§ 23-2. Offenses and penalties.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for:

(1)

Any generator who is required by this article to obtain a generator permit or registration certificate to connect or to be connected to the sewer system, unless that generator has obtained a generator permit or registration certificate for that connection.

(2)

Any generator to violate any provision of this code that applies to generators.

(3)

Any person to violate any condition of a permit or registration certificate required by this code.

(b)

A violation under subsection (a) shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), unless it is shown at the trial of said offense that the violation resulted in the blockage of a sanitary sewer system line, in which case the fine shall be not less than one thousand dollars ($1000.00) for the first offense, not less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1500.00) for the second offense, and not less than two thousand dollars ($2000.00) for any subsequent offenses. In prosecutions under this section, no culpable mental state shall be required to be pled or proven by the State, as said requirement is hereby waived.

(Ord. No. 1210-1, § 2, 8-27-07)