Angels Camp Municipal Code Art. VIII Administration and Enforcement

The administrator is charged with the enforcement of all the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 289 (part), 1987)

Upon failure of any person billed or the owner of any premises to pay any sewer service charge prior to delinquency, or if the owner or occupant of any premises violates any other provision of this chapter, any one or more of the following actions authorized by this section may, or where required by this chapter must, be taken by the city or city officials to enforce such payment.

A. In each case where any bill for sewer service remains unpaid after such bill becomes delinquent, and in each case where a violation of any other provision of this chapter continues for a period of sixty days, the city may disconnect the premises from the city sewer system, all subject to the provisions of Section 13.12.310. Whenever premises have been disconnected from the city sewer system for nonpayment of sewer service charges, such premises shall not be reconnected to the city sewer system until all delinquent charges and penalties and all the city’s costs of disconnecting have been paid and until a connection permit has been obtained and until a connection fee is paid, and until the owner of such premises has otherwise complied with this chapter.

B. In each case where premises are disconnected from the city sewer system, the city council shall cause the city to take or to request any authorized public officer to take such steps as may be legally taken to abate such premises and to prohibit occupancy of such premises until they are reconnected to the city sewer system.

C. In each case where all or any part of any bill for sewer service only remains unpaid for thirty days following the delinquent date thereof, the city council may cause the city to initiate an action at law against the person billed for the amount of the delinquent bill, including all basic and monthly penalties, plus court costs, and shall cause the city to prosecute such action to final judgment against the defendant in such action.

D. In each case where any bill for sewer service remains unpaid until after such bill becomes delinquent, and in each case where a violation of any provision of this chapter continues for a period of thirty days, the city may disconnect the premises from the city water system, all subject to the provisions of Section 13.12.310. Whenever premises have been disconnected from the city water system for nonpayment of city sewer fees, the premises shall not be reconnected until all delinquent charges and penalties and all the city’s cost of disconnection have been paid and until a connection permit is obtained and until a connection fee is paid and until the owner of the premises has otherwise complied with this chapter.

(Ord. 289 (part), 1987)

In the event of a violation of any terms of this chapter or any rule or regulation established pursuant to this chapter, the administrator, in writing, shall notify the person causing, allowing or committing such violation, specifying the violation and, if applicable, the time after which, upon failure of such person to prevent or rectify the violation, the administrator will exercise his authority to disconnect the premises from the city water system and the city sewer system; provided, that such time shall be not less than five days after the deposit of such notice in the United States Post Office at Angels Camp, California, addressed to the person to whom notice is given, with a copy to the county health department; provided, however, that in the event such violation results in public hazard or menace, then the administrator or agent may enter upon the premises without notice and do such things and expend such sums as may be necessary to abate such hazard, and the reasonable value of the things done and the amounts expended in so doing shall be a charge upon the person so in violation.

(Ord. 289 (part), 1987)

Violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 289 (part), 1987; Ord. 514 § 3 (Att. G), 2021)