A.    Notice. In the event a well subject to this chapter is found to be a public nuisance or constructed, repaired, reconstructed or destroyed contrary to the terms of this chapter or a permit issued for such well pursuant to this chapter, the director of public works may send written notice to the owner of the land as shown on the most recent equalized assessment roll or the permittee, at his address listed on the permit, which notice shall state the manner in which the well is in violation, what corrective measures must be taken, the time within which such correction must be made, and that if the landowner or permittee fails to make corrections within the period provided, the corrections may be made by the county and landowner or permittee shall be liable for the costs thereof.

    B.    Abatement by County. If the corrections listed in the notice given pursuant to subsection A of this section are not made as required in said notice, the director of public works with the approval of the board of supervisors, and after a reasonable opportunity for the person notified to be heard by said board, may abate the condition and the cost thereof shall be a charge against the person notified.

    C.    Emergency Abatement. If the director of public works finds that the condition or operation of a well subject to this chapter is, by its operation or maintenance, causing significant irreparable damage to the groundwater and that it is impracticable to notify the owner or permittee, he may abate the condition without giving notice as required in subsection A of this section, and the cost thereof shall be charge against the owner of the land as shown on the last equalized assessment roll.

    D.    Penalty. Any person who does any work for which a permit is required by this chapter and who fails to obtain a permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any such violation is committed, continued, or permitted, and shall be subject to the same punishment as for the original offense. (Prior gen. code § 3-160.6)