(A) When the City Engineer, or his or her authorized representative, finds that any discharger has failed to comply with a notice of correction or has violated or continues to violate any prohibition, limitation or requirement contained in this chapter, any NPDES storm water permit or the basin plan, the city may serve upon such person a written notice of violation stating the nature of the violation and the penalties for non-compliance. At a minimum, the notice of violation shall require that the discharger submit to the City Engineer, within a time period specified in the notice, a plan indicating the cause of the violation and corrective actions which will be taken to prevent recurrence. A discharger shall be guilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted by the discharger.
(B) Pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code, §§ 53069.4 and 36900(b), the following administrative fines shall apply to the issuance of a notice of violation by the City Engineer, or his or her authorized representative.
(1) A first notice of violation shall be issued for a first violation of this chapter and shall be punishable by an administrative fine not exceeding $100.
(2) A second notice of violation shall be issued for a second violation of this same ordinance within one year and shall be punishable by an administrative fine not exceeding $200.
(3) A third notice of violation shall be issued for a third violation of this same ordinance within one year and shall be punishable by an administrative fine not exceeding $500. Each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year shall also be punishable by an administrative fine of $500.