Chapter 268 Sewers

The curbline if the building sewer is to connect with the public sewer located in a public street.

The edge of a sewer right-of-way at such times where the building sewer connects to the public sewer located in a right-of-way.

PUBLICLY OWNED SEWER SYSTEM (POSS)

The edge of the street right-of-way at such times where the building sewer connects to a public sewer located off the paved portion of the street.

A sewer pipe or conveyance in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority. Also referred to as a "sewer main."

PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)

A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned in this instance by the Village. This definition includes any sewers and appurtenances that transport wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers, or other conveyances not connected directly or indirectly to a facility providing treatment.

SANITARY SEWER

A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface water, groundwater and other water are not intentionally admitted.

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT)

See "POTW treatment plant."

SEWAGE WORKS

All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

SEWAGE, SANITARY

Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories, or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial and other wastes.

SEWAGE, UNUSUAL STRENGTH OR CHARACTER

Sewage which has characteristics greater than those of normal sewage and/or which contains substances of concern.

SEWER

A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.[1]

SEWER, COMBINED

A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff and sewage.

SEWER, STORM (STORM DRAIN)

A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling waters and other unpolluted waters.

SEWERAGE SURCHARGE

The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage treatment plant for the handling of any sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal sewage.

SEWERAGE SYSTEM (also POSS)

All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping and transporting wastewater to and away from the POTW treatment plant.

SLUG

Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal operation and which shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.

STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "STORM SEWER")

A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.

SUPERINTENDENT

The Superintendent of the municipal sewer system, or his authorized deputy agent or representative, as appointed or contracted by the Village of Valatie.

SUSPENDED SOLIDS

Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or USEPA

The United States Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, the Administrator or other duly authorized official of said Agency.

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT

Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

WATERCOURSE

A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.

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Editor's Note: The original second definition of "sewer," of the 1980 Code, which immediately followed this definition, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

§ 268-2 Use of public sewers required.

It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the municipality, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said municipality, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.

It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the municipality, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the municipality, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this article.

Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.

The owner of any house, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the Village of Valatie shall connect to the public sewer. Said owner shall be required to keep said pipes and connections to the public sewer in proper operating condition and to make necessary repairs to said pipeline within 48 hours after official notice of any defect, leak, stoppage or other malfunction.

§ 268-3 Private sewage disposal.

Where a public sanitary sewer is not available, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the requirements of the State of New York Department of Health and under the control and direction of the Columbia County Department of Health.

When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected to said sewer within 60 days, and the private sewage disposal system, shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean, bank-run gravel or dirt.

A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is complete to the satisfaction of a licensed professional engineer. The engineer shall provide to the Superintendent or other designated Village official, signed documentation with his or her professional seal attached as proof of said approval.

The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the New York State Department of Health and/or the Columbia County Department of Health. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities, where the area of the lot is less than adequate to support the proposed installation. No septic tank cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.

The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times at no expense to the municipality.

No statement contained in this section shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Columbia County Department of Health, New York State Department of Health, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or Environmental Protection Agency.

§ 268-4 Building sewers and connections to public sewer system.

No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.

Permits.

There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:

For residential and commercial service.

For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.

The owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the municipality. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit, inspection and hookup fee is to be paid in an amount as set by resolution of the Board of Trustees. The fee for a residential or commercial building sewer permit shall be paid to the municipality at the time the application is filed.

[Amended 4-19-2016 by L.L. No. 1-2016]

All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection to the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the municipality for any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the connection of the building sewer.

A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building except that, where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer, but the municipality does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection aforementioned.

Permits for new connections to the sewer shall be approved by the Village of Valatie.

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are examined and tested by a licensed professional engineer and found to meet all requirements of this article.

The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of the building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of pipes, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the latest revision of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the municipality. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials and Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice (most current edition) shall apply. In no event shall the diameter of such pipe be less than four inches, nor shall the slope of such four-inch pipe be less than 1/8 inch per foot.

No connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, sump pits or sources of any nondomestic waters, including, but not limited to, surface runoff or groundwater shall be made to any building drain, building sewer or lateral which is in turn connected to the public sanitary sewer.

The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the latest revision of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the municipality or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials and the Water Pollution Control Federation Manual Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.

The applicant for the building sewer permit shall arrange with the Superintendent an acceptable time and date for inspection of all work associated with the connection at least five business days in advance of said inspection, and prior to such time as any work is buried or covered.

All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the municipality.

All connections to any force main shall have a grinder pump, approved by the Superintendent, installed to treat all sewage from the building drain before it enters the force main. The grinder pump shall be continuously maintained in workable condition.

The owner of a property which is connected to the public sewer system is responsible for the installation, upkeep and maintenance of the building drains, building lateral, sewer lateral and any associated piping or appurtenances which connect the building to the sewer main.

§ 268-5 Use of public sewers.

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.

Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designed as storm sewers. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters will require NYS DEC review and approval and may result in the issuance of a SPDES permit.

No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed in any manner or fashion, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW/POSS. These general prohibitions apply to all such users of a POTW/POSS whether or not the user is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or another national, state or local pretreatment standards or requirements.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a user may not contribute the following substances to the POTW/POSS.

Any solids, liquids or gases which, by reason of their nature or quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction with other substances, to cause a fire or an explosion or be injurious, in any way, to the POTW/POSS, or to the operation of the POTW/POSS. At no time shall both of two successive readings on a flame-type explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any other point in the system) be more than 25% nor any single reading be more than 40% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit, prohibited materials, include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, carbides, hydrides, and sulfides, and any other substance which the Village, the state or the EPA has determined to be a fire hazard, or hazard to the POTW/POSS.

Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or otherwise interfere with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit, such substances include, but are not limited to, grease, garbage with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshing, entrails, whole blood, feathers ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing fuel or lubricating oil, mud, or glass or stone grinding or polishing wastes.

Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or greater than 9.5, unless the POTW/POSS was specifically designed to manage such wastewater, or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and/or POTW/POSS personnel.

(4)

Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants (including heat), to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving waters of the POTW, or to exceed the limitation set forth in a Categorical Pretreatment Standard.

(5)

A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 307(A) of the Act.

(6)

Any noxious or malodorous solids, liquids, or gases which either singly or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create a public nuisance or a hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance or repair.

(7)

Oils and grease. Any commercial, institutional or industrial wastes containing fats, waxes, grease or oils which become visible solids when the wastes are cooled and or below 10° C. (50° F.); any petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin, in excess of 100 mg/l or in amounts that will cause interference or pass-through.

(8)

Any wastewater which will cause interference or pass-through.

(9)

Any wastewater with objectionable color which is not removed in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.

(10)

Any solid, liquid, vapor, or gas having a temperature higher than 65° C. (150° F.); or such materials that shall cause the POTW treatment plant influent temperature to be greater than 40° C. (104° F.). The Superintendent reserves the right, in certain instances, to also prohibit or limit the discharge of wastes whose maximum temperatures are lower than 65° C.

(11)

Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes, constituting slugs, except by industrial wastewater permit.

(12)

Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes except as approved by the Superintendent, and in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.

(13)

Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or which creates a public nuisance, either by itself or in combination, in any way, with other wastes.

(14)

Any wastewater with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140° F. or 60° C., using the test methods specified in 40 CFR Part 261.21.

(15)

Any pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors or fumes within the POTW/POSS in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.

(16)

Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.

(17)

Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement to such a degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the Superintendent or state and federal regulations for such materials.

(18)

Materials which exert or cause. Unusual concentrations of inert suspended substances such as but not limited to fuller's earth, slurries and lime residues, or of dissolved solids such as but not limited to sodium chloride and sodium sulfate. Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, chlorine requirements or which constitute a significant load on the treatment works.

Discharge control.

If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which contain substances or possess the characteristics that, in the judgment of the Superintendent, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which other a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may:

Reject the wastes;

Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;

(c)

Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or

(d)

Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of Subsection G(8) of this section.

If the Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.

Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided for any property where it is determined by the Superintendent to be necessary for the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of grease, flammable substances, sand or other harmful substances. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity designated and approved by a licensed engineer retained by the property owner. Specification bearing the seal of the engineer shall be presented to the Superintendent and kept on file at the POTW. All such devices in service in the Village shall be professionally inspected and cleaned annually at the expense of the property owner and a record of said service shall be forwarded to the Superintendent. Failure to properly maintain these units will render the property owner subject to enforcement pursuant to this code.

Industrial users:

All significant industrial users, and other industrial users whose industrial waste discharge has caused or may cause interference or pass-through shall install and maintain a suitable monitoring station, on their premises at their expense, to facilitate the observation, sampling, and measurement of their industrial wastewater discharge.

If there is more than one street lateral serving an industrial user, the Superintendent may require the installation of a control manhole on each lateral.

The Superintendent may require that such monitoring station(s) include equipment for the continuous measurement and recording of wastewater flow rate and for the sampling of the wastewater. Such station(s) shall be accessibly and safely located, and the industrial user shall allow immediate access.

(4)

Preliminary treatment, and flow equalization facilities, or monitoring stations, if provided for any wastewater, shall be constructed and maintained continuously clean, safe and continuously operational by the owner at his expense.

(5)

Where an industrial user has such treatment, equalization or monitoring facilities at the time this article is enacted, the Superintendent may approve or disapprove the adequacy of such facilities. Where the Superintendent disapproves of such facilities and construction of new or upgraded facilities for treatment, equalization, or monitoring are required, plans and specifications for such facilities shall be prepared by a licensed professional engineer and submitted to the Superintendent. Construction of new or upgraded facilities shall not commence until written approval of the Superintendent has been obtained. No unauthorized person shall negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, tamper with, prevent access or render inaccurate, or cause or permit the negligent breaking, damaging, destroying, uncovering, defacing, tampering with, preventing access, or rendering inaccurate to:

Any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the Village POTW/POSS; or

Any measuring, sampling, and/or testing device or mechanism installed pursuant to any requirement under this article except as approved by the Superintendent.

(6)

Sampling shall be performed so that a representative portion of the wastewater is obtained for analysis.

(7)

All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes required in any section of this article shall be carried out in accordance with standard methods, by a laboratory certified by NYSDOH to perform the analyses. Such samples shall be taken at the approved monitoring stations, if such a stations exists. If an approved monitoring station is not required, then samples shall be taken from another location on the industrial sewer lateral before discharge to the public sewer. Unless specifically requested otherwise, or unless specifically not allowed in federal regulation, samples shall be gathered as flow proportioned (where feasible) composite samples made up of individual samples taken not less than once per hour for the period of time equal to the duration of industrial wastewater discharge during daily operations (including any cleanup shift).

(8)

Special agreements and arrangements between the municipality and any persons or agencies may be established when, in the opinion of the municipality, unusual or extraordinary circumstances compel special terms and conditions.

(9)

Major contributing industries which are industrial users of a publicly owned treatment works that has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average workday; has a flow greater than 5% of the flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste; has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in standards issued under Section 307(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; has been identified as one of the EPA listed industrial categories; or is found by the permit issuance authority in connection with the issuance of an SPDES permit to the publicly owned treatment works receiving the waste to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on that treatment works or upon the quality of effluent from that treatment works, must comply with federal pretreatment standards and any other applicable requirements promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (FWPCAA) of 1972 and any more stringent pretreatment standards necessitated by local conditions. As a means of determining compliance with this article, with applicable SPDES permit conditions, and with applicable state and federal law, each industrial user shall be required to notify the Superintendent of any new or existing discharges to the POTW by submitting a completed industrial chemical survey (ICS) form and a completed industrial wastewater survey (IWS) form to the Superintendent. The Superintendent may require any user discharging wastewater into the POTW to file wastewater discharge reports and to supplement such reports as the Superintendent deems necessary. All information shall be furnished to the user in complete cooperation with the Superintendent.

(10)

Industrial users must obtain written authorization from the Superintendent for the disposal of their wastes into the system with periodic renewal of this authorization as directed by the Superintendent.

The maximum period for such authorization shall be two years, subject to written renewals, with each renewal having a maximum period of two years.

§ 268-7 Powers and authority of inspectors.

Any such authorization or renewal thereof is subject to withdrawal, modification or change by the municipality should the municipality deem same in the public interest. Before a withdrawal, modification or change is effected, the industrial user shall be given notice thereof with an opportunity to be heard.

(c)

No authorization shall be assigned, transferred or sold, or used at premises or in an operation or process different from that for which same was issued.

(d)

Industrial users shall apply for a new written authorization if the operation or process for which same was issued is changed so that wastewater characteristics or flow is altered.

(e)

Industrial users must, in order to obtain authorization to discharge industrial wastes into the system, provide information describing wastewater, including, but not limited to, volume; constituents and characteristics of wastewater, flow rates, each product produced by type, amount and rate of production; and description of activities, facilities and plant process on the premises, including all materials, processes and types of materials which are or could be discharged.

The disposal into the sewer system of any pollutant by any person is unlawful except in compliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and other applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Industrial users shall notify the municipality immediately upon accidentally discharging wastes in violation of this article. This notification shall be followed, within 15 days of the date of occurrence, by a detailed written statement describing the causes of the accidental discharge and the measures being taken to prevent future occurrence. Such notification will not relieve users of liability for any expense, loss or damage to the sewer system, treatment plant or treatment process or for any fines imposed on the municipality under applicable state and federal regulations.

A notice shall be furnished and permanently posted on the industrial user's bulletin board advising employees whom to call in case of an accidental discharge in violation of this article. Also, copies of this article are to be made available to users employees.

Any direct or indirect connection or entry point for persistent or deleterious wastes to the user's plumbing or drainage system should be eliminated. Where such action is impractical or unreasonable, the user shall approximately label such entry points to warn against discharge of such wastes in violation of this article.

§ 268-6 Protection from damage.

No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.

Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes from major contributing industries shall be submitted to the municipality for review and shall be acceptable to the municipality before construction of the facilities.

The Superintendent, duly authorized employee of the Environmental Protection Agency, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and the municipality bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this article. The Superintendent, EPA, NYSDEC or municipal representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other processes, beyond that point having a distinct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment. The municipality shall have the right to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling or metering operations. The municipality may, at reasonable times, have access to and copy any records, inspect any monitoring equipment or method required by the municipality's wastewater discharge ordinances and sample any effluents which the owner or operator of such source is required to sample. Where a user has security measures in force, the user shall make necessary arrangements with their security guards so that, upon presentation or suitable identification, personnel from the municipality will be permitted to enter without delay.

While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection A above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the municipality shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the private property owner, and the private property owner shall be held harmless for injury or death to the municipal employees, and the municipality shall indemnify the private property owner against loss or damage to his property by municipal employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the private property owner and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the private property owner to maintain safe conditions as required herein.

The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the municipality, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the municipality holds a duly negotiated easement for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.

The conditions of wastewater discharge permits or authorizations shall be uniformly enforced by the municipality in accordance with this article and applicable state and federal regulations. Also, permits or authorizations shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this article and all other regulations, user charges and fees established by the municipality and applicable state and federal regulations.

§ 268-8 Penalties for offenses.

Any property owner or person found to be violating any provisions of this article shall be served by USPS certified mail, return receipt requested, to the property address indicated on the tax records, with a 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 property owner or person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection A shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not exceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.

Any property owner or person violating any of the provisions of this article shall become liable to the municipality for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the municipality by reason of such violation.

The municipality may issue an order to cease and desist to those property owners or persons not complying with such prohibitions, limits, requirements or provisions of this article or the wastewater discharge permit to:

Comply forthwith;

Comply in accordance with a time schedule set forth by the permit agency; or