The rules and regulations of the Joint Meeting,
adopted on December 20, 1984, and as the same are modified from time
to time, are hereby adopted as if fully set forth herein as rules
and regulations governing the municipal sewer facilities as well as
the Joint Meeting facilities.
Any person who is found to have violated an
order of the Joint Meeting and/or Township of Maplewood or who willfully
or negligently fails to comply with any provision of this article
and the orders, rules and regulations issued hereunder shall be subject
to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 90
days, or both, for each offense. Each day on which a violation shall
occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
In addition to the penalties provided herein, the Joint Meeting and
Township of Maplewood may recover reasonable attorneys' fees, court
costs, court reporters' fees and other expenses of litigation by appropriate
suit at law against the person(s) found to have violated this article
or the orders, rules and regulations issued hereunder. In addition,
also, to the penalties previously provided herein, the Joint Meeting
and its tributary municipalities may recover reasonable costs expended
to rectify damages to its treatment facilities and tributary sewers,
as well as to rectify treatment process problems caused as a result
of violations of this article.