(a) Authority to enforce. The director and the city environmental health officer shall have the power to enforce the provisions of this article. For purposes of this article, state law, and federal law, the wastewater system is a publicly-owned treatment works.
(b) Administrative search warrants. The municipal court shall have the power to issue to the city environmental health officer administrative search warrants, or other process allowed by law, where necessary to aid in enforcing this article.
(c) Penalties. A person who violates any provision of this article or any term or condition of permit granted pursuant to this article is guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion of a day during which the violation is continued. Each offense is punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $2,000.
(d) Criminal responsibility. A person is criminally responsible for a violation of this article if the person knowingly, recklessly, intentionally, or with criminal negligence:
(1) commits or assists in the commission of a violation, or causes or permits another person to commit a violation; or
(2) owns or manages the property or facilities determined to be the cause of the illegal discharge under this article.
(e) Civil actions. This article or the terms and conditions of a permit granted pursuant to this article may be enforced by civil court action as provided by state or federal law. (Ord. 28084)