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7B <br /> Page 13 <br /> Sec. 38.42 Cross Connection Prohibition <br /> A. i# shafl bs unlawful far any person to construct, instali, use, keep, or maintain, or <br /> to permit, cause, or allow the construction, instaliation, use, or maintenance o# a <br /> cross-eonnection. <br /> B. it shall be unlawful for any person to construct or instail, or to cause #o be <br /> constn�cted or instalied, a bacicflow prevention assembly which does nat meet <br /> pertinent requirements of Title 17 0# the California Adminis#rative Code and <br /> Article Vil {Plumbing Code) of Chapter 9 of this Code and al[ amendments <br /> thereto, and this Article. <br /> C. I# shall be unlawful for any person to operate, use or maintain, or to permit, or <br /> cause the use, aperation, or maintenance of any backflow prevention assembly <br /> which is not tested at least once each calendar year. <br /> D. It shafl be unlawful for any person to use, operate, or maintain, or to permit or <br /> cause the use, operation, or maintenance of any backflow prevention assembly <br /> which is not in good repair. <br /> Sec. 38. 43 Penalties: <br /> A. Termination of Water Service <br /> In addition to the rights granted herein, the City may terminate water service to <br /> any premises served if a required backflow prevention assembly is removed or <br /> tampered with by custamer-user. The term "tampered with" shall include, but is <br /> not limited to, those instances where the City finds evidence that an instailed <br /> back#low prevention assembly has been by-passed, mod�ed, made or allowed to <br /> remain ineffective. <br /> B. Fine and Imprisonment <br /> Any person or persons who willfully fails to install, or permit to be instafled, <br /> backflow prevention assemblies as required by this Article or who willfully by- <br /> passes, aiters or refuses ta maintain a backflow prevention assembly, shall be <br /> guitty of a misdemeanor and upan conviction thereof shali be subject to a fine not <br /> exceeding $500 or imprisonmen# in the County jail #or a period nat exceeding six <br /> months or both fine and imprisonment. <br /> Section 2. Effective Qate This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30)days after <br /> its adoption. <br /> Section 3. Severabilitv. If any section, subsection, provision or part of this <br /> ordinancs, or its application to any person or circumstance, is he(d to be <br /> unconstitutiona! or otherwise invalid, the remainder of #his ordinance, and the <br /> ATTY/ORD/ORD.305 <br /> d41608 �p <br />