No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with, climb upon,
or enter into any structure, appurtenance, or equipment of the System
or connect or disconnect any service line to the System.
Except for those violations provided in §
431-66 hereof, any person found to be violating any provision of this Part
2 shall be served by the Township with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
Any violation of §
431-66, or any violation beyond the time limit provided for in §
431-67, shall be a municipal civil infraction, for which the fine shall not be less than $100 nor more than $500 for the first offense and not less than $200 nor more than $2,500 for subsequent offenses, in the discretion of the Court, and in addition to all other costs, damages, and expenses provided by law. For purposes of this section, "subsequent offense" means a violation of this Part
2 committed by the same person within 12 months of a previous violation of the ordinance for which said person admitted responsibility or was adjudicated to be responsible; provided, however, that offenses committed on subsequent days within a period of one week following issuance of a citation for the first offense shall all be considered separate first offenses. Each day that such violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Part
2 shall, in addition, become liable for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by reason of such violation. The supervisor is hereby authorized to issue citations for municipal civil infractions for violation of the ordinance.
Any nuisance or any violation of this Part 2 is deemed to be
a nuisance per se. The Township or Plainfield in the furtherance of
the public health are each hereby empowered to make all necessary
repairs or may enforce the requirements of this Part 2 by injunction
or other remedy, or take other corrective action necessitated by such
nuisance or violation. The person who violated the ordinance or permitted
such Nuisance or violation to occur shall be responsible to the Township
and/or Plainfield for the costs and expenses incurred by the Township
or Plainfield, as the case may be, in making such repairs or taking
such action.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Part 2 shall
become liable to the Township and its representatives for any expense,
including reasonable attorney's fees, loss, or damage, incurred
by the Township by reason of such violation.
The remedies provided by this Part 2 shall be deemed to be cumulative
and not mutually exclusive.