A. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.30.330, any person operating a facility shall report any and all leaks or spills occurring within the confines of the water facilities field to the city engineer immediately upon discovery, but in any event, such leak or spill shall be reported not more than fifteen days from the occurrence.
B. Any such leak or spill shall be remediated in a manner acceptable to the city engineer. Any such leak or spill shall be remediated as soon as is reasonably practicable, but in no event shall remediation operations be commenced later than thirty days from the date the occurrence is first discovered and reported. The city engineer may, upon showing of good cause, grant an extension to the thirty day requirement referenced in this section.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to report a leak or spill under this chapter. It shall be unlawful to fail to take action to remediate any spill or leak as required by this section. If remediation operations are not commenced within thirty days from the date such spill or leak is first discovered and reported, it shall be a separate offense for each day after said thirty days until the remediation operation is commenced, and upon conviction thereof the offender shall be subject to a maximum fine of five hundred dollars per day for each day after said thirty days until the remediation operation is commenced; provided, however, if the city engineer has granted an extension, no offense will occur until the expiration of any such extension.
D. Any operator, or employee, servant, agent or representative of an operator, who has knowledge of a spill or leak, and fails to report same to the city engineer within the times specified herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of five hundred dollars or ninety days in jail or both. (Ord. 449 (part), 2003)