Solano County Municipal Code Art. VI Abatement

25-600 Enforcement of Chapter

(a) The Department of Resource management shall be empowered to ensure the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.

(b) A violation of this chapter, or any state or federal regulations, may be cause for revocation of a permit or site registration by the Administrative Authority and notification to the appropriate Regional Water Quality Control Board and the USEPA for enforcement action.

(c) Any violation of this chapter may be declared to be a public nuisance, as determined by the Administrative Authority, and may be abated or enjoined by the Administrative Authority through civil action, in addition to any other remedy herein provided. The Administrative Authority shall have the authority to order the applicator to modify or abate existing land application processes or field conditions, or to immediately cease any and all landspreading operations pending the investigation and decision of the Administrative Authority. The Administrative Authority reserves the right to reject shipments of biosolids loads destined for field application if it is determined that such loads do not comply with this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 888, §1; Ord. No. 889, §1; Ord. No. 1502, §1; Ord. No. 1536, §1; Ord. No. 1558, §1; Ord. No. 16,28, §16; Ord. No. 1689, §7)

25-601 Appeals

Any decisions by the Administrative Authority to revoke a permit or biosolids site registration or to order the cessation of land application activities or to deny a protest and allow application of biosolids onto land may be appealed to the Board of Supervisors by filing a written Notice of Appeal with the Clerk of the Board, on a form as may be prescribed by the County, within 10 days of the Administrative Authority’s decision. Activities authorized by the permit or registration shall be suspended while the appeal is pending.

(Ord. No. 1502, §1; Ord. No. 1536, §1; Ord. No. 1558, §1; Ord. No. 1618, §7)

25-602 Penalty for Violation of Chapter

Any violation of the provisions of this chapter is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one-thousand ($1,000) dollars for the first offense; each continuing or subsequent offense shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one-thousand ($1000) dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such persons shall be deemed to be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which a violation of this chapter is committed, continued, or permitted by such person.

(Ord. 1502, §1; Ord. 1536, §1; Ord. 1558, §1; Ord. 1628, §17)

(Ord. No. 1124, §1; Ord. No. 1125, §1)