The officer responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter shall be appointed by the City Council. He or she shall provide adequate and frequent inspections of the sanitary landfill sites and to this end shall be authorized to call upon the Planning Commission for assistance in making inspections. He or she shall notify any permit holder who is violating the provisions of this subchapter of the specific manner in which the subchapter is being violated. Unless the violation is corrected within 24 hours after notice in writing to the permit holder by the inspector, the inspector shall notify the Council of any violation of the provisions of this subchapter that the Council may, after a public hearing to which the violator shall have been invited, suspend or revoke any permit for noncompliance or violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter or when satisfied that the landfill or dump constitutes a real menace and nuisance to the health, safety, and welfare of the immediate residents in the neighborhood in which it is located. In the event the permit holder refuses to correct the violation within 24 hours after notice in writing by the inspector, the inspector may, if he or she deems it necessary in the interest of public health, enter upon the premises of the dump or landfill and, either with the equipment and by employees of the license holder, or with the city-owned or leased equipment and city employees, do the work as is necessary to correct any condition violative of this subchapter, and which in his or her opinion if left uncorrected may be hazardous to the public health. The cost to the city of correcting the condition in privately owned dumps or landfills shall be assessed against the permit holder who shall be required to pay all the costs and expenses of the city in correcting the conditions.
(Prior Code, § 7-6-7)