(a) Every person engaged in the business of disposing of sewage, sewage waste or similar refuse when disposal of same is made from within the limits of the urban county shall dispose of the same under the following terms and conditions:
(1) Any conveyance used for the hauling of sewage, sewage waste or similar refuse shall be equipped with waterproof tanks with tight-fitting covers so as to be free from leakage in the course of transportation.
(2) All such sewage, sewage waste and similar refuse shall be disposed of at the town branch sewage treatment plant septage receiving station maintained by the urban county government at such hours as may be designated by the director, division of water quality.
(3) All tanks, after having been emptied as herein provided, shall be thoroughly cleaned before leaving the disposal area.
(b) All vehicles and conveyances used in such manner as to be affected by the terms of this section shall be first approved by the board of health and a permit for their use obtained from such board.
(c) Any person disposing of sewage, sewage waste or similar refuse as herein provided shall pay to the urban county government, director, division of revenue, a fee as follows, based on tank capacity, such fee being due for each tank, or portion of tank, of such waste disposed of as herein provided.
Tank Capacity (gallons) | Effective July 1, 2023 |
500 or less | $59.05 |
501 to 700 | 73.79 |
701 to 900 | 90.42 |
901 to 1,000 | 101.47 |
1,000 or more, per gallon | 0.114 |
(d) Every person who shall dispose of such sewage, sewage waste or similar refuse, as herein provided, shall make application to the urban county government, director, division of revenue, for a permit and shall purchase from the director, division of revenue, a book of tickets in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the right to use the facilities of the urban county government in disposing of sewage waste and similar refuse. Before any person shall be permitted to use such facilities, he shall deliver to the person in charge of the disposal plant tickets in the amount of the fee as provided in subsection (c) of this section. All moneys received under the provisions of this section shall become a part of the urban county government sewer revenue fund.
(e) The emptying of sewage, sewage waste or similar refuse into any sanitary sewer or storm sewer which leads into or is a part of the urban county government's sanitary sewer system or storm sewer is specifically prohibited; and nothing contained in this section shall be construed to approve in any manner of disposal of sewage, sewage waste or similar refuse except as provided in this section.
(f) The urban county government recognizes no obligation to receive and treat at its sewage treatment plant any sewage, sewage waste or similar refuse hauled there in vehicles or conveyances and tendered for such purpose. In the event the urban county government shall see fit to suffer such use of the services and facilities of the sewage treatment plant, the conditions thereof and rates and charges applicable thereto shall be as set forth in this section, or as the same may be amended from time to time.
(g) All materials listed under section 16-43 (materials forbidden to be discharged into public sewer) are likewise forbidden to be discharged at the town branch sewage treatment plant septage receiving station.
(Ord. No. 126-83, § 1, 7-21-83; Ord. No. 164-84, § 1, 9-20-84; Ord. No. 35-86, § 1, 3-18-86; Ord. No. 165-89, § 10, 8-31-89; Ord. No. 269-2004, § 3, 11-4-04; Ord. No. 34-2008, § 1, 2-21-08; Ord. No. 131-2008, § 2, 6-12-08; Ord. No. 22-2015, § 1, 3-17-15 ; Ord. No. 34-2019 , § 1, 6-6-19; Ord. No. 0 56-2020 , § 1, 7-7-20)