(A) Civil penalties.
(1) Any user who violates any provision of this chapter, and the orders, rules, regulations, and permits issued in accordance with this chapter, shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 for each day in which the violation occurs. In addition to the penalties provided in this section, the county may recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, court reporters’ fees, and other expenses of litigation by appropriate suit at law against the person found to have violated this chapter or the orders, rules, regulations, and permits issued hereunder.
(2) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the county for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the county by reason of such violation.
(2004 Code, § 181-42)
(B) Penalty for falsifying information. Any person who knowingly makes any false statements, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document files required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter or industrial waste permit, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this chapter, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.
(2004 Code, § 181-43)
(Ord. 57, passed 2-18-1986; Ord. 57-A, passed 10-5-1993)