Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter shall be served by the Village with a written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
If the approving authority determines that a public nuisance exists within the municipality and that there is great and immediate danger to the wastewater management facilities or the public health, safety, peace, morals, or decency, the approving authority may cause the same to be abated and charge the cost thereof to the owner, occupant, or person causing, permitting, or maintaining the nuisance, as the case may be.
Any person found to be responsible for accidentally allowing a deleterious discharge into the sewer system which causes damage to the treatment facility and/or receiving body of water shall, in addition to a fine, pay the amount to cover damage, both values to be established by the approving authority.
Any person, partnership or corporation, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, who shall continue any violation beyond the aforesaid notice time limit provided shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $550 together with the costs of prosecution. In default of payment of such forfeiture and costs, said violator shall be imprisoned in the Manitowoc County Jail for a period not to exceed 30 days. Each day in which any violation is continued beyond the aforesaid notice time limit shall be deemed a separate offense.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall become liable to the Village for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by reason of such violation which the Village may suffer as a result thereof.