The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Enforcement Officer/Development Compliance Officer designated in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes § 22a-44, and the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations of the Town of Cromwell or any police officer of the Town of Cromwell (Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Enforcement Officer) is authorized to issue citations for violations of the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations of the Town of Cromwell (Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations) to the extent and in the manner provided by this Article
I. Any such citation may be served either by hand delivery or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person named in such citation. If the person named in a citation sent by certified mail refuses to accept such mail, the citation may be sent by regular United States mail. The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Enforcement Officer shall file and retain an original or certified copy of the citation. A citation may be issued for those types of Inland Wetlands and Watercourses violations specified in §
230-2 of this article. The fines set forth in this article shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any penalties or remedies set forth in Connecticut General Statutes § 22a-44, as amended.
All of the terms used in this section shall
have the definitions set forth in the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
Regulations. The fine for each such citation shall be in accordance
with the following schedule:
Nature of Violation
|
Amount of Fine
|
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Clear-cutting
|
$500
|
Placement of material in a regulated area
|
$500
|
Violation of plans, conditions or other elements
of an approved inland wetlands and watercourses permit
|
$500
|
Violation of any element of an approved erosion
and sedimentation control plan
|
$150
|
Conduct, without the issuance of an inland wetlands
and watercourses permit, of any other regulated activity in a regulated
area not listed above
|
$150
|
Any person receiving such a citation shall be allowed a period of 60 days from his or her receipt of the citation to make an uncontested payment of the fine specified in the citation to the Treasurer. If the citation has been sent by regular mail pursuant to the provisions of §
230-1 of this article, the day of receipt of the citation shall be deemed to be three business days after the day of mailing of the citation.
[Amended TC 6-16-2014]
In accordance with §
1-1B of the Cromwell Town Code, the Town Manager shall appoint one or more citation hearing officers to conduct the hearings provided by this article. Neither the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Enforcement Officer nor any employee of the Town of Cromwell exercising inland wetlands and watercourses authority may be appointed as a hearing officer pursuant to this article.
[The current Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations,
as revised by the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency, are on
file in the office of the Town Clerk and are available from the Town
Planner.]