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Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 2 : Industrial/Commercial Wastewater Regulations

18-207 : Fees and billing.[7]

  1. Purpose. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the equitable recovery of costs from users of the city'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 city'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 (see Table C);
    5. Waste hauler permit;
    6. Industrial wastewater discharge permit fees;
    7. Fees for industrial discharge monitoring; and
    8. Other fees as the city 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 § 18-202 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 city'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 § 18-207 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 city 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. Violations are categorized in the Enforcement Response Guide Table (Appendix A).7 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

    (as added by Ord. #883, July 2012)

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The Enforcement Response Guide Table (Appendix A) is available in the office of the city recorder.
Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland
 

Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland