The City shall determine which users are subject to paying the industrial cost recovery charges in the following manner:
(a) The City shall require appropriate employees of the municipal utilities system to review billing records and prepare a list of all potential industrial users.
(b) The list of all potential industrial users shall be analyzed on the basis of data available at the municipal utilities billing office such as type of business, volume charges, excessive loading charges, and estimated number of employees. For the purpose of developing lists of potential industrial and nonindustrial users, each user classified as an industrial user shall be notified as to their classification.
(c) After an industrial user has been notified of his classification, the user may request reconsideration by furnishing data and measurements acceptable to the City for the determination of sewage discharges. The City shall have the right to measure and determine the strength and content of all sewage and waste discharges, either directly or indirectly, into the City's sanitary sewage system, in such manner and by such method as it may deem practicable, in the light of the conditions and attending circumstances of each case in order to determine the proper user classification.
(d) Within a reasonable period of time following completion of the sewage works construction project, the City shall have completed the initial classification of all industrial users. During the first calendar year of operation, subsequent to completion of the construction project, and annually thereafter, the City will review, classify, and reclassify all users as either industrial or nonindustrial users based upon measurements and data obtained by the City or furnished by individual users. Normally, each user will retain his classification until the next succeeding classification period. However, if there is a substantial change in the strength, volume, or delivery flow rate characteristics introduced into the treatment works by an individual user, then the classification of that user may be reviewed and established during the year in the light of the conditions and attending circumstances of each case.
(Ord. 1980-14. Passed 2-12-80.)