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(a) Approval. All designs shall be approved by the City prior to construction.
(b) Connection to Public Sewer. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at a location determined by the City.
(c) Depth, Grade, Alignment and Change of Direction. All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise requested by the City. Whenever possible the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with proper fittings.
(d) EPA Standard Applies. Sewers shall be designed in accordance with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Design Guidelines.
(e) Independent Sewers Required; Exception. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building. However, where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer. Two adjacent buildings may use a common building sewer within the limits of the public right-of-way, however, a separate permit shall be required for each building No other utilities will be permitted in the same trench as the building sewer.
(f) Laterals. The size and slope of the building sewer lateral shall be subject to the approval of the City, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches. The slope of such six inch pipe may be not less than one-eighth of an inch.
(g) Lifting Sewage by Artificial Means. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer. The initial cost of the lifting system plus all operation, maintenance and replacement costs shall be the expense of the property owner.
(h) Type of Pipe Required. The building sewer shall meet current specifications of the City regarding type, installation and repairs.
(i) Construction. Construction techniques, contractor bonding, permit requirements and inspection shall comply with current City standards and requirements.
(Ord. 66-1987. Passed 12-7-87.)
(a) Connection Charge, Permits and Inspection Fee. Charges, permits and inspection fees shall be in accordance with current City law.
(b) Tampering With or Damaging Works Prohibited. No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the wastewater treatment works. Whoever violates this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
(c) Notice to Correct or Cease Violation. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, except as noted above, shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within a period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
(d) Powers and Authority of Inspectors. Employees of the City duly authorized by the City and bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to discharge to the wastewater treatment works in accordance with the provision of this chapter. The authorized employees of the City are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial or commercial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater treatment works. A user may withhold information considered confidential. A user must establish that the revelation to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to competitors.
While performing the necessary work on private properties, the authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the owner, and the owner shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City employees, and the City shall indemnify the owner against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damaged asserted against the owner and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the owner to maintain safe conditions.
(Ord. 66-1987. Passed 12-7-87.)
(a) Components. Quarterly sewer charges shall consist of the following components:
(1) Sewer use rates;
(2) Service charge; and
(3) Extra-strength surcharge.
(b) Basis of Charges. Sewer Use Rate, Service Charge and Extra Strength Surcharge shall be as established in Section 929.03.
The sewer use rate for wastewaters which do not exceed normal strength wastes shall be based upon the following annual values.
Cto = Estimated total moneys needed for the administration, billing, operation, maintenance, and replacement expenses of the wastewater treatment works.
Cf = Estimated administration and other fixed, nonflow, BOD and suspended solids related expenses included in Cto for the operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment works.
Cs = Estimated revenue from extra-strength surcharges.
Qt = The total annual volume of billable sewage flow from all users of the Bryan Sewage System, in 100 cubic foot units.
Su = Total equivalent residential customers on system.
Sewer Use Rate = Cto - Cf per 100 c.f. Qt |
The sewage service charge shall be based on the size of water meter used and shall approximate the portion of fixed operation and maintenance costs attributable to each equivalent residential customer as follows:
Size Meter (Inches) | Service Units |
5/8 - 1 | 1.0 |
1-1/2 | 3.0 |
2 | 5.0 |
3 | 11.0 |
4 | 16.8 |
6 | 32.6 |
8 | 52.4 |
Monthly Sewage Service Charge = Cf (per service unit) Su x 12 |
(c) Extra-Strength Surcharges. In addition to the base user charges applicable pursuant to this subsection, users discharging pollutants to the wastewater treatment works, whose average concentration, as defined in Section 927.02(a), in one or more classifications exceeds in any quarter that concentration defined as normal in Section 927.02(a) in the corresponding classification shall be subject to surcharges calculated as follows:
(1) Surcharges for each billing period during a calendar year shall be based upon the following values for that calendar year: the estimated total operation and maintenance expenses (Cto); the estimated total pounds of BOD received at the plant (Bt); and the estmated total pounds of suspended solids received at the plant (St). Data not available shall be estimated in the most practical manner possible.
(2) Surcharge on user charges per pound of BOD in excess of normal equals:
Cto x 0.13 Bt |
(3) Surcharge on user charges per pound of suspended solids in excess of normal equals:
Cto x 0.126 St |
(4) Pounds of BOD per billing period subject to surcharge equals: (average concentration of BOD, calculated pursuant to Section 927.02(a) in milligrams per liter minus 260 milligrams per liter) times the volume of wastewater discharged from the user to the wastewater treatment works per billing period, in 100 cubic feet times .00624. If the average concentration of BOD is 260 milligrams per liter or less, no surcharge for BOD shall apply.
(5) Pounds of suspended solids per billing period subject to surcharge equals: (average concentration of suspended solids, calculated pursuant to Section 927.02(a), in milligrams per liter minus 260 milligrams per liter) times the volume of wastewater discharged from the user to the wastewater treatment works per billing period, in 100 cubic feet times .00624. If the average concentration of suspended solids is 260 milligrams per liter or less, no surcharge for suspended solids shall apply.
(6) Surcharge on user charges equals the pounds of BOD calculated pursuant to subsection (c)(4) hereof times surcharge per pound calculated pursuant to subsection (c)(2) hereof; plus pounds of suspended solids calculated pursuant to subsection (c)(5) hereof; times surcharge per pound calculated pursuant to subsection (c)(3) hereof.
(7) Formulas as contained in subsection (c)(2) and (3) hereof shall be subject to adjustment as necessary based upon annual audit of sewer revenue fund expenses.
(8) The methodology described above shall be the general basis used by the City in determining extra-strength surcharges. The actual surcharge rates shall be as established in Section 929.03.
(d) Surcharge for Other Pollutants. Surcharges may also be established for pollutants other than those provided for which are permitted to be discharged to the wastewater treatment works by the City after pretreatment or without pretreatment.
(e) Annual Rate Review. The sanitary sewer charge rates shall assure that each recipient of waste treatment services will pay its proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance including replacement. Revenue generated shall be proportionate to the portion of operation and maintenance necessary. These rates shall be reviewed annually and shall be revised periodically, as required, to reflect actual treatment works operation and maintenance costs.
(f) Audit, Review and Adjustment. Revenues, expenses, computations, loadings and other data associated with sanitary sewer charges shall be audited annually. All estimated revenues, expenses, consumptions, loadings, allocation factors, etc. shall be reviewed and adjusted annually so as to more accurately reflect current conditions and adjust for past inequities. One of the main purposes of the audit shall be to maintain a proportionate distribution of the wastewater treatment works' operation and maintenance costs, including billing, to all users by means of the user charge system, and to insure that user charges are sufficient to cover all operation and maintenance costs, including billing. Within the limitations of all applicable Federal, State and local laws, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency shall have the right to audit industrial waste discharge records.
(g) Effective Date of Charges. The sanitary sewer charges established shall commence when the building, structure or other facility is connected to a sewer having its ultimate outlet at the wastewater treatment plant, or as of a date 120 days following the date on which the City notifies the owner of such premises that the sewer is available for making such connection, whichever date first occurs and such charges shall be payable pursuant to this section.
(h) Notification. The City shall notify each user, at least annually of the rate and that portion of the user charges which are attributed to wastewater treatment.
(Ord. 66-1987. Passed 12-7-87.)
(a) The City shall establish and maintain an administrative appeal procedure by which individual users may be heard regarding the reasonableness of sewer use charges levied upon them. Appeals must be submitted in writing to the City.
(b) The administrative appeal procedure shall insure that:
(1) Each user has the opportunity for written presentation and the right to have financial or legal counsel participate in such presentation.
(2) Each appeal will be decided promptly, which decision shall either uphold the original determination or allow adjustment and/or repayment.
(3) Each appeal decision will include a written statement of reasons on which the decision is based.
(4) Prompt repayment shall be made of any sewer use charges paid which are determined to be due the user because of error in allocating and assessing the charges.
(5) The City shall retain all documents substantiating each appeal.
(Ord. 66-1987. Passed 12-7-87.)
(a) If violations of any provision of this chapter shall be found, a written notice, stating the nature of the violation shall be sent by first class mail to the user apparently guilty of the violation. This notice shall be deemed sufficient, in the event of violation, if sent to the address of that user as shown on the billing records. The notice shall, in all cases, set forth a time limit during which all noted violations shall cease and be abated, and appropriate corrective action taken, and if the violator shall not thus comply, the provision of the following paragraph shall then apply.
(b) Whoever continues any violation beyond the time limit provided for in the previous paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for each violation. Each day in which any such violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
(c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation, notwithstanding whether such person may have been prosecuted for a violation of the terms of this chapter.
(d) Whoever violates State and/or Federal regulations as a consequence of violating any provisions of this chapter shall be subject to any penalties imposed by State and/or Federal regulations, irrespective of the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 66-1987. Passed 12-7-87; Ord. 55-2008. Passed 10-9-08.)