(a) Any person or industrial user who willfully or negligently violates any Section of these rules and regulations or who discharges or causes a discharge into the City's POTW without first securing a wastewater discharge permit or who violates Section 915.503, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a first degree misdemeanor. Such criminal proceedings shall be brought in the appropriate local court by the Law Director for the City or by the Prosecutor having jurisdiction thereover following the authorization of such action by the City.
(b) A user who willfully or negligently introduces any substance into the POTW which causes personal injury or property damage shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a first degree misdemeanor and be subject to a penalty of at least one thousand ($1,000) dollars, or be subject to imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both. This penalty shall be in addition to any other cause of action for personal injury or property damage available under State law.
(c) A user who knowingly makes any false statements, representations, or certifications in any application, record, report, plan, or other documentation filed, or required to be maintained, pursuant to these rules and regulations, individual wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under these rules and regulations shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a first degree misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars per violation, per day, or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
(d) In the event of a second conviction, a user shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars per violation, per day, or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both. (Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)