(A) Any person (including any responsible officer or employee of a corporate violator) who willfully or negligently violates any provisions of this chapter, or falsifies any information or data in any application, report or other document given to the town or to the county under this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine or imprisonment, or both, as provided by G.S. § 14-4.
(B) Any person (including any corporation) who violates any provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the imposition by the Town Board of Commissioners, as well as the County Board of Commissioners, of a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, and, in addition, shall reimburse the town and the county for any expenses, loss or damages actually sustained by these authorities to their sewer systems, treatment plants, treatment processes or receiving waters as a result of the violation, and for the amount of any fine(s) or penalties imposed upon these authorities by any state or federal regulatory agencies as a result of the violation.
(1) A civil penalty shall be assessed only after the town and the county shall be given the alleged violator notice of contemplated actions by the Boards, and hearings, if requested.
(2) If the offender fails to pay the civil penalty so assessed within 15 days after written notice of final assessment thereof, then the penalty may be recovered by these authorities in a civil action in the nature of debt.
(Ord. passed 12-4-1989)