All industrial waste treatment plants or facilities or sewage treatment plants, and all appurtenances thereto, now existing or hereafter constructed under jurisdiction of this code shall be maintained and operated by the owner or person having jurisdiction of the property affected, in a safe and sanitary condition at all times. All devices and safeguards which are required by this code, for the operation thereof, and all records of such operation, shall be maintained in good order. This section shall not be construed as permitting the removal or non- maintenance of any devices or safeguards on existing facilities unless authorized in writing by the City Engineer.
('86 Code, § 17.24.070) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3026, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 1.12.010