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Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 4 : Industrial/Commercial Wastewater Regulations

18-407 : 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;
    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 § 18-402 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.

    Certain users, especially commercial and industrial users, may be billed based on sewer meter records in addition to or separate from the water meter calculated sewer charge.

  6. Industrial wastewater discharge permit fees. A fee may be charged for the issuance of an industrial wastewater discharge fee in accordance with § 18-407 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 following schedule. Violation are categorized in the Enforcement Response Guide Table (Appendix A), which is available in the recorder's office. The local administrative officer may access a penalty within the appropriate range. Penalty assessments are to be assessed per violation per day unless otherwise noted.

    Category 1 No penalty
    Category 2 $50.00-$500.00
    Category 3 $500.00-$1,000.00
    Category 4 $1,000.00-$5,000.00
    Category 5 $5,000.00-$10,000.00
Date Last Updated: 09/10/2019
Codification Date: 06/01/2019

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - George Gantte 
Vice Mayor - Todd Kesterson 
Aldermen - Mike Chambers 
Aldermen - Jeffrey Depew 
Aldermen - Jessie Elder 
Aldermen - Mike Nelson 
Aldermen - Marianne Reese 
Town Recorder - Cathy Dixon

Date Last Updated: 09/10/2019
Codification Date: 06/01/2019

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - George Gantte 
Vice Mayor - Todd Kesterson 
Aldermen - Mike Chambers 
Aldermen - Jeffrey Depew 
Aldermen - Jessie Elder 
Aldermen - Mike Nelson 
Aldermen - Marianne Reese 
Town Recorder - Cathy Dixon