Upon presentation of proper credentials, duly authorized representatives of the City of Lancaster may enter at reasonable times upon any property within the City of Lancaster to investigate or ascertain the condition of the subject property in regard to any aspect regulated by this chapter.
The City is hereby authorized and directed to enforce all of the provisions of this chapter.
A. 
Any permit or approval issued by the City of Lancaster pursuant to this chapter may be suspended by the City of Lancaster for:
(1) 
Noncompliance with or failure to implement any provision of the approved SWM site plan or O&M agreement.
(2) 
A violation of any provisions of this chapter or any other applicable law, ordinance, rule, or regulation relating to the regulated activity.
(3) 
The creation of any condition or the commission of any act during construction or development that constitutes or creates a hazard, nuisance, pollution or endangers the life or property of others.
B. 
A suspended permit may be reinstated by the City when:
(1) 
The City has inspected and approved the corrections to the violation that caused the suspension; and
(2) 
The City is satisfied that the violation has been corrected.
A. 
Any person who or which has violated any provisions of this chapter shall, upon a judicial determination thereof, be subject to civil judgment for each such violation of not less than $50 or more than $600 for violations of § 206-803 (Animal/pet waste); not less than $500 or more than $1,000 for each other violation, recoverable with all court costs including reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the City as a result thereof. Each day that a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense unless the judge determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good-faith basis for the person, partnership, corporation or limited liability company violating the chapter to have believed that there was no such violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date of the judicial determination of a violation and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. All fines shall be paid to City of Lancaster.
B. 
In addition, the City of Lancaster may institute injunctive, mandamus or any other appropriate action or proceeding at law or in equity for the enforcement of this chapter, and may request any court of competent jurisdiction shall have the right to issue restraining orders, temporary or permanent injunctions, mandamus or other appropriate forms of remedy or relief.
A. 
Any person aggrieved by any administrative action of the City of Lancaster may appeal to the City of Lancaster Stormwater Board of Appeals within 30 days of that action. Any such appeal shall be governed by the procedures of Article V of the Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 401 et seq.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Chapter 5 of the Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 501 et seq.
B. 
Any person aggrieved by any decision of the City of Lancaster Stormwater Board of Appeals, may appeal to the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, in accordance with Article VII[2] of Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq., within 30 days of that decision.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Chapter 7 of the Local Agency Law.
A. 
The provisions of this chapter not relating to water quality are intended as minimum standards for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. The City of Lancaster reserves the right to modify or to extend them conditionally in individual cases as may be necessary in the public interest; provided, however, that such variation shall not have the effect of nullifying the intent and purpose of this chapter, and that the applicant shows to the satisfaction of the City that the applicable regulation is unreasonable, or will cause undue hardship, or that an alternative proposal will allow for equal or better results. The list of such modifications, along with an explanation of and justification for each modification, shall be included on the plan. This section does not apply during an enforcement action.
B. 
In granting waivers/modifications for provisions of this chapter not relating to water quality, the City may impose such conditions as will, in its judgment, secure substantially the objectives of the standards and requirements of this chapter.
C. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Director of Public Works may from time to time promulgate rules and regulations and/or policies and procedures and/or manuals, the terms of which are hereby incorporated into this chapter and any persons violating the same shall be subject to penalties set forth in this chapter. Copies of all current rules and regulations and/or policies and procedures and/or manuals may be obtained from the Director and from the City's website.