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23 <br /> <br />6.4 Compliance Orders <br /> <br />When the Director finds that a user has violated or continues to violate any provision of <br />this ordinance, a wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder, or any other <br />pretreatment standard or requirement, the Director may issue an order to the user <br />responsible for the discharge directing that the user come into compliance within a time <br />specified in the order. Compliance Orders may require users to refrain from certain <br />activities, install additional pretreatment equipment, increase self-monitoring, use best <br />management practices designed to minimize the amount of pollutants discharged to the <br />sewer. A compliance order may be issued unilaterally, and the terms of the order need not <br />be discussed with the user in advance. If the user does not come into compliance within <br />the time specified in the order, sewer service may be discontinued. Issuance of a <br />compliance order shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action <br />against the user. <br />6.5 Cease and Desist Orders <br /> <br />When the Director finds that a user has violated (or continues to violate) any provision of <br />this ordinance, a wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder, or any other <br />pretreatment standard or requirement, or that the user's past violations are likely to recur, <br />the Director may issue an order to the user directing it to cease and desist all such violations <br />and directing the user to: <br />A. Immediately comply with all requirements; and <br />B. Take such appropriate remedial or preventive action as may be needed to properly <br />address a continuing or threatened violation, including halting operations and/or <br />terminating the discharge. <br />Issuance of a cease and desist order shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking <br />any other action against the user. <br />6.6 Administrative Fines <br /> <br />A. When the Director finds that a user has violated or continues to violate any <br />provision of this ordinance, a wastewater discharge permit or order issued <br />hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, the Director may fine <br />such user in an amount not less than $100 and not to exceed $10,000. Such fines <br />shall be assessed on a per violation, per day basis. Said Administrative fines shall <br />constitute a sewer service surcharge, and upon assessment, shall be subject to <br />collection in the same manner as all other sewer utility rates, charges and penalties. <br />B. Unless other arrangements have been made with, and authorized by the Director, <br />unpaid charges, fines, and penalties shall accrue thereafter at a rate of one percent <br />(1%) per month. After 90 days, if charges, fines, and penalties have not been paid, <br />the City may suspend the user’s sewer service.