A. General Criminal Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or permit or who violates any administrative order, prohibition, or effluent limitation, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Each day of violation may constitute a new and separate offense and may subject the violator to an additional full measure of penalties as set forth herein.
B. Falsifying Information. Any person who knowingly makes any false statements, representations, or certification in any application, record report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter, or wastewater discharge permit, or who falsities, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Each separate act of falsification, tampering, or knowingly rendering inaccurate shall constitute a new and separate offense and shall be subject to the penalties contained herein. Nothing in this section is intended to exclude the potential for prosecution under the applicable perjury statutes of the state of California to the extent such falsification was incorporated in a document signed under the penalty of perjury. (Ord. 01-102 § 2 (part), 2001).