(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.
(B) (1) Lien. In the event of nonpayment of any charges made by the village to users of the treatment works, the charge is hereby made a lien upon the corresponding lot, parcel of land or premises served by the treatment works, and if the same is not paid when due and payable, it shall be certified to the village who shall place same on the tax duplicate as a tax lien or assessment against the lot or parcel of land with interest and penalties allowed by law and be collected in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are collected.
(2) Penalty; liability. Any person violating the provision of §§ 53.01 through 53.05 shall be subject to a penalty of $500 per violation. Each day that the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. In addition, any user whose violating discharge causes downstream damages shall be liable totally for all expenses incurred to repair the damages.
(C) (1) Delinquent charges. Charges for treatment works service levied pursuant to §§ 53.20 through 53.23 shall be due and payable on or before the due dates shown on the bills. Any service charge not paid by the due date shall be considered delinquent. The delinquent charges together with any applied penalty shall be collectable as hereinafter set forth.
(2) Lien. Delinquent treatment works service charges may be made in lien against the property served. In such cases, delinquent service charges, together with a mandatory penalty of 10%, shall be placed on the tax rolls and be collected in the same manner as regular taxes and assessments are collected.
(3) Civil action. In addition to the foregoing remedies, the village shall have the right to bring a civil action to recover any delinquent charges together with a penalty of 10% and a reasonable attorney's fee. It shall also have the right to foreclose any lien established under the provisions §§ 53.20 through 53.23 with recovery of the charges, penalty of 10% and a reasonable attorney's fee.
(D) Any person, firm or corporation convicted of disposing of sewage in a manner contrary to the provisions of §§ 53.40 through 53.46, or failing to connect with an available public sewer as provided herein, or in any other way violating the provisions of §§ 53.40 through 53.46, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subjected to a fine of not to exceed $100 or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days or both the fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court together with costs for the prosecution.
(1992 Code, §§ 82.006, 83.008, 84.005) (Ord. 3-69, passed - - 1969; Ord. 3-82, passed - - 1982; Ord. 4-82, passed - - 1982)