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Ib <br />C. A permit shall be valid from the date it is issued and shall expire upon the expiration <br />of the building permit and/or' zoning compliance permit issued for the project for which <br />application was made. <br />SECTION VII: ENFORCEMENT. <br />The following shall pertain to violations of this ordinance: <br />1. Double Tip Fee. Any person disposing of regulated recyclable material at the Orange County <br />Landfill in violation of this ordinance, in addition to being subject to the other remedies <br />provided in this ordinance, shall pay, for the load or loads disposed of in violation of this <br />ordinance, double the tip fee in effect at the time of the disposal. <br />2. Revocation of regulated recyclable material collection licensees. <br />A. When the Department finds that a RM licensee has violated a condition of the license, the <br />licensee shall receive written notice of the violation and be informed that if the violation <br />is not corrected or if another violation occurs within thirty (30) working days the RM <br />license shall be revoked. Notice of the revocation shall be by written notice from the <br />Department delivered or mailed by first class mail to the licensee. Delivery by first class <br />mail shall be the method of delivery if the licensee cannot readily be served with the <br />notice of revocation in person. Upon receipt of the revocation notice, the RM licensee <br />shall stop collecting, transporting, or disposing of regulated recyclable material <br />originating in Orange County. <br />Amended 3/16/04 B. The Department may reinstate a RM license revoked for a violation of a per-nsit license <br />condition after the revocation has been in effect for thirty (30) working days if the <br />Department finds that the RM permit license conditions causing the violation have been <br />corrected. <br />C. When the Department finds that a RM licensee has transported or accepted for transport <br />any regulated recyclable material that has not been separated for purposes of recycling, or <br />which has been commingled with non-regulated recyclable material or solid waste, unless <br />the material and/or waste is to be delivered to an approved Commingled Recycling <br />Facility, the RM license shall be revoked for one year if: <br />1. the violation has occurred within thirty (30) days of another such violation, or <br />2. the violation is the fifth such violation to occur within one (1) year. <br />The holder of a revoked RM license may reapply after one year of the date of revocation <br />for a new license. Any person whose RM license was previously revoked and who <br />subsequently received a new license will have that license revoked upon the receipt by <br />that person of a single additional violation. <br />3. Criminal Penalty, Any person violating this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor <br />punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred ($500) dollars or imprisonment for not more <br />than thirty (30) days, or both Each day's continuing violation is a separate and distinct <br />offense Each violation is a separate and distinct offense. <br />4, Civil Penalty. Any person who is found in violation of this ordinance shall be subject to a <br />civil penalty of not to exceed five hundred ($500) dollars as provided herein and as <br />authorized by N.C.G.S. § 153A-123. Each violation incident is a separate and distinct <br />offense.