(A) (1) The requirements of this chapter shall be enforced by the City Engineer or his or her authorized representative. The City Engineer shall inspect the work and shall require adequate inspection of compaction by a soil engineer or by a soil testing agency, approved by the City Engineer, unless he or she determines that such inspection requirements may be waived due to the non-hazardous nature of the grading.
(2) The City Engineer or his or her duly authorized agents may enter at all reasonable times in or upon any private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions and practices which may be a violation of this chapter, or the latest rules of the Department of Environmental Quality, promulgated pursuant to part 91 (M.C.L.A. §§ 324.9101 et seq.), as amended, and all current rules.
(3) The City Engineer may seek to enforce a violation of this chapter by notifying the person who owns the land on which the violation is occurring by certified mail. The notice shall contain a description of the violation and what must be done to remedy the violation and shall specify a time to comply with this chapter.
(4) Within five days after a notice of violation has been issued under this section, a person who owns land subject to this chapter shall implement and maintain soil erosion and sedimentation control measures in conformance with this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 16-12)
(B) The City Engineer and his or her designees are hereby authorized to issue municipal civil infraction citations or notices of municipal civil infractions pursuant to Ch. 11 of this code of ordinances.
(Prior Code, § 16-14)
(Ord. 1311, passed 3-16-2009)