(a) An ordinance to require water conservation and to prevent waste which is adopted by a district which includes territory in Monterey County may provide that violation is an infraction or nuisance. A violation may be prosecuted in the name of the people of the State of California, or redressed by civil action.
(b) Every violation determined to be an infraction shall be punishable pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 36900 of the Government Code.
(c) For any violation declared to be a nuisance, the ordinance may provide for the summary abatement of the nuisance, and may provide for the initiation of civil proceedings to abate the nuisance. The ordinance may provide that any person committing a nuisance shall be liable for the costs incurred by the district to abate the nuisance, including, but not limited to, the costs of investigation, costs of time and materials expended to eliminate or mitigate the nuisance, court costs, attorneys’ fees, and costs of monitoring compliance. The ordinance may further establish civil penalties that may be assessed by a court against persons found by the court to have committed a nuisance.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 25.5. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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