[R.O. 1996 § 715.300; CC 1968 § 22-125; Ord. No. 195 Art. V § 501, 6-3-1957; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
A.
No person(s) shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. No person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, interior and exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, sump pumps, or other sources of runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain, which in turn, is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer. Run-off shall be daylighted and shall not be discharged into the public sanitary or storm sewer system. Provided a nuisance as described in Section 515.700 is not created, daylighted discharges shall be no closer than:
1.
Five (5) feet to any adjoining property
line.
2.
Five (5) feet to any adjoining side
or rear property line(s).
3.
The platted right-of-way line where
no public sidewalk or paved pedestrian walkway exists unless specifically
approved by the City Engineer.
4.
Five (5) feet to any edge of a public
sidewalk or paved public pedestrian walkway unless specifically approved
by the Director of Public Works or designee.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.310; CC 1968 § 22-126; Ord. No. 195 Art. V § 502, 6-3-1957; Ord. No. 1888 § 4, 11-6-1989; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
Stormwater and all other unpolluted
drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated
as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Public Works
Director or designee. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process
waters may be discharged, upon approval of the City within the parameters
of State and Federal guidelines to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.320; CC 1968 § 22-127; Ord. No. 195 Art. V § 503, 6-3-1957; Ord. No. 1511 § 5, 5-5-1986; Ord. No. 1888 §§ 5 — 8, 11-6-1989; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
A.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person
shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to any public sewer:
1.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature
higher than one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150° F.) or
such quantities causing the temperature in the sewer to exceed one
hundred four degrees Fahrenheit (104° F.).
2.
Any water or waste which may contain
more than one hundred (100) parts per million, by weight, of fat,
oil or grease.
3.
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel
oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas or waste
streams with a closed cup flash point of less than one hundred forty
degrees Fahrenheit (140° F.) or sixty degrees Centigrade (60°
C.) using the test methods in 40 CFR 261.21.
4.
Any garbage that has not been properly
shredded.
5.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw,
shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch
manure or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing
obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper
operation of the sewerage works.
6.
Any waters or wastes having a pH
lower than five and five-tenths (5.5) or higher than nine (9.0), or
having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
7.
Any material or substance not specifically
mentioned in this Section which is in itself self-corrosive, irritating
to human beings and animals, toxic or noxious, or which by interaction
with other wastes is capable of producing undesirable effects, including
deleterious action on the sewage works, adversely affect any treatment
process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or have an adverse
effect upon the receiving stream.
8.
Any waters or wastes containing suspended
solids in excess of three hundred fifty (350) parts per million or
of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is
required to handle such materials in the sewage works.
9.
Toxic or poisonous solids, liquids,
or gases, such as heavy metals, cyanides, pesticides, non-biodegradable
synthetic organics, or other materials which in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, might injure or
interfere with wastewater treatment processes, create a hazardous
sludge, constitute a hazard to humans or animals utilizing receiving
waters downstream from the treatment plant or create a public nuisance
therein.
10.
Any unpolluted waters, such as storm
water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, swimming pool
drainage, surface drainage, artesian well water, condensate, deionized
water, or discharge from interior or exterior foundation drains, unless
authorized in a manner deemed appropriate by the Public Works Director
or assigned designee.
11.
Any wastewater which would cause
the treatment works to violate its NPDES permit, State hazardous waste
regulations, the receiving water's quality standards, or any other
requirement of other agencies having jurisdiction over the sewer collection
and treatment system.
12.
Any substance which causes the wastewater
treatment system's waste activated sludge to violate the 40 CFR Part
503 sludge regulations applicable to the required sludge management
methods being used.
13.
Any wastewater containing any radioactive
waste or isotopes, except as authorized in a manner deemed appropriate
by the Superintendent in compliance with applicable State or Federal
regulations.
14.
Any wastewater containing chemicals
or pharmaceuticals.
15.
Any concentrated plating wastes or
metallic pickling wastes whether neutralized or not.
16.
Any pollutants which result in the
presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the sewage collection
system in a quantity that may produce a safety hazard.
17.
Any trucked or hauled pollutants,
except at discharge points designated by the Superintendent.
18.
Any wastes containing phenolic compounds
over ten (10) parts per million expressed as phenol.
19.
Any wastes containing cyanides or
compounds capable of liberating hydrocyanic gas over two (2) parts
per million as expressed as hydrogen cyanide.
20.
Any wastes containing sulfides over
ten (10) parts per million expressed as hydrogen sulfide.
21.
Chlorinated solvents.
22.
Wastewater which imparts color which
cannot be removed by the treatment process, such as, but not limited
to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions, which consequently
impart color to the treatment plant's effluent, thereby violating
the City's NPDES permit.
23.
Sludges, screenings, or other residues
from the pretreatment of industrial wastes.
24.
Any pollutant, including oxygen demanding
pollutants (BOD, etc.) released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or
pollutant concentration which will cause interference with the waste
water treatment plant.
25.
Detergents, surface-active agents,
or other substances which may cause excessive foaming at the waste
water treatment plant.
B.
Specific Pollutant Limitations.
1.
Except as otherwise provided by a
compliance schedule, permit, or other written authorization from the
Public Works Director or designee, no person shall contribute or cause
to be contributed, directly or indirectly, to the public sewer, any
discharge containing pollutants in excess of instantaneous maximum
allowable discharge limits, including, but not limited to, the following:
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0.03 mg/l of total Arsenic
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50 mg/l of total Ammonia
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7.70 mg/l of total Barium
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5.0 mg/l of total Phenols
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0.10 mg/l of total Beryllium
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5.0 mg/l of total Sulfides
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0.10 mg/l of total Cadmium
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300 mg/l of total Halides
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0.20 mg/l of hexavalent Chromium
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5.0 mg/l of total Chlorine
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1.5 mg/l of total Chromium
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100 mg/l of total oil and grease
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3.0 mg/l of total Copper
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0.0048 mg/l of total Selenium
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25 mg/l of total Iron
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25 mg/l of total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
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1.0 mg/l of total Lead
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0.70 mg/l of total Benzene
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0.01 mg/l of total Mercury
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2.04 mg/l of total Toluene
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5.0 mg/l of total Nickel
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1.98 mg/l of total Ethylbenzene
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0.10 mg/l of total Silver
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3.11 mg/l of total Xylenes
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5.0 mg/l of total Zinc
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1.0 mg/l of total Cyanide
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Concentrations apply at the point
of discharge to the public sewer system unless otherwise specified
by a permit. At the Public Works Director or designee's discretion,
mass limitations may be imposed in addition to or in place of the
concentration based limitations above.
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2.
The Public Works Director or designee
may develop specific limits on a case-by-case basis for any temporary
discharge of wastewater.
3.
The City reserves the right to establish
in wastewater discharge permits, or in any other documents authorizing
discharge, more stringent standards or requirements on discharges
to the public sewer system if deemed necessary.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.330; CC 1968 § 22-128; Ord. No. 195 Art. V § 504, 6-3-1957]
A.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall
be provided when, in the opinion of the Community Development Director
or designee as listed in 715.320(A)(2), they are necessary for the
proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts,
or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients; except
that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters
or dwelling units. All interceptors designated by a professional engineer
licensed in the State of Missouri and shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the Community Development Director or designee, and shall
be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and
inspection.
B.
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed
of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme
changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction,
watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted
in place shall be gastight and watertight.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.340; CC 1968 § 22-129; Ord. No. 195 Art. V § 505, 6-3-1957]
Where installed, all grease, oil
and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at their expense,
in continuously efficient operation at all times.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.350; CC 1968 § 22-130; Ord. No. 195 Art. V § 506, 6-3-1957; Ord. No. 1511 § 6, 5-5-1986; Ord. No. 1888 § 9, 11-6-1989]
A.
The admission into the public sewers of
any waters or wastes having:
[Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
1.
A five (5) day biochemical oxygen
demand greater than three hundred (300) parts per million by weight;
2.
Containing more than three hundred
fifty (350) parts per million by weight of suspended solids;
3.
Containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Section 715.320; or
4.
Having an average daily flow greater
than two percent (2%) of the average daily sewage flow of the City;
shall be subject to the review and approval of the Public Works
Director or designee.
B.
Where
necessary in the opinion of the Public Works Director or designee,
the owner shall provide, at their expense, such laboratory analysis
and preliminary treatment as may be necessary to:
1.
Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to three hundred (300) parts
per million and the suspended solids to three hundred fifty (350)
parts per million by weight;
2.
Reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in Section 715.320; or
3.
Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes.
C.
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent
information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities
shall be submitted for the approval of the Public Works Director or
designee and of the State of Missouri Department of Natural Resources,
or any other entity having jurisdiction on this matter, and no construction
of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained
in writing.
D.
No industrial water user shall ever increase
the use of process water or in any way attempt to dilute a discharge
as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve
compliance with the limitations contained in any pretreatment standard.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.360; CC 1968 § 22-131; Ord. No. 195 Art. V § 507, 6-3-1957]
Where preliminary treatment facilities
are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation, by the owner at their expense.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.370; CC 1968 § 22-132; Ord. No. 195 § 508, 6-3-1957; Ord. No. 1888 § 10, 11-6-1989; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
When required by the Public Works
Director or designee, the owner of any property served by a building
sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control
manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling
and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole when required, shall be
accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance
with plans approved by the City Engineer or designee. The manhole
shall be installed by the owner at their expense, and shall be maintained
by them so as to be safe and accessible at all times. All dischargers
making periodic measurements may be required to furnish and install
at an appropriate location, a calibrated flume, weir, flow meter,
manhole, or similar device suitable to measure flow rate and total
volume approved by the Department.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.380; CC 1968 § 22-133; Ord. No. 195 Art. V § 509, 6-3-1957]
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in Sections 715.320 and 715.350 shall be determined in accordance with Environmental Protection Agencies methods outlined in 40 CFR Part 136 and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in Section 715.370 or suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.390; CC 1968 § 22-134; Ord. No. 195 Art. V § 510, 6-3-1957]
No statement contained in this Article
shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement
between the City and any industrial concern whereby an industrial
waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City
for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.400; CC 1968 § 22-135; Ord. No. 1511 § 7, 5-5-1986; Ord. No. 2272 § 1, 10-19-1992; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
All system users located within the
boundaries of the Little Blue Valley Sewer District or Sni-A-Bar district
shall be subject to these codes and the codes, statutes, regulations,
and ordinances of the Little Blue Valley Sewer District, the City
of Blue Springs, the State of Missouri, and the United States of America
and related contractual agreements between the City and the Little
Blue Valley Sewer District. The codes, regulations, statutes, and
ordinances of the Little Blue Valley Sewer District, the State of
Missouri and the United States of America, including but not limited
to the Environmental Protection Agency, shall take precedence over
any portion of Title VII in conflict therewith so far as [pertains
to] system users within the boundaries of the Little Blue Valley Sewer
District.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.410; CC 1968 § 22-136; Ord. No. 1888 § 11, 11-6-1989]
A.
Each industrial user shall provide protection
from accidental discharge of substances regulated by this Article
or other toxic pollutants. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge
of prohibited material shall be provided and maintained at the industrial
user's own cost and expense. The Department may require that detailed
plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this
protection be submitted to the Department for review, and be approved
by the Department before construction of the facility. Review and
approval of such plans shall not relieve the industrial user from
the responsibility to modify the facility as necessary to meet the
requirements of these rules.
B.
In the case of an accidental discharge,
it is the responsibility of the industrial user to immediately telephone
and notify the City of Blue Springs and the Missouri Department of
Natural Resources of the incident. The notification shall include
location of discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume, and
corrective actions.
[Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
1.
Written Notice. Within five (5) days
following an accidental discharge, the industrial user shall submit
to the City of Blue Springs and the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources a detailed written report describing the cause of the discharge
and the measures to be taken by the industrial user to prevent similar
future occurrences. Such notification shall not relieve the industrial
user of any liability which may be imposed by this rule or other applicable
law.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.420; CC 1968 § 22-137; Ord. No. 1888 § 11, 11-6-1989]
A.
All new significant industrial users shall
obtain an Industrial User Discharge Permit before discharging to the
sewage works. All existing significant industrial users shall obtain
said permit within ninety (90) days after November 6, 1989.
1.
Application for an Industrial User
Discharge Permit must be made on a form especially provided by the
Department.
2.
The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modifications by the Department during the term of the permit as limitations or requirements as identified in Section 715.320 are modified or other potentially dangerous conditions exist. The user shall be informed of any proposed changes in a permit at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
3.
Industrial User Discharge Permits
are issued to a specific industrial user for a specific operation.
Industrial User Discharge Permits shall not be reassigned or transferred
to or sold to a new owner, new industrial user, different premises,
or a new or changed operation without the approval of the Department.
Any succeeding owner or industrial user shall be required to apply
for a new permit.
4.
Reporting requirements for permittee.
a.
Within ninety (90) days following
the date for final compliance with applicable pretreatment standards,
the permittee may be required to submit a report indicating average
and maximum daily flows and concentrations or mass of all pollutants
from the regulated processes. The report also shall state whether
the applicable pretreatment standards or requirements are being met
on a consistent basis and, if not, what additional O&M and/or
pretreatment is necessary to bring the industrial user into compliance
with the applicable pretreatment standards or requirements. This report
shall be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial
user, and certified to by a registered engineer or other appropriate
qualified professional.
b.
Any industrial user holding an Industrial
User Discharge Permit requiring a compliance schedule, after the compliance
date specified in such permit, shall submit semiannually to the Department,
unless required more frequently in the permit, a report indicating
the concentrations or mass of pollutants in the effluent which are
limited by such permit. In addition, this report shall include a record
of all daily flows which during the reporting period exceeded the
average daily flow reported on the permit application.
c.
The reports required by Subsection (A)(4)(b) of this Section shall contain the results of sampling and analysis of the discharge, including the flow and the nature and concentration, or production and mass where requested by the Department, or pollutants contained therein which are specified by the Industrial User Discharge Permit. Upon consent of the Department, flows may be estimated on the basis of water consumption. The frequency of monitoring shall be prescribed in the permit.
d.
Information and data on a user obtained
from applications, permits, monitoring programs and inspections shall
be available to the public or any Government agency without restriction
unless the user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to
the satisfaction of the Department that the release of such information
would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled
to protection as trade secrets. When requested by the person furnishing
a report, and until such time as the information is determined not
to be confidential, the portions of a report which might disclose
trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for
inspection by the public but shall be made available upon written
request to Governmental agencies for uses related to this Section
and/or pretreatment programs; provided that, such portions of a report
shall be available for use by the City or any City agency in judicial
review or enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing
the report. Sewage constituents and characteristics shall not be recognized
as confidential information. Information accepted by the Department
as confidential shall not be transmitted to any Governmental agency
or any person seeking such information by means of judicial process
until and unless a ten (10) day notification is given to the person
furnishing the information for the purpose of giving such person the
opportunity to contest said transmittal.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.430; CC 1968 § 22-138; Ord. No. 1888 § 11, 11-6-1989]
A.
The Department shall annually publish in
the Blue Springs Examiner a list of the industrial users which significantly
violated applicable pretreatment requirements or standards at least
once during the twelve (12) previous months. Notice of and the text
of said published notice shall be provided the industrial user not
less than ten (10) days prior to the proposed publication date. For
the purposes of this provision, a significant violation is:
1.
A violation that remains uncorrected
forty-five (45) days after notification of non-compliance;
2.
A violation that is part of a pattern
of noncompliance over a twelve (12) month period;
3.
A violation that involves failure
to accurately report noncompliance by the industrial user; or
4.
A violation that resulted in the
Department having to immediately suspend service to an industrial
user.
B.
Any industrial user found to be violating
any provisions of this Article shall be notified in writing by the
Department, stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable
time limit for the correction thereof. A plan for the satisfactory
correction of the violation shall be submitted to the Department within
a time limit specified by the Department. Said industrial user shall
permanently cease all violations within the period of time stated
in the notice, and shall certify to the Department that the corrections
have been accomplished.
C.
If the violation is not corrected by timely compliance, or if a satisfactory correction plan is not submitted within a reasonable time, the Department may order any user to show cause before the Department why enforcement action should not be taken. A written notice shall be served specifying the time and place of a hearing, the reason the action is to be taken, and the proposed enforcement action. The Department may propose any enforcement action reasonably necessary to abate the violation, including discontinuation of sewage service. Based upon the evidence presented at the hearing, the Department shall determine the appropriate enforcement action which should be taken, if any. This determination may be appealed by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Administrator requesting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 140 of the Code. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 140. The Hearing Officer shall render a decision on the appeal within a reasonable time and notify the user of its decision.
[Ord. No. 4589 § 17, 3-21-2016]
D.
With respect to any industrial user found by the Department to be violating any provisions of this Article who shall continue such violation beyond the time limit provided in Subsection (B) of this Section or in a decision pursuant to Subsection (C) of this Section, the Department may refer the matter to the City Prosecutor for prosecution, and upon conviction thereof such industrial user shall be subject to punishment in accordance with Section 100.080 of this Code. Each day in which such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 4589 § 17, 3-21-2016]
E.
Notwithstanding the procedures established in these rules, in the event of an actual or threatened discharge to the sewage works which, in the opinion of the Department, presents or may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to life, safety or sewerage system operation or integrity, the Department may temporarily terminate such service as is necessary to avoid or abate such condition. Service shall be restored as soon as the emergency situation has been corrected. The Department's decision to terminate service may be appealed to the City Administrator pursuant to the provisions for hearing set forth in Subsection (C) of this Section and Chapter 140 of the Code. However, appeal of the decision shall not stay termination of the service.
[Ord. No. 4589 § 17, 3-21-2016]
F.
In cases of repeated violations, the Department
may revoke the permit for the discharge of wastes into the sewage
works, and effect the discontinuation of water or sewage service,
or both, following notice to the permittee of not less than ten (10)
days providing an opportunity for the permittee to request a hearing
before a Hearing Officer with respect to such revocation. The hearing
shall be set within a reasonable time after receipt of the hearing
request from the permittee. Following the hearing, the Hearing Officer
shall announce their decision within ten (10) days of the end of the
hearing and provide a copy to the permittee.
[Ord. No. 4589 § 17, 3-21-2016]
G.
Either as an alternative to any procedure
established in this Article or as an enforcement action thereunder,
the Department may seek injunctive relief for noncompliance with any
provision of this Article.
H.
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly make a false statement or representation in any record, report, plan, or other document filed with the Department, or to falsify, tamper with, or knowingly render inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this Article. Conviction of any violation hereunder shall be punished in accordance with Section 100.080 of this Code.
I.
The City may pursue all available remedies
to collect from persons violating the provisions of this Article any
expense incurred by the City as a result of such violation.
