(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.
(B) Any person, entity, or user found guilty of violating any provision of §§ 51.001 through 51.141 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $2,500 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues shall be a separate offense punishable as herein above described.
(Prior Code, Art. 16-10)
(C) In addition to any criminal fine which may be imposed for violation of any provision of §§ 51.070 through 51.079, any business, person, or user shall be liable for all charges which may be assessed by the Sewer Department for discharging wastewaters containing non-permissible quantities of prohibited substances into the POTW. The Sewer Department is authorized to assess charges based on the extra costs incurred by the city in surveillance, sampling, and testing of the discharges, for additional operating and maintenance expenses, or for any other action required to identify, handle, process, or supplement normal activities due to the unauthorized discharge of wastewater, plus overhead charges. Fines may also be assessed on a case by case basis, from $0 to $10,000 per day per occurrence.
(Prior Code, § 16-5-11)