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923.05 PERMIT REQUIRED; APPLICATION.
   (a)   No industrial waste shall be deposited or drained into any storm or sanitary sewer or any waterway of the City unless the person served by the connection to the sewer system obtains a permit as herein provided. Application for such permit shall be made to the Director on forms he or she prescribes and the application shall contain the following information:
      (1)   Such information as is required by Section 923.02 and regulations adopted pursuant thereto;
      (2)   Such other information as the Director may reasonably require.
   (b)   No industrial waste shall be deposited or drained onto ground level whereby natural drainage would result in the flow of such material into the sewer system of the City.
   (c)   The fees and charges to be paid by industrial users for discharge permits may be as established by ordinance, but shall be charged and apportioned by the Service Director so as to recover the costs of administration, regulation, monitoring and testing under the pretreatment program of the City, which shall include at a minimum:
      (1)   A fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be paid with each application as a condition of the issuance of the permit as and for processing, administration and general monitoring costs; and
      (2)   The actual costs incurred for monitoring and testing mandated or required by the pretreatment program under the ordinances and regulations of the City and the Federal and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency statutes and regulations pertaining thereto.
   Any monitoring and testing charges billed to an industrial discharge permittee shall be payable within thirty days and, if not paid within such time, the permittee shall be considered in default of permit obligations which shall be a ground for revocation or suspension of the permit.
(Ord. 180-1992. Passed 6-29-92.)
923.06 REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF PERMIT.
   The Director has power to revoke or suspend any permit issued for industrial waste sewage where he or she finds that:
   (a)   The permittee has violated any of the ordinances of the City and rules and regulations pertaining to the operation and maintenance of the sewer system.
   (b)   Any material statement in the application is untrue.
   (c)   The industrial wastes are injurious to the sewer system, or the sewer system cannot adequately and without damage carry away such industrial waste.
   (d)   For such other and further reasons provided in Section 923.02 and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
   The Director may revoke any permit or make its continuance subject to administrative orders whenever he or she finds it necessary for the protection of the public health and welfare.
   The Director shall keep a record of all applications and of all orders pertaining thereto.
(Ord. 180-1992. Passed 6-29-92.)
923.07 TAMPERING.
   No person shall tamper with the sewer system of the City or any appurtenance or accessory thereto.
(Ord. 180-1992. Passed 6-29-92.)
923.08 CIVIL DAMAGES.
   The penalty provided in Section 923.99 for violations of this chapter shall be in addition to any damages to be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the City.
(Ord. 180-1992. Passed 6-29-92.)
923.09 REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
   (a)   Any person or legal entity required by any applicable state and/or Federal laws and/or regulations to report the composition, quantities and concentrations of hazardous wastes to be stored, treated or disposed of shall supply similar information to the Director of Service or his or her designee within sixty days of materially ceasing operations.
   (b)   Any person or legal entity materially ceasing operations at a location at which hazardous waste is or has been stored, treated or disposed of shall, within ninety days of such cessation, submit to the Director of Service a plan for the removal of all such waste within one calendar year.
   (c)   For purposes of this section, the definition of “hazardous waste” as it is set forth in Ohio R.C. 3734.01(J) is adopted.
(Ord. 183-1993. Passed 10-4-93.)
923.99 PENALTY.
   (a)   Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both, for each offense. Whoever violates Section 923.02 or regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be subject to the civil and criminal penalties provided therein. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 180-1992. Passed 6-29-92.)
   (b)   Notwithstanding Section 923.08, any person or legal entity failing to comply with Section 923.09(a) shall be subject to a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day and shall be liable to the City for any and all costs incurred in the removal of hazardous wastes.
(Ord. 183-1993. Passed 10-4-93.)