Legal Documents of Halls

Code of Halls

Halls
Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 4 : Sewage Disposal, Public And Private Sewers, And Discharge Into The Public Sewer System

18-409 : Penalty: costs.

  1. Civil penalties. Any user who is found to have violated an order of the board of mayor and aldermen or who willfully or negligently failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, and the order, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder, shall be fined not less than fifty and 00/100 dollars ($50.00) for each offense. Each day of which a violation shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. In addition to the penalties provided herein, the town may recover reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, court reporters' fees, and other expense of litigation by appropriate suit at law against the person found to have violated this chapter or the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder.
  2. Falsifying information. Any person who knowingly makes any 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 wastewater discharge permit, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this chapter, shall, upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both. (Ord. of Dec. 7, 1981)