(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to have installed or to operate in the city commercial car wash equipment designed to use more than 1,000 gallons of water per hour, which fails to provide for the reclamation and recirculation of the water used by the commercial car wash equipment. Such equipment shall be so designed and operated that not more than 30% of the water withdrawn thereby from the city water main shall be wasted through the sewer drains or otherwise.
(B) Commercial car wash units subject to the provisions of this section shall use only biodegradable low phosphate detergents.
(C) Commercial car wash equipment units installed prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be converted, modified or adjusted to comply with the provisions of division (A) not less than six months after adoption of this chapter or upon connection to the city's water system, whichever is later.
(D) A water customer who desires to install commercial car wash equipment after the effective date of this chapter shall make written application therefor and obtain approval and a permit therefor in advance from the city and shall give notice of completion of the installation.
(E) The city shall at all reasonable hours have free access to premises supplied with water for commercial car wash purposes, to examine the equipment and to ascertain if there is more water being used than allowed by this section.
(F) Whenever the Building Inspector or his authorized representative rejects or refuses to approve any plan or specification for, or the mode or manner of construction proposed to be used in the installation of any commercial car wash equipment, or when it is claimed that the provisions of this section do not apply, or when it is claimed that the true intent and meaning of this section has been misconstrued or improperly interpreted, the owner or any person aggrieved may appeal to the City Council. No public advertising shall be required as a condition precedent to such appeal. The decision of the City Council shall be final.
(G) At locations of repeated or continued violations, the City Administrator shall have the authority to discontinue the supply of water.
(Ord. 98-09, passed 6-9-98; Am. Ord. 08-2, passed 5-13-08; Am. Ord. 13-54, passed 11-12-13; Am. Ord. 14-16, passed 4-8-14)