Article VIII — ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 801. - Violation.

Any person found to be violating any provision of this or any other ordinance, rule or regulation of the District, except Sections 508 and 901 hereof, shall be served by the Administrator or other authorized person with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. Said time limit shall be not less than two (2) nor more than seven (7) working days. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. All persons shall be held strictly responsible for any and all acts of agents or employees done under the provisions of this or any other ordinance, rule or regulation of the District. Upon being notified by the Administrator of any defect arising in any sewer or of any violation of this ordinance, the person or persons having charge of said work shall immediately correct the same.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76)

Sec. 802. - Public Nuisance.

Continued habitation of any building or continued operation of any industrial facility in violation of the provisions of this or any other ordinance, rule or regulations of the District is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. The District may cause proceedings to be brought for the abatement of the occupancy of the building or industrial facility during the period of such violation.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76)

In all areas of the Lake County Sanitation District which are provided with a sewer system as defined in Section 205, the further maintenance and use of septic tanks is declared to be a public nuisance.

(Ord. No. 1022, § 1, 6-19-78)

Sec. 803. - Disconnection.

As an alternative method of enforcing the provisions of this or any other ordinance, rule or regulation of the District, the Administrator shall have the power to disconnect the user or subdivision sewer system from the sewer mains of the District. Upon disconnection from and reconnection to the system, any such user shall deposit the cost, as estimated, of disconnection and reconnection before such user is reconnected to the system. The Administrator shall refund any part of the deposit remaining after payment of all costs of disconnection and reconnection.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76)

Sec. 804. - Public Nuisance; Abatement.

During the period of such disconnection, habitation of such premises by human beings shall constitute a public nuisance, whereupon the District shall cause proceedings to be brought for the abatement for the occupancy of said premises by human beings during the period of such disconnection. In such event, and as a condition of reconnection, there is to be paid to the District a reasonable attorney's fee and cost of suit arising in said action.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76)

Sec. 805. - Means of Enforcement Only.

The District hereby declares that the foregoing procedures are established as a means of enforcement of the terms and conditions of its ordinances, rules and regulations, and not as a penalty.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76)

Sec. 806. - Misdemeanor.

Section 4766 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California provides that the violation of an ordinance, rule or regulation of a county sanitation district by any person is a misdemeanor punishable by fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both. Each and every connection or occupancy in violation of the ordinances, rules and regulation of the District shall be deemed a separate violation and each and every day or part of a day a violation of the ordinance, rule or regulation continues shall be deemed a separate offense hereunder and shall be punishable as such.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76; Ord. No. 2653, § 1, 7-15-2003)

Sec. 807. - Liability for Violation.

Any person violating any of the provisions of the ordinances, rules or regulations of the District shall become liable to the District for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the District by reason of such violation.

(Ord. No. 871, 2-2-76)