(a) The superintendent and/or treatment plant supervisor shall have free access during usual business hours to all buildings or premises served by the sewage system for the purpose of inspecting pipes and fixtures, testing or measuring discharge to the public sewer system, the manner in which domestic water is being used, and other compliance or lack of compliance with this chapter.

(b) No unauthorized person shall maliciously, wilfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is part of the public sewer and sewage disposal system including the sewage treatment plant.

(c) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter may become liable to the city for any actual expenses, loss, or damage to the city by reason of the violation.

(d) Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each violation occurring in either unit violation or per-day violation shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 1394,, 1998.)