(A) In the event the violation constitutes an immediate danger to public health or public safety, city personnel are authorized to enter upon the subject private property, without giving prior notice, to take any and all measures necessary to abate the violation and/or restore the property.
(1) The city shall be entitled to compensation for any expenses involved in abating the violation and/or restoring the property.
(2) The city shall have to option of performing the work and liening the property for recovery of such documented expenses.
(B) Whenever city personnel finds that a person has violated a prohibition or failed to meet a requirement of this chapter, the SWMD may order compliance by written notice of violation to the responsible person. Such notice may require, without limitation:
(1) The performance of monitoring, analyses and reporting;
(2) The elimination of illicit discharges and illegal connections;
(3) That violating discharges, practices, or operations shall cease and desist;
(4) The abatement or remediation of stormwater pollution or contamination hazards, and the restoration of any affected property;
(5) Payment of costs to cover administrative and abatement costs, attorney’s fees, court costs, and other expenses associated with the enforcement of this chapter, including sampling and monitoring expenses;
(6) Payment of penalty determined in § 53.99; and
(7) The implementation of pollution prevention practices, i.e., source control or treatment BMPs.
(Ord. 2004-19, passed 11-8-04)