Any user who willfully or negligently violates any provision(s)
of the sewer system rules and regulations or any order or permits
issued hereunder or any state, federal or local regulation shall be
subject to criminal penalties and/or imprisonment to the extent such
punitive measures are allowable by law.
Any person who knowingly makes any false statements, representations
or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other
document filed or required to be maintained, or who falsifies, tampers
with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or other
method required under the sewer system rules and regulations shall,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or
by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. For each offense,
each day of which a violation shall occur or continue shall be deemed
a separate and distinct offense. In addition to the penalties provided
herein, the Township ordinances provide for the recovery of reasonable
attorneys' fees, court costs, court reporter fees and other expenses
of litigation by appropriate suit at law against the person found
to have violated an ordinance or the orders, rules, regulations, and
permits issued hereunder.
In addition to any other remedies provided in this article,
any violation of the sewer system rules and regulations deemed to
be a nuisance by the Township may be abated by seeking appropriate
equitable or legal relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.