(A) Any violation of this article may be punished by the imposition of a civil fine of $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second offense, and $500 for each third or subsequent offense within a year. The Public Works Department and/or the county’s Treasurer-Tax Collector are authorized to collect all unpaid civil fines.
(B) Every customer/owner who has received water service from CSA 31 is responsible for all civil fines resulting from any violation of this article relating to that customer’s water whether or not violations are committed by that person or third parties. Civil fines may be reduced or discharged if the violation was beyond the control of the owner and if all reasonable means had been previously taken to prevent the violation. “All reasonable means” includes, but is not limited to, written warnings to tenants or other water users and amendments to rental agreements where permitted by the lease.
(Ord. 927, § 2 (part), 2014)