(A) Any person (including any responsible officer or employee of a corporate violator) who wilfully 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 under this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine or imprisonment, or both, as provided in 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 a civil penalty of not less than $200 nor more than $5,000 for each violation, and, in addition, shall reimburse the town, upon demand, for any expenses, loss, or damage actually sustained by the town to its sewer system, treatment plant, treatment processes, or receiving waters as a result of the violation, and for the amount of any fine or penalty imposed upon the town by any state or federal regulatory agency as a result of the violation. A civil penalty shall be assessed only after the town shall have given the alleged violator notice of contemplated Board action, and a hearing if requested. 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 the town in a civil action in the nature of debt.
(1983 Code, § 17-131) (Ord. passed 9-13-1988)