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national standard of performance or national pretreatment or toxicity standard or requirement, shall be civilly and/or criminally liable to the City in a sum not to exceed Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) for each per day in which such per violation occurs (civilly liable to penalties imposed by the City) and in a sum not to be less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each per day in which such per violation occurs. The City may petition the Superior Court to impose, assess and collect such sums pursuant to this Chapter and Section 54740 of the California Government Code. 3-18-175 ACTS POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT AND/OR PORTER-COLOGNE ACT. Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter, any provision of any permit issued pursuant to this Chapter, or who discharges waste or wastewater which causes pollution, or who violates any cease and desist order, prohibition, or effluent limitation, may also be in violation of the Federal Clean Water Act and/or Porter-Cologne Act and may be subject to the sanctions of those Acts including civil and criminal penalties. Any enforcement action authorized under this Article shall also include notice to the violator of such potential liability. 3-18-180 CIVIL ACTIONS. In addition to any other remedies provided for in this Chapter, any violation of this Title may be enforced by civil action brought by the City. In any such action,the City may seek, and the court shall grant, as appropriate, any or all of the following remedies: (a) A temporary and/or permanent injunction; (b) Assessment of the violator for the costs of any investigation, inspection, or monitoring survey which led to the establishment of the violation, and for the reasonable costs of preparing and bringing legal action under this subsection; (c) Compensatory damages for loss and destruction to water quality, wildlife, fish and aquatic life. Assessments under this subdivision shall be paid to the City to be used exclusively for programs of the Environmental Services lien Section. 3-18-185 AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CITATIONS OF ARREST. The City Manager may issue a citation for an infraction and notice to appear in the manner prescribed by Chapter 5c of Title 3, Part 2 of the Penal Code (or as the same may hereafter be amended:)_It is the intent of the City Council that the immunities prescribed in Section 836.5 of the Penal Code be applicable to public officers or employees acting in the course and scope of their employment pursuant to Title 3 of the Penal Code. Police officers, but not the City Manager, shall have and are hereby vested with the authority to arrest or cite any person who violates any section of Title 3 in the manner provided by the California Penal Code for the arrest or release on citation of misdemeanor infractions as prescribed by Chapters 5, 5c, and 5d of Title 3, Part 2 of the Penal Code (or as the same may be hereinafter amended). 3-18-190 CONTINUING VIOLATION. Unless otherwise provided, a person, firm, corporation, or organization shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion for which a violation of this Title 3 is committed, continued, or permitted by the person, firm, corporation or organization and shall be punishable accordingly as herein provided. ORDINANCE NO.2014-021 5