§ 28-27. Penalty for nonconformance.

(a)

This subsection applies to residential and commercial service connections transporting only sanitary sewage. Any owner, architect, engineer, plumber, sewer contractor, foreman or employee who shall violate or assist in violating any provision of this article or who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any and all provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, in the discretion of the judge of the county court.

(b)

This subsection applies to service connections from an establishment producing industrial wastes. Any corporation, customer, consumer, developer or industrial user who shall violate or assist in violating any provision of this article or who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any and all provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, cease and desist discharging industrial waste to the city sewerage system until all provisions of this article are met, shall be liable for any damage to the city's sewerage system as a result of the industrial waste discharge produced by the establishment, and/or shall be imprisoned not to exceed sixty (60) days, in the discretion of the judge of the county court.

(c)

This subsection applies to service connections from an establishment producing industrial wastes. Any architect, engineer, plumber, sewer contractor, foreman or employee who shall violate or assist in violating any provision of this article or who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any and all provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed sixty (60) days, in the discretion of the judge of the county court.

(Code 1953, § 37-21; Ord. No. C-77-91, § 1, 7-19-77; Ord. No. C-12-49, § 2, 12-18-12 )