A. Notice of Violation. When the director finds that a user has violated or continues to violate, any provision of this chapter, a wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or wastewater requirement of the city, state or federal government, or is found to have improperly used or maintained sewers, the director may serve that user a written notice of violation. Within thirty days of the receipt of such notice, an explanation of the violation and a plan for the satisfactory correction and prevention thereof, to include specific required actions, shall be submitted by the user to the director. Submission of such a plan in no way relieves the user of liability for any violations occurring before or after receipt of the notice of violation.

B. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the director to take any action, including emergency actions or any other enforcement action, without issuing a notice of violation; however, such notice of violation shall be issued as soon as possible.

C. Consent Orders. The director may enter into consent orders, assurances of compliance, or other similar agreements with any user responsible for noncompliance. Such agreement shall include specific actions to be taken by the user to correct the noncompliance within the time period specified in the agreement. Such documents shall have the same force and effect as the administrative orders issued pursuant to Sections 13.08.500 and 13.08.510 and shall be judicially enforceable.

D. Compliance Orders. When the director finds that a user has violated, or continues to violate, any provision of this chapter, a wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, the director may issue an order to the user responsible for the discharge directing that the user come into compliance within a specified time. If the user does not come into compliance within the time provided, water service may be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices, or other related appurtenances are installed and properly operated. Compliance orders may also contain other requirements to address the noncompliance, including additional self-monitoring and management practices designed to minimize the amount of pollutants discharged to the sewer. A compliance order may not extend the deadline for compliance established for a pretreatment standard or requirement, nor does a compliance order relieve the user of liability for any violation, including any continuing violation.

E. Cease and Desist Orders. When the director finds that a violation of this chapter has occurred, or appears imminent, and the violation appears to present an imminent endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, or the environment, or which threatens to interfere with the operation of the POTW or cause pass-through, the director may, after informal notice to the violator, issue an order to cease and desist and direct those persons not complying with this chapter to:

F. When the director finds that a discharge of wastewater has taken place, in violation of prohibitions or limitations prescribed in this chapter, or wastewater source control requirements, effluent limitations or pretreatment standards, or the provisions of a wastewater discharge permit, the director may require the user to submit to the appropriate POTW representative a report containing methods to eliminate illegal discharges, a time schedule for the commencement and completion of any equipment installation or maintenance necessary to comply with discharge limitations and methods of assurance of continued compliance. (Ord. 1598 § 1 (part), 2014)