The Administrator of the sewer districts shall have the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of this Part 1. Where a violation of said provisions is found, the Administrator shall notify the alleged offender by certified mail of the nature of the violation and prescribe a period of time not to exceed 30 days within which the specified violation must be corrected. Such period of time may be extended by the Town Board. If the violation is not corrected within the period specified in said notice, the Administrator may take such action as provided in Article X, § 77-50, of this Part 1.
Any person who shall willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
apparatus or equipment which is part of the Town sewer system shall
be deemed to have committed an offense against the provisions of this
Part 1. Any person who commits an offense or permits any offense to
be committed against any of the provisions of this Part 1 shall be
deemed to have committed a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of
the State of New York, punishable by a fine of not more than $250
or by imprisonment for not exceeding 15 days, or both. A separate
violation shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which
an offense occurs or continues. A separate penalty may be imposed
for each separate violation.
A.
Any person committing an offense against this Part
1 shall be subject to a civil penalty enforceable and collectible
by the Town in the amount of $50 for each offense.
B.
In addition to the above penalties, the Town Board
may also maintain an action or proceeding in the name of the Town
in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with this
Part 1 or to restrain by injunction a violation of this Part 1.
C.
Where any violation of this Part 1 causes additional
expense to any sewer district, that sewer district shall have a cause
of action against the violator to recover such additional cost.
