(A) Inspection. The duly authorized representatives, employees, or agents of the township, the county, and the city, including, but not limited to, the Township Inspector, the Township Engineer, the Health Department, representatives of the MDEQ and the EPA bearing proper identification shall be permitted to enter at any time during reasonable or usual business hours in and upon all properties in the service district for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, testing, and emergency repairs in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Any person who applies for and receives sewer services from the township or owns real property in the service district shall be deemed to have given consent for all such activities including entry upon that person’s property.
(B) Damage to system. No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, recklessly, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with, climb upon, or enter into any structure, appurtenance, or equipment of the public sewer system or the publicly owned treatment works or connect or disconnect any building sewer to the public sewer system or tamper with or modify any pump, valving appurtenance, flow control section, meter, or sampling equipment so as to have the effect of rendering inaccurate any meter or other monitoring equipment.
(C) Notice to cease and desist. Except for violations of division (B) hereof, any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter shall be served by the township with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
(D) Nuisance; abatement. Any nuisance or any violation of this chapter is deemed to be a nuisance per se. The township in the furtherance of the public health may enforce the requirements of this chapter by injunction or other remedy and is hereby empowered to make all necessary repairs or take other corrective action necessitated by such nuisance or violation. The person who violated this chapter or permitted such nuisance or violation to occur shall be responsible to the township for the costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by the township in making such repairs or taking such action as a miscellaneous customer fee.
(E) Liability for expenses. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the township and their authorized representatives for any expense, including reasonable attorney’s fees, loss, or damage incurred by the township by reason of such violation as a miscellaneous customer fee.
(F) Remedies are cumulative. The remedies provided by this chapter shall be deemed to be cumulative and not mutually exclusive with any other remedies available to the township.
(Ord. 09-06, passed 8-12-2009)