<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 78-84. - General.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Authority to enforce.</span> The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the stormwater administrator,
               his or her designee, or any authorized agent of the county. Whenever this section
               refers to the stormwater administrator, it includes his or her designee as well as
               any authorized agent of the county.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Violation unlawful.</span> Any failure to comply with an applicable requirement, prohibition, standard, or limitation
               imposed by this article, or the terms or conditions of any permit or other development
               approval or authorization granted pursuant to this article, is unlawful and shall
               constitute a violation of this article.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Each day a separate offense.</span> Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct violation
               or offense.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Responsible persons/entities.</span>
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               (1)
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               Any person who erects, constructs, reconstructs, alters (whether actively or passively),
               or fails to erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, repair or maintain any structure,
               BMP, engineered stormwater control, practice, or condition in violation of this article
               shall be subject to the remedies, penalties, and/or enforcement actions in accordance
               with this section. Persons subject to the remedies and penalties set forth herein
               may include any architect, engineer, builder, contractor, developer, agency, or any
               other person who participates in, assists, directs, creates, causes, or maintains
               a condition that results in or constitutes a violation of this article, or fails to
               take appropriate action, so that a violation of this article results or persists;
               or an owner, any tenant or occupant, or any other person, who has control over, or
               responsibility for, the use or development of the property on which the violation
               occurs.
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               (2)
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               For the purposes of this article, responsible person(s) shall include but not be limited
               to:
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               a.
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               Person maintaining condition resulting in or constituting violation. An architect,
               engineer, builder, contractor, developer, agency, or any other person who participates
               in, assists, directs, creates, causes, or maintains a condition that constitutes a
               violation of this article, or fails to take appropriate action, so that a violation
               of this article results or persists.
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               b.
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               Responsibility for land or use of land. The owner of the land on which the violation
               occurs, any tenant or occupant of the property, any person who is responsible for
               stormwater controls or practices pursuant to a private agreement or public document,
               or any person, who has control over, or responsibility for, the use or development
               of the property.
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               (Ord. of 4-4-2023)
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