(a) Penalties for Late Reports. A penalty of $200.00 shall be assessed to any User for each day that a report required by this chapter, a permit or order issued hereunder is late, beginning five days after the date the report is due. A penalty of $200.00 may also be assessed where reports are more than 30-45 days late. Actions taken by the Utilities Commission to collect late reporting penalties shall not limit the Commission's authority to initiate other enforcement actions that may include penalties for late reporting violations.
(b) Performance Bonds. The Director may decline to issue or reissue an individual wastewater discharge permit to any User who has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, a previous individual wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, unless such User first files a satisfactory bond, payable to the City, in a sum not to exceed a value determined by the Commission to be necessary to achieve consistent compliance.
(c) Liability Insurance. The Director may decline to issue or reissue an individual wastewater discharge to any User who has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, a previous individual wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, unless the User first submits proof that it has obtained financial assurances sufficient to restore or repair damage to the POTW caused by its discharge.
(d) Payment of Outstanding Fees and Penalties. The Director may decline to issue or reissue an individual wastewater discharge permit to any User who has failed to pay any outstanding fees, fines or penalties incurred as a result of any provision of this chapter, a previous individual wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder.
(e) Water Supply Severance. Whenever a User has violated or continues to violate any provision of this chapter, an individual wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, water service to the User may be severed. Service will recommence, at the User's expense, only after the User has satisfactorily demonstrated its ability to comply.
(f) Public Nuisances. A violation of any provision of this chapterdividual wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other Pretreatment Standard or Requirement is hereby declared a public nuisance and shall be corrected or abated as directed by the Director. Any person(s) creating a public nuisance shall be subject to the provisions of the City Code Chapter 521 governing such nuisances, including reimbursing the City for any costs incurred in removing, abating, or remedying said nuisance.
(Ord. 2016-21. Passed 11-28-16; Ord. 2019-38. Passed 12-23-19.)