§ 52.99 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 city or its authorized representative shall deny or discontinue the water service to any premises or any consumer wherein any backflow prevention device required by §§ 52.50 through 52.61 is not installed, tested, and maintained in a manner acceptable to the city or its authorized representative, or if it is found that the backflow prevention device has been removed or bypassed, or if an unprotected cross-connection exists.

      (2)   Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer is in compliance with §§ 52.50 through 52.61 to the satisfaction of the city or its authorized representative.

(Prior Code, § 3-130)

   (C)   In the event any of the facilities described in § 52.15 are installed or operated without first having obtained a permit from the city and/or within the designated number of feet from any municipal water supply, then such facilities shall be deemed a nuisance and the City Council shall abate such facility as a public nuisance. In addition thereto, any person violating any of the terms of this chapter is hereby determined to be “guilty” of a Class III misdemeanor as the same is defined by state statute. The penalty for such violation shall be that as defined by state law for the violation of a Class III misdemeanor.

(Prior Code, § 3-134)

(Ord. 630, passed 4-1-2003)