(1) Permit requirement. No person, firm, association, or corporation shall clean out, drain or flush any septic tank or any other type of wastewater or excreta disposal system into the POTW unless such person, firm, association or corporation obtains a permit from the Control Authority to perform such acts or services. Any person, firm, association or corporation desiring a permit to perform such acts or services shall file an application on the prescribed form. Upon any such application, said permit shall be issued by the Control Authority when the appropriate fees have been paid and conditions of this chapter have been met, providing the Control Authority is satisfied the applicant has adequate and proper equipment to perform the services contemplated in a safe and competent manner.
(2) Designated disposal location. Septic tank and holding tank waste shall not be introduced into any manhole, sewer line, or any other part of the sewer system except at the wastewater treatment plant and only during normal working hours at the treatment plant unless otherwise directed by the Cookeville Department of Water Quality Control.
Before any holding tank waste is discharged a full disclosure of the waste constituents must be made. All required testing of the waste shall be paid for by the hauler.
(3) Revocation of permit. Failure to comply with all the provisions of this chapter shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of such permit by the Control Authority: The possession within the City limits of Cookeville by any person of any motor vehicle equipped with a body type and accessories of a nature and design capable of serving as a septic tank or wastewater or excreta disposal system cleaning unit shall be prima facie evidence that such person is engaged in the business of cleaning, draining, or flushing septic tanks or other wastewater or excreta disposal systems within the City limits of Cookeville.
(4) Fees. For each permit issued under the provisions of this Chapter a service charge shall be paid to the Control Authority. Any such permit granted shall be for one full calendar year or a fraction of the calendar year, and shall continue in full force and effect from the time issued until the ending of the calendar year unless sooner revoked, and shall be non-transferable. The number of the permit granted here in under shall be plainly painted on each side of each motor vehicle used in the conduct of the business permitted hereunder.
(Ord. #O17-09-17, October 2017)