Section 19-11-9 Violations, Warnings, Surcharges
A. All demand reduction strategies of the plan shall be enforced, administratively, by the Town of Clarkdale Municipal Water Utility.
B. Enforcement of the plan may require the reallocation of current Town of Clarkdale Municipal Water Utility staff to enforce the provisions of this plan. In addition, the Town may hire Water Conservation Enforcement Aides to provide this enforcement that are hereby authorized and empowered to enforce the provisions of this plan.
C. Enforcement shall consist of public education forums, on-site inspections by Water Conservation Enforcement Aides, written warnings, and, as a last resort, the addition of surcharges to the monthly utility bills of any Town of Clarkdale Municipal Water Utility user found in violation of the plan.
D. Violations of this plan shall result in the levying of the following surcharges:
1. A surcharge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed to the account of record for a violation of Demand Reduction Strategy I, “Water Alert” – Section 19-11-6(D)(1).
2. A surcharge of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be assessed to the account of record for a violation of Demand Reduction Strategy II, “Water Emergency” – Section 19-11-6(D)(2).
3. A surcharge of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be assessed to the account of record for a violation of Demand Reduction Strategy III, “Water Crisis” – Section 19-11-6(D)(3).
4. Surcharges shall double for every repeat violation that occurs within a calendar year.
5. Each succeeding surcharge under the prevailing strategy level may be twice the previous surcharge assessed for the previous violation during the same calendar year.
6. If a Clarkdale Municipal Water Utility user incurs three (3) surcharges for violating this plan during a given calendar year, the Utility shall shut off service to the user and the user must pay all fees associated with the reestablishment of service before service will be resumed. [Ordinance #383, 2017; Resolution #1538, 2017; prior code § 19-11-9.]