Sec. 7-266. - Authority and enforcement.

(a)

The community development department shall manage the implementation, coordination, documentation, administration, and enforcement of this article and the waste diversion plan.

(b)

Violation of any provision of this article may be enforced by civil action, including an action for injunctive relief. In any civil enforcement action, administrative or judicial, the city shall be entitled to recover its attorneys' fees and costs from a person who is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have violated this article.

(c)

Violation of any provision of this article shall constitute an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first violation, a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the second violation within one (1) year, and a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each additional violation within one (1) year. There shall be a separate infraction for each day on which a violation occurs. Where the violation is the failure to achieve the diversion requirement applicable to the project and

C&D materials from the project have already been landfilled, the violation shall be deemed to have ceased after a period of ten (10) days.

(d)

Enforcement pursuant to this section shall be undertaken by the City of West Covina.

(Ord. No. 2447, § 3 (Att. 1), 12-18-18)