Legal Documents of Gatlinburg

The general purpose of this set of rules and regulations is to set forth and provide for the rightful and proper use or uses of the facilities of the City of Gatlinburg for the collection and disposal of sewage. To accomplish this purpose, all users of the facilities of the City of Gatlinburg for the collection and disposal of sewage must comply with the rules and regulations presented hereinafter.

1. To establish rates and a uniform procedure in the levying of the service and improvement charges to maintain equity in the billing throughout the area of service.
2. Prohibit the contribution of wastewater which may cause operational or maintenance difficulties or deteriorations in the sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage treatment plant and other structures appurtenant to the treatment and collection system.
3. Establish control in the contribution of wastewater which requires greater treatment expenditures than are required for equal volumes of normal domestic waste.
4. Establish a uniform procedure for design, installation, inspection, operation and maintenance of private wastewater treatment and disposal systems, extensions of public sewer systems, laterals and connections to sewer mains.

Furthermore, these rules and regulations are a part of all residential, commercial, industrial and public contracts for receiving sewage collection and treatment service from the City of Gatlinburg and apply to all such service received from the city whether the service is based upon contract, agreement, signed application or other mutual understanding. (1976 Code, § 13-201)