§ 53.99 PENALTY.

   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.

   (B)   (1)   The Public Works Director shall deny or discontinue, after reasonable notice to the occupants thereof, the water service to any premises wherein any backflow prevention device required by §§ 53.20 through 53.28 is not installed, tested, maintained, and repaired in a manner acceptable to the Public Works Director or if it is found that the backflow prevention device has been removed or bypassed or if an unprotected cross-connection exists on the premises or if a low pressure cut-off required by these regulations is not installed and maintained in working order.

      (2)   Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance with these regulations and to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director, and the required re-connection fee is paid, in accordance with §§ 53.20 through 53.28.

      (3)   Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects on conformance with §§ 53.20 through 53.28 and to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director.

      (4)   Neither the city, the Public Works Director, or its agents or assignees shall be liable to any customers of the city for any injury, damages, or lost revenues which may result from termination of said customer’s water supply in accordance with the terms of §§ 53.20 through 53.28, whether or not said termination of the water supply was with or without notice.

      (5)   In accordance with §§ 53.20 through 53.28, the consumer responsible for back-siphoned material or contamination through backflow, if contamination of the potable water supply system occurs through an illegal cross-connection or an improperly installed, maintained, or repaired device or a device which has been bypassed, must bear the cost of clean-up of the potable water supply system.

      (6)   Any person found to be violating any provision of §§ 53.20 through 53.28 shall be served with written notice stating the notice of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violation.

      (7)   Any person violating any of the provisions of §§ 53.20 through 53.28, in addition to the fine provided, shall become liable to the city for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by the city by reason of such violation, whether the same was caused before or after notice.

(Prior Code, Chapter 20, Article 14A, § 11) (Ord. 12 (Series 1998-1999), passed 11-2-1998)