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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1219 PAGE FIVE Sec. 39-69. Abatement Costs a Special Assessment. Upon a finding by the Advisory Agency that a well constitutes a public nuisance, all cost of abatement carried out under the terms of this section shall constitute a charge and special assessment upon the parcel of land involved. If such costs are not paid within sixty (60) days, they shall then be declared a special assessment against that parcel as pro- vided in Government Code Section 28773.5. Such special assess- ment shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary City taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedures and sale in case of deliquiency as provided for ordinary City taxes. The City shall retain the additional and independent right to recover its costs by way of civil action against the owner and person in possession or control, jointly or severally. Sec. 39-70. Standards Standards for the construction, reconstruction, destruction, or abandonment of wells shall be the standards recommended in the State Department of Water Resources Bulle- tin No. 74, Chapter II and future amendments thereto. Stand- ards for the construction, reconstruction, destruction or abandonment of cathodic protection wells and electrical ground- ing wells shall be the standards recommended in the State Department of Water Resources Bulletin No. 74-1, and future amendments thereto. Well standards may be modified by the Enforcement Officer, with the advice and concurrence of the Advisory Agency, where required to cope with the local geo- logical and ground water conditions. Sec. 39-71. Any person who violates the terms of this Article or any permit issued hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 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. SECTION 2: That Section 39-32 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the deci- sion of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordi- nances relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or case de- posit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or depo- sited pursuant to any ordinance, and all rights and obliga- tions thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.