No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the improvement sewerage
works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate
arrest under charge of criminal mischief.
A.
The Village Engineer, employees of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation, and duly authorized employees of the
Village, bearing proper credentials and identification and having
a reason for inspection, shall be permitted to enter upon all properties
for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurements, sampling
and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The
Village shall have the authority to enforce industrial pretreatment
standards promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency pursuant to Section 307 of P.L. 92-500.
B.
The Village Board shall appoint a Superintendent for
the improvement who shall have such duties and responsibilities for
the management and operation of the improvement as the Village Board
may from time to time establish.
[Amended 11-15-1993 by L.L. No. 4-1993; 1-21-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
A.
A violation of any provision of this chapter or rule
or regulation hereunder is hereby declared to be a violation punishable
by a fine not to exceed $250 or to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding
15 days, or both, for each violation. Each day a violation shall continue
shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition, the offender shall
be liable to the Village of Saugerties for a civil penalty of $200
for each violation. Upon a subsequent conviction within two years
of a prior conviction, the violation is hereby declared to be a violation
punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or to be imprisoned for
a term not exceeding 90 days.
B.
An action or proceeding may be maintained in the name
of the Village in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance
with or to restrain by injunction the violation of any provision of
this chapter.
C.
The Village Board may, at any time, in its discretion
stop and prevent the discharge into the system of any substance deemed
by it likely to injure the system or any pertinent part thereof or
to interfere with the normal operation of the system or any pertinent
part thereof, and the Board may at any time, without notice and without
liability, obligation or recourse, severe the building connection
or drain from the system through which the detrimental substances
are discharged. Upon proof of the abatement of the detrimental discharge
or the correction of the cause of the discharge, the Board may cause
the disconnected building sewer or drain to be reconnected to the
system, upon receipt of the fee established for reconnection. The
amount of the fee may be redetermined from time to time by resolution
of the Village Board.
D.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall become liable to the Village for any expense, loss or
damage occasioned the Village by reason of the violation. Included
within these expenses is the compensation of Village employees involved
in any necessary cleanup.
