(A) (1) There is hereby created the Office of Director of Wastewater Treatment and Sewer Lines for the city, who shall herein be referred to as “Director”.
(2) At the first regular meeting of the City Council after the election of Mayor, or as soon thereafter as is possible, the Mayor shall appoint, subject to the approval of the City Council, a Director who shall hold office until a successor is appointed and shall have qualified.
(3) The salary of the Director shall be fixed by resolution of the City Council at the time of his or her appointment.
(B) (1) The Director shall have general supervision of the public sewers tributary to the sewage treatment plants as well as the sewage treatment plants themselves. He or she shall ascertain the conditions and needs thereof and shall from time to time report the same to the City Council.
(2) The Director shall keep proper records of the location of all sewers, Y branches and building sewer connections and the condition of private sewage disposal systems and building sewers. He or she shall also have the duties specifically set forth in this chapter and shall have authority to supervise the construction of private sewage disposal systems and the construction and installation of building sewers and to issue permits therefor.
(3) The Director shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and he or she is hereby authorized to make such inspections, observations, measurements, samplings and tests as may be necessary in that regard and is authorized to enter upon any property for that purpose.
(C) The Director, whenever necessary, with regard to discharge or proposed discharge of industrial wastes into any sewer, shall have the right to:
(1) Reject the wastes in whole or in part for any reason deemed appropriate by him or her;
(2) Require pretreatment of such wastes to within the limits of normal sewage; and
(3) Require payment of a surcharge on any excessive flows or loadings discharged to the treatment works to cover the additional costs of having capacity for and treating such wastes.
(1960 Code, § 38-2-1) (Ord. 5203, passed 1-17-1994)