A surcharge in an amount to be determined by City Council is hereby imposed and shall be added to every sewer billing mailed, to property owners who are not in compliance with this section, and to property owners who have refused entry to city employees, or their designees, to determine compliance. Said surcharge shall commence on the first day of the month following the expiration of the 30-day period set forth for inspection, or the 90-day period set forth for correction of deficiencies, as applicable, when either the property owner has failed to timely allow city inspection or has failed to timely correct any illegal connections to the city sanitary sewer system. The surcharge shall be added every month, until the property is in compliance. The imposition of the surcharge shall, in no way, limit the right of the city to seek relief under § 53.068 or to seek an injunction in District Court ordering the property owner to discontinue the nonconforming connection to the sanitary sewer system or from pursuing other legal remedies available. This monthly surcharge is intended to offset the added cost to the city associated with having the city wastewater collection, conveyance and treatment systems process clear or clean water (inflow/infiltration) unnecessarily, when the status of the property owner's connection or non-connection to the city sanitary sewer system cannot be ascertained, or when the owner has failed to timely disconnect any discharge of storm water to the city sanitary sewer system.
(Prior Code, § 23-75) (Ord. 817, passed - -; Ord. 824, passed - -; Am. Ord. 875, passed 3-11-2020)