Any person who violates any standard or requirement established under this chapter, or any order of the City relating to the operation of the POTW or discharges thereto, or any person who knowingly makes false statements, representations or certifications in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter, or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this chapter, shall, upon conviction of a Class I misdemeanor, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 per day per violation or by imprisonment of not more than 12 months, or both. Each day on which a violation shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.