[Adopted 12-30-1980 (Ch. 130, Art. II, of the 1978 Code)]
No person shall discharge or permit the discharge
of any solid, semisolid or liquid waste into any of the sanitary sewer
lines located within the Township of Mantua, including those lines
owned or controlled by the Mantua Township Municipal Utilities Authority
or the Gloucester County Utilities Authority or anyone else, except
any discharge made through a lawful sewer connection approved by the
appropriate authority and in a manner consistent with the regulations
of the approving authority.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any and all public bodies or private entities that have jurisdiction
to regulate sanitary sewers in Mantua Township.
Any natural or judicially recognized person, including business
entities such as proprietorships, partnerships and corporations.
Includes any material or matter which is discharged into
a sanitary sewer line, including septage or septic tank wastes.
In the case of an employee of a person, where
the employee actually causes the illegal discharge to take place,
both the employee and the person employing him shall be deemed to
have violated this article, unless the person employing can prove
he directed the employee to properly dispose of the waste in a legal
disposal area and had no knowledge of the employee's intent to illegally
dispose of the waste.
A.
Any person, entity or corporation who or which violates
any provision of this article, shall, upon conviction thereof, be
punishable by one or more of the following: imprisonment in the county
jail or any place provided by the municipality for the detention of
prisoners for a term up to but not exceeding 90 days or by a fine
of not less than $100 and not more than $2,000 or by a period of community
service up to but not exceeding 90 days, or any combination of the
above.
B.
Each incident of illegal discharge shall constituted
a separate offense for the purpose of imposing the penalties referred
to above.