A. Any person who wilfully violates any provision of this chapter or any permit condition; who knowingly violates any administrative order, stop work order, cease and desist order, termination or immediate termination order, prohibition or effluent limitation; who knowingly makes false statements, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter or NPDES permit; or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly causes inaccuracy in any monitoring device or method required or authorized under this article or any other provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, which, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) and/or by imprisonment for a period of not more than six months. Each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of which any violation of any provisions of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted by such discharger, and shall be punishable therefor as provided by this section. Any person who knowingly makes false statements, representations, or certifications in any application, record, report, plan, or other documentation filed, or required to be maintained, pursuant to this chapter, stormwater permit, or order issued hereunder, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per day of violation or by imprisonment or by both.
B. Each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of which any violation of any provisions of this article is committed, continued or permitted by such person, and shall be punishable for that violation as provided by this section. (Ord. 229 § 3, 2005)