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EXHIBIT "C" ARTICLE XI. - ENFORCEMENT Sec. 27.120. - RESPONSIBILITY: The City's Director shall have sole enforcement responsibility for the provisions of Articles II through VIII. The City's Director may designate employees of the City or the Authority as field inspectors. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed a limitation upon Authority or Authority's Manager or their designee to exercise concurrent jurisdiction regarding the subject matter of this Chapter and the same or similar subject matter under Authority's Regulations, it being the express intent of the City that both the Authority and the City may enforce the provisions of this Chapter and Authority's Regulations on the same or similar subject matter concurrently or alternatively; provided that concurrent enforcement shall not result in the imposition of duplicative remedies or penalties for the same offense, and provided that all actual prosecutions for violations of this Chapter (including without limitation, levying of fines, disconnection of discharge lines, and civil and criminal court actions) shall be the responsibility of the City. For the purposes of this Chapter, the City's Director is the Enforcement Officer. Sec. 27.121. - UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES: Sec. 27.121.1. - NOTIFICATION: Every user shall notify the Enforcement Officer immediately upon discharging wastes or wastewater in violation of the provisions of this Chapter, or any permit issued pursuant to this Chapter. A user, who discharges, causes to be discharged, or permits to be discharged such wastes or wastewater shall, within fifteen (15) days of the occurrence thereof, submit a written report to the Enforcement Officer describing the cause or causes of such unauthorized discharge, and measures taken, or proposed to be taken, to prevent future similar occurrences. Such report shall not relieve any user of liability for any expense, loss, or damage suffered or incurred by the City or the Authority, directly or indirectly, by reason of such unauthorized discharge. Such report shall not relieve or absolve any person from civil liabilities, or imposition of civil or criminal penalties in any manner whatsoever. Sec. 27.121.2. - NOTICES TO EMPLOYEES: Every non-domestic user, every user issued a mandatory wastewater discharge permit pursuant to Section 27.31.1, and every user issued a discretionary wastewater discharge permit pursuant to Section 27.31.2 shall prominently posta notice on the premises to which the permit pertains advising of the requirementto notify the Enforcement Officer of any unauthorized discharge, including the telephone number of the City's Director to be called in the event of such discharge. The Enforcement Officer may require any user to inform and advise their officers, agents, and employees of any particular provisions of this Chapter, any permit issued pursuant to this Chapter, Authority's Regulations, or other requirements of ATTY/ORD.506/CC FOG ORDINANCE REV: 11-27-19 EI Page 10 of 18