Whenever the city determines that a violation of this chapter, any permit issued hereunder, or any order issued by the city pursuant to this chapter, has occurred or is taking place, it may initiate enforcement action as provided in this section. In addition, any enforcement action or remedy provided in state or federal law may be employed. If the city believes a violation has occurred or is occurring, a representative of the city shall make a reasonable effort to notify the user of the violation. All violations including the first violation shall receive a written notice of violation, and may also incur a monetary penalty.
A. All written notices of violations shall describe the violation and any potential penalty (monetary or additional pretreatment). The written notice may further require that a response to the violation be submitted to the city within a 10 day time period.
B. If a written notice of violation requires submittal of a response, the response shall include an explanation of the cause of the violation, a plan for its satisfactory correction and prevention of future such violations, and specific corrective or preventive actions. Submission of this plan in no way relieves the user of liability for any violations occurring before or after receipt of the notice of violation. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the Public Works Director or other designee to initiate emergency action or other enforcement action without first issuing a notice of violation.
(Ord. 1413 § 10.1, passed 4-1-2015)