(A) The Director shall have the power and right, after giving notice, to close up any sewer or sewer connection, or to remove any building sewer pipe or to cut off said public sewer pipe from any unused sanitary sewer connection or connections and to properly close up the public sewer pipe; and the cost and expense of such work shall be charged to the person, firm or corporation failing or refusing to comply with the notice as aforesaid.

(B) The Director may immediately revoke any wastewater discharge permit, or terminate or cause to be terminated the potable water supply service and/or wastewater collection, treatment and disposal service to any premises, if a violation of any provision of this chapter is found to exist or if a discharge of wastewater appears to present an imminent endangerment to the health or welfare of persons. This provision is in addition to other statutes, rules or regulations authorizing termination of service for delinquency in payment. The Director may also halt or prevent any discharge which presents or may present an endangerment to the environment, any discharge that cannot be sufficiently treated or requires treatment that is not provided by the City as normal domestic treatment, any discharge that is in violation of an industrial wastewater discharge permit or a special agreement between the City and the user, or any discharge which threatens to interfere with the operation of the POTW.

(C) Determination of whether a discharge presents an imminent endangerment to the health or welfare of persons or an endangerment to the environment or a potential for interference with the operation of the POTW shall be made by the Director.

(D) Any person who willfully or negligently fails to comply with any provisions of this chapter, and the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder, shall be subject to enforcement actions and penalties pursuant to Chapter 14.12. (Ord. 22-42 § 31, 2022; Ord. 92-22 § 2, 1992; Ord. 84-105 § 1, 1984.)