Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that violates any term or provision of the administrative order implemented pursuant to this article is responsible for a municipal civil infraction and shall pay a civil fine as prescribed by Chapter 1. It shall not be a defense that a person was not personally or otherwise advised in advance of the issuance of the violation that the applicable water use restriction was in effect, so long as the public notice procedures of this article were followed by the city. Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that violates or allows this chapter to be violated a second time within 24 hours after receiving a municipal civil infraction citation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, for which the police shall have arrest authority in order to ensure compliance with the directives of this article.
(Ord. No. 397, § 1, 6-3-08)