(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.
(B) (1) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of any section of Chapter 52: Sewers, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine up to $250 per offense. Each person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of these sections is committed or continued by the person, firm or corporation, and shall be punished accordingly.
(2) Any person, firm or corporation shown to be in violation of any section of Chapter 52: Sewers, by smoke testing, TV, or pressure tests of any service lateral, shall be notified by the city by personal service or by certified mail, return receipt requested, and given 180 days to correct the defects in the service lateral. If, after 180 days of the notification, a correction of the defects has not been made, then the sewer rates for the property served by the lateral shall be doubled. For each subsequent 30-day period within which correction of defects is not made, the sewer service rates for the property served by the defective lateral shall again be doubled to offset the person’s, firm’s or corporation’s excessive use of the city’s collection system and disposal plant capacities. Penalties may be waived at the sole discretion of the City Manager.
(C) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of §§ 52.015 through 52.020, 52.035 through 52.039 or 52.050 through 52.060 shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine up to $250 per offense. Each person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of these sections is committed or continued by the person, firm or corporation, and shall be punished accordingly.
(D) Unless otherwise indicated, any offense under this chapter is classified as a violation punishable by a fine set by resolution. Penalties not set by resolution shall be $250 per violation.
(Prior Code, § 52.999) (Ord. 926, passed 8-7-1978; Ord. 959, passed 7-16-1979; Ord. 969, passed 3-17-1980; Ord. 1030, passed 4-18-1983; Ord. 1047, passed 4-2-1984; Ord. 1315, passed 6-6-2016; Ord. 1334, passed 3-5-2018; Ord. 101623, passed 11-6-2023)