(a) If any person violates the provisions of this Chapter, Federal or State NPDES permit, MS4 permit, or County permit or any order of the County, the County may commence an action for appropriate legal, equitable or injunctive relief in the courts of the County or other appropriate court.
(b) In any civil action brought by the County, including, but not limited to, a proceeding to abate a public nuisance, whether by seeking injunctive relief and/or an abatement order, or other order, attorney’s fees and costs of enforcement may be recovered by the prevailing party. Such recovered attorney’s fees shall not exceed the amount of reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by the County in that action or proceeding (Government Code § 25845). Costs of enforcement shall include, but not be limited to, administrative costs and any and all costs incurred in the physical abatement of any nuisance and any and all costs incurred by the County in the correction or remedying of a violation of this Code, and including any related appeal to an administrative body or court or an appellate court. Notwithstanding the above language, no attorney’s fees shall be recovered in any administrative proceeding held pursuant to § 11.0208 of the County Code or any related appeal to a court or appellate court.
(c) As an alternative to the criminal or civil enforcement of this Chapter, all violations of this Chapter may be subject to enforcement through the use of administrative citations in accordance with Government Code § 53069.4 and this Section, and in the same manner and under the same authority as provided in § 11.0208 of the County Code.
(Ord. 3105, passed - -1986; Readopted by Ord. 3587, passed - -1994; Am. Ord. 4176, passed - -2012)