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(A) Industrial waste charges. Persons or owners discharging industrial wastes shall be charged the amount duly established by the Council from time to time.
(1992 Code, § 276:51)
(B) Domestic waste charges. Rates and charges for domestic wastewater disposal service shall be in the amount duly established by the Council from time to time.
(1992 Code, § 276:54)
(C) Commercial waste charges. Rates and charges for commercial wastewater disposal service shall be in the amount duly established by the Council from time to time.
(1992 Code, § 276:55)
The annual rate of capital cost amortization for all improvements necessary to increase the degree of treatment of the wastewater at the city wastewater treatment facilities, where such improvements are required to meet standards of effluent quality and purity established by the State Pollution Control Agency, will be apportioned in accordance with the principles hereof and extend for a period not to exceed the amortization period of such improvements.
(1992 Code, § 276:57)
Wastewater service charges provided for in this subchapter shall be included as a separate item on the regular bill for utilities. Charges shall be paid at the same time that the monthly utility charges of the person become due and payment for services shall not be accepted without payment also of the sewer service charge.
(1992 Code, § 276:63)
Failure to pay monthly bills for the established sewer service charge when due or repeated discharge of prohibited waste to the sanitary sewer shall be sufficient cause to disconnect any and all services to the water and/or sanitary sewer mains of the city and the same penalties and charges now or hereafter provided for by the ordinances of the city for failure to pay the bill for water service when due shall be applicable in like manner in case of failure to pay the established charge for industrial waste discharge to the sanitary sewer mains as established in Ch. 35 of this code of ordinances.
(1992 Code, § 276:66)
(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
SEPTAGE. Those solids and liquids removed during periodic maintenance of a septic or aerobic tank, or those solids and liquids which are removed from a holding tank.
SEPTIC TANK. Any water-tight, covered receptacle designed and constructed to receive the discharge of sewage from a building sewer, separate solids from liquid, digest organic matter and store liquids through a period of detention, and allow the clarified liquids to discharge to a soil treatment system.
SEWAGE TANK. A water-tight tank used in the treatment of sewage and includes, but is not limited to, septic tanks and aerobic tanks.
(B) Discharge prohibited. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged, either directly or indirectly, septage except in the manner and upon the conditions set forth as follows.
(C) License; permits. No person shall discharge septage into either the sanitary sewer system or storm sewer system without first obtaining all licenses and permits as are required by the state and by the county.
(D) City permit; declaration; fee. No person shall discharge septage without first:
(1) Requesting the city’s permission to discharge septage at the wastewater treatment facility;
(2) Paying the septage discharge fee as shall be established by the Council from time to time; and
(3) Disclosing in writing in a declaration form prescribed by the city the following:
(a) The name and address of the person making delivery of the septage;
(b) The type of septage;
(c) The source of the septage;
(d) The weight of the septage load; and
(e) Any other information about the septage requested by the city.
(E) Exclusive discharge site. Septage shall be delivered and accepted at the wastewater treatment facility only and at no other place.
(F) Domestic septage. Only septage from a domestic septic tank or holding tank shall be accepted. The city may refuse any delivery which, in the judgment of the wastewater treatment facility operator, is not suitable or otherwise detrimental to the wastewater treatment facility or the health and welfare of the city.
(1992 Code, § 276:70) Penalty, see § 50.99
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