§ 78A-8. Penalties for offenses.

A. 

Penalties and fines.

(1) 

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, for the first offense, be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, and for a second and each subsequent offense, be punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000. Each offense shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a continuing offense, each day's continuance thereof shall be a separate and distinct offense.

(2) 

Any corporation which violates any provision of this chapter shall, for the first offense, be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, and for a second and each subsequent offense, be punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000. Each offense shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a continuing offense, each day's continuance thereof shall be a separate and distinct offense.

B. 

Any fines collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Joseph Macchia Environmental Preservation Capital Reserve Fund.

Editor's Note: See Ch. 15, Joseph Macchia Environmental Preservation Capital Reserve Fund.

C. 

Equitable relief. The Town of Brookhaven shall have the right to seek equitable relief to restrain any violation or threatened violation of any provisions of this chapter.