When the director has determined a person has violated this chapter, any condition of the permit, that an excavation poses a hazardous situation or constitutes a public nuisance, public emergency, or other threat to the public health, safety or welfare, or when the director determines there is a paramount public purpose, the director is authorized to issue a stop work order, to impose new conditions upon a permit, or to suspend or revoke a permit by notifying the permittee of such action in writing. (Ord. 2397 § 3, 1999)