No person shall connect to any part of the city sanitary sewer system or discharge sewage or industrial waste into the city’s sanitary sewer system without first acquiring permission from the city to do so. It shall be in the sole discretion of the city as to whether it grants said permission to connect to the city’s sanitary system or to discharge sewage or industrial waste into the city’s sanitary sewer system. For any lot, parcel of land or premises from which connection is made with the city sanitary sewage system or which begins to discharge sewage or industrial waste into the city sewage system, either directly or indirectly, the charges and rates for the first payment period after the beginning date of sewage discharged into the city sewage system shall be based upon per diem pro rata amount of the established basic charge herein established or shall be based upon the water consumed at the established rates, whichever is the larger.
(1960 Code, § 38-3-4) (Ord. 6299, passed 5-21-2001) Penalty, see § 50.999