more than $90,000.
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