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14.2 Warning Notice. When the City of Gem Lake firids.that any person has violated, or continue..s:to. violate, any provision of this ordinance, or any:order.issued hereunder, the City of Gem fake may serve upon that person a written Warning Notice, specifying the particular violation believed to have occurred and requesting the discharger to iftitnediately investigate the matter. and. to seek a resolution Whereby any offending. discliarge will cease:. Investigation and/or resolution of the matter .in response. to the Warning Notice in no way relieves. .the alleged violator of liability for any violations occurring before or after receipt of the Warning Notice .Nothing .in this subsection shall .limit the..authority of the: City of Gem Lake to take any action, including emergency. action or any .other enforcement action,. without first issuing.a. Warning Notice. 14.3 Notice of Violation. Whenever the City. of Gem -Lake finds that a persori has -violated. a prohibition or failed to meet a requirement of this Ordinance, the City of Gem Lake may .order compliance by written notice of violation to the responsible person. Such notice may.,require without limitation, at their own expense: a. The performance of monitoring, analyses, and.reporting; b. The elimination of illicit connections or discharges; c. That violating discharges, practices,. or. operations shall cease and desist; d: The abatement or remediation .of storm water,pollution or contamination hazards and the. restoration of Any affected property; and e, :Payment of a, fine to cover administrative and remediation costs.; and f The implementation of source. control .or treatment BMPs. If abatement of a violation and/or restoration of affected property is required, the. notice shall set forth a: deadline within which such remediation or restoration must be -completed. Said notice. shall further advise that, should the violator fail to remediate or restore within the established. deadline, the work will be done by a designated governmental agency or a contractor and the expense thereof shall be charged to the violator. SECTION 15. COSTS. In additionto the other penalties .provided herein, .the City of Gem Lake may recover engineering fees, court costs, court reporter's fees, attorney fees, and other expenses of litigation or enforcement by an appropriate.action against the:person Or entity found to have violated this ordinance or the orders, rules, regulations,. and permits issued hereunder. SECTION 16. SUSPENSION OF MS.4 ACCESS. 16.1 Emergency Cease and Desist .Orders. When the .City of Gem .Lake finds that any person has violated, or.continue.s to violate, any provision of this ordinance, or any order issued hereunder, or that the person's past violations are, likely to recur, and that the. person 's violations) has (have} caused or contributed to. an actual or threatened discharge to the MS4 or waters of the United States which reasonably appears to present an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons or to the environment, the City of Gem Lake may issue:. an order ta:the violator directing it immediately to cease and desist all such violations and directing the violator to: