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(A) Required.
(1) The city shall review the total annual cost of operation and maintenance, long-term debt service relating to the wastewater treatment works as well as each user's wastewater contribution percentage not less often than every year and will review the user charge system as necessary to assure equity of the system established herein and to assure that sufficient funds are obtained from the city's user charge system to:
(a) Adequately operate and maintain the wastewater treatment works; and
(b) Cover said debt service.
(2) The city will apply excess revenues collected from a class of users to the costs of operation and maintenance attributable to that class for the next year, and adjust this rate accordingly.
(B) Rates, fees and charges for sewer services. The city shall pass a resolution or amendment to this subchapter to establish rates, fees and charges for sewer services and shall be on file in the city office.
(Ord. 2010-003, passed 3-9-2010; Ord. 2010-003, passed 6-11-2019)
(A) No person shall discharge or cause the discharge of any unpolluted waters such as storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or cooling water to any sewer; except storm water runoff from limited areas which may be polluted at times, may be discharged to the sanitary sewer by permission of the city and Utah State Department of Environmental Quality.
(B) Storm water, other than that exempted under division (A) of this section, and all other unpolluted drainage, shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to natural outlets approved by the city and the Utah State Department of Environmental Quality. Unpolluted industrial cooling water or process waters shall also be discharged to a storm sewer combined sewer or natural outlet.
(C) If any water or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in any of state laws or the city's sanitary sewer ordinances or policies, and which are determined by the city to have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater facilities, processes equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the city may:
(1) Reject the wastes;
(2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;
(3) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge, and/or wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of this subchapter. If the city permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flow the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the city and the Utah State Department of Environmental Quality;
(4) Require a plot plan of sewers of the user's property showing sewer and pretreatment facility location.
(5) Require details of wastewater pretreatment facilities.
(6) Require details of systems to prevent and control the losses of materials through spills to the municipal sewer.
(D) All measurements, tests and analysis of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this subchapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association. Sampling methods, location, times duration and frequencies are to be determined on an individual basis subject to approval by the city.
(E) No statement contained in this subchapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the city and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the city for treatment.
(Ord. 2010-003, passed 3-9-2010; Ord. 2010-003, passed 6-11-2019) Penalty, see §
50.99
(A) Entrance upon premises. Duly authorized employees of the city, county or the Bear River Health Department, as permitted by the city, bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to discharge to the community system in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
(B) Obtain information. Duly authorized inspectors are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes that have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. Industrial users may withhold information when they have established that the revelation of said information to the public might result in an advantage to competitors.
(C) Information to determine compliance. The city may require any user of sewer services to provide information needed to determine compliance with this subchapter. These requirements may include:
(1) Wastewater's discharge peak rate and volume over a specified time period.
(2) Chemical analysis of wastewaters.
(3) Information on raw materials, processes and products affecting wastewater volume and quality.
(4) Quantity and disposition of specific liquid, sludge, oil, solvent or other materials important to sewer control.
(D) Safety rules observed. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to herein duly authorized inspectors shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company.
(E) Premises with easement. Duly authorized inspectors bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the wastewater facilities lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 2010-003, passed 3-9-2010; Ord. 2010-003, passed 6-11-2019)
SEWER IMPACT FEE
The city does hereby impose upon the applicant for each building permit applied for after July 11, 2012 an impact fee for sewer and treatment facilities. The fee is $4,037 per equivalent residential connection (ERC), which represents that maximum amount that can be charged. Each residential connection shall be charged for one ERC. A copy of the impact fee analysis is attached to the ordinance codified herein as Exhibit A.
(Ord. 2012-001, passed 4-10-2012)
As used in this subchapter, unless specifically defined below, words shall have the same meanings as provided in the state’s Impact Fees Act, being UCA §§ 11-36A-101 et seq.
EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTION or ERC. The estimated waterflow from a typical residential connection, which has been estimated at 350 gallons per day for indoor water use.
(Ord. 2012-001, passed 4-10-2012)
(A) The impact fee imposed by this impact fee enactment shall not exceed the highest fee justified by the impact fee analysis.
(B) In calculating the impact fee, the city is authorized to include:
(1) The construction contract price, based on realistic estimates;
(2) The cost of acquiring land, improvements, materials, and fixtures;
(3) The cost for planning, surveying, and engineering fees for services provided for and directly related to the construction of the system improvements; and
(4) Debt service charges, if the city might use impact fees as a revenue stream to pay the principal and interest on bonds, notes, or other obligations issued to finance the costs of the system improvements.
(Ord. 2012-001, passed 4-10-2012)
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