Legal Documents of Bean Station

Code of Bean Station

Bean Station
Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 3 : Industrial/Commercial Wastewater Regulations

18-307 : Fees and-billing.

  1. Purpose. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the equitable recovery of costs from users of the town's wastewater treatment system including costs of operation, maintenance, administration, bond service costs, capital improvements, depreciation, and equitable cost recovery of EPA administered federal wastewater grants.
  2. Types of charges and fees. The charges and fees as established in the town's schedule of charges and fees may include but are not limited to:
    1. Inspection fee and tapping fee;
    2. Fees for applications for discharge;
    3. Sewer use charges;
    4. Surcharge fees (utilizing the current MUC surcharge fees);
    5. Waste hauler permit;
    6. Fees to cover the cost of damage or interference caused by a user's discharge or a user's neglect;
    7. Industrial wastewater discharge permit fees;
    8. Fees for industrial discharge monitoring; and
    9. Other fees as the town may deem necessary.
  3. Fees for application for discharge. A fee may be charged when a user or prospective user makes application for discharge as required by §18-302 of this chapter.
  4. Inspection fee and tapping fee. An inspection fee and tapping fee for a building sewer installation shall be paid to the town's sewer department at the time the application is filed.
  5. Sewer user charges. The board of mayor and aldermen shall establish monthly rates and charges for the use of the wastewater system and for the services supplied by the wastewater system.
  6. Industrial wastewater discharge permit fees. A fee may be charged for the issuance of an industrial wastewater discharge fee in accordance with § 18-307 of this chapter.
  7. Fees for industrial discharge monitoring. Fees may be collected from industrial users having pretreatment or other discharge requirements to compensate the town for the necessary compliance monitoring and other administrative duties of the pretreatment program.
  8. Administrative civil penalties. Administrative civil penalties shall be issued according to the current schedule of the MUC. (as added by Ord. #03-01-23, April 2023 Ch1_05-28-24)
Date Last Updated: 05/28/2024
Codification Date: 07/01/2020

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Ben Waller

Aldermen - Mickey Ankrom

Aldermen - Jeff Atkins

Aldermen - Eddie Douglas

Aldermen - Patsy Winstead Harrell

Recorder - Robin Jarnigan