§ 24-585 Civil penalties.
AC § 24-585
Any person who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or any order or rule issued by the environmental control board within the office of administrative trials and hearings or the commissioner pursuant thereto shall be liable for a civil penalty not exceeding $15,000 for each violation. In the case of a continuing violation each day's continuance shall be a separate and distinct offense. The office of administrative trials and hearings, pursuant to section 1049-a of the charter, shall have the power to impose such civil penalties. A proceeding to impose such penalties shall be commenced by the service of a notice of violation returnable to such office. Such office, after a hearing as provided in accordance with applicable law and rules, shall have the power to enforce its final decisions and orders imposing such civil penalties as if they were money judgments pursuant to subdivision d of section 1049-a of the charter. A civil penalty imposed by such office may also be collected in an action brought in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction. The environmental control board within the office of administrative trials and hearings, in its discretion, may, within the limits set forth in this section, establish a schedule of civil penalties indicating the minimum and maximum penalty for each separate offense or may use a schedule adopted by the department. (L.L. 2017/097, 5/30/2017, eff. 6/1/2019; Am. L.L. 2025/150, 10/25/2025, eff. 10/25/2025)
