Any person, user, firm or corporation, whether a principal, agent,
employee or otherwise, who violates or causes or permits the violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter or who is found to have violated
any order of the Frederick-Winchester Service Authority or the Frederick
County Sanitation Authority or who has willfully or negligently failed
to comply with any provisions of this chapter or the orders, rules,
regulations and permits issued hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and subject to maximum fine of $2,500 or by imprisonment for not more
than 12 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each offense.