(A) Fees shall be assessed to users for wastewater discharges into the POTW and for executing or enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
(B) These charges shall be developed by the Superintendent and approved by the local government no less frequently than biannually in accordance with the user charge system and other ordinances and policies of the local government and applicable statutes of the state.
(C) Charges shall be developed for the following purposes:
(1) Industrial monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures;
(2) Reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction;
(3) Reviewing permit application;
(4) Reviewing appeals;
(5) Special industrial discharges;
(6) Toxic substance discharges to the POTW;
(7) Recovering capital related expenditures; and
(8) Other charges, including user charges based on billable flow and excessive pollutant discharges to the POTW, necessary to recover the operation and maintenance costs of the wastewater disposal system.
(D) Charges for items in divisions (C)(1) through (6) above shall be based on the actual cost to the local government for each specific user or incident. However, a fixed rate may be proposed by the Superintendent, subject to local government approval, for those procedures that are repetitive and do not differ substantially within each class of users. Charges for items in divisions (C)(7) and (8) above shall be developed and assessed in accordance with the user charge system. The local government may, under applicable state statutes and local government ordinances, levy ad valorem taxes for general obligation bond principal and interest payments, and any other purpose provided by law, not related to the operation and maintenance costs of the wastewater disposal system.
(E) The charges and fees developed in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be presented to the local government for approval in the form of a sewer rate ordinance.
(Ord. passed 8-15-1984)