A. All property owners and responsible users identified by the city as contributors to excessive or improper infiltration or inflow into the treatment works shall be advised of their infiltration or inflow problems. All such properties shall be provided a 180-day grace period in which to correct the identified infiltration and inflow problems, said 180-day grace period to extend from the date of notification. By the end of the 180-day grace period, each property owner shall notify the city that corrective actions have been taken or are in progress, and describe the actions being taken.
B. A property owner failing to notify the city of corrective actions prior to the end of the 180-day grace period shall be subject to termination of service without further notice, and water service shall be immediately discontinued and shut off until the violations shall have been corrected in accordance to federal, state, and city regulations.
C. In the event any instance of excessive infiltration or inflow into the treatment works of the city shall continue beyond the 180-day grace period, it is hereby declared that such continuing infiltration or inflow is a public nuisance. The Public Works Director or other designee shall have the right to abate such a public nuisance, to enter upon any private property within the city for such a purpose, and to assess the cost of such abatement as a lien against the property upon which such infiltration and inflow occurs. The Public Works Director or other designee shall assess the cost of such abatement to the property from which infiltration and inflow occurs. An administration fee of $350 or 5% of the cost, whichever is greater, shall be assessed in addition to all cost of abatement. The assessment of all cost shall be levied by the filing of a statement of such costs together with the description of the property or properties to be assessed and the name of the owner(s) thereof with the City Recorder. The City Recorder shall enter the assessment as a lien against such property in the lien docket of the city.
D. No new connections from inflow sources into the water pollution control facilities shall be permitted without the approval of the Public Works Director or other designee.
(Ord. 1413 § 2.9, passed 4-1-2015)