13.10.800 Violations, penalties and damages.

(1)    Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be liable to the county for any expense, loss, damage, cost of inspection or cost of correction incurred by the county by reason of such violation, including any expenses incurred by the county in collecting from such person of such loss, damage, expense, cost of inspection or cost of correction.

(2)    Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter shall be served by the county with or mailed written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations and make all necessary corrections.

(3)    Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Section 13.10.110, subsection (3) shall in addition to the items of expense provided in Section 13.10.110, subsection (1), become liable to the county for a penalty in the amount of ten percent (10%) of such expense items, together with interest thereon at eight percent (8%) per annum from the date of the time limit provided in Section 13.10.110, subsection (1).

(4)    When any person who owns or occupies real property shall continue any violation relating to the construction, repair or use of the public sewers or building sewers beyond the time limit provided for in Section 13.10.110, subsection (2), the Board may order the disconnection of that property from the public sewers of the county, in which case, the Board shall serve in person or by mail a written notice upon that person stating the nature of the violation and specifying the date (not less than thirty (30) days after serving the notice in person or mailing the notice) on or after which the county will cause the building sewer serving the affected property to be disconnected from the public sewers of the county. Such notice shall be in addition to that provided in Section 13.10.110, subsection (2). The cost of such disconnection shall be charged to the affected property. The notice of the fact of such disconnection shall be given to the building and health offices of the county in which the property is located and to the state agency or agencies having an interest therein.

No reconnection of the disconnected property to the public sewers shall be allowed without an application for a building sewer permit and the payment of all charges, fees, costs, expenses, interest and penalties otherwise required in this chapter. (Res. 1976-05-20)