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No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is part of the wastewater facilities.
(Ord. 141, passed 11-6-89) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) For the purpose of providing funds to meet the cost of operating and maintaining the sewer system, mains, the sewage disposal plant, and the facilities connected therewith, and to the payment of reasonable requirements for replacement and obsolescence thereof, the city will bill and collect through Utility Billing each lot, parcel of land, building, or premises having any connection with the public sewer systems of said city or otherwise discharging sewage, water, or other liquids directly or indirectly into the public sewer system of the city, sewage service charge payable as hereinafter provided and in the amount determined by the City Council.
(1) To help pay for the reserve capacity of the 1984 sewer improvement, each new sewer hookup will be charged and collected through Utility Billing procedures, $150 for each 5,000 cubic feet of water or portion of water used based on the first quarter usage. In addition, industries contributing effluent stronger than normal residential sewage will be charged in accordance with their design flow, BOD, and SS, as adopted at the time the city can determine the normal water usage of the dwelling or industry. The property owner will receive a statement generated through the Utility Billing Clerk for the amount owed. The connection fee to be set by resolution of City Council.
(2) The city will bill customers for any equipment provided by the city to enable the customer to connect to the sewer systems, which is not otherwise assessed or billed to the customer. The Council may change or modify the amount of the charges set forth above by resolution.
(B) The City Manager shall compute the amount due the city for sewage charges and render a statement thereof, either monthly or quarterly, as directed by the City Council, to the owner or occupant of any premises served, or to both. All amounts due hereunder shall be payable at the office of the City Manager.
(C) Any charges levied by and pursuant to this section and which has been properly billed to the occupant of any premises served, and not paid, may be recovered in a civil action by the city in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(D) The funds received from the collection of the charges or rentals authorized by this section shall be deposited, as collected, in a fund to be known as the Sewer Fund, and shall be disbursed:
(1) To meet the costs of operating and maintaining the sewage disposal plant and facilities.
(2) To be applied to capital charges represented by bonds or certificates of indebtedness.
(3) For the reasonable requirements of replacement and obsolescence.
(Ord. 62, passed 12-4-39; Am. Ord. 74, passed 9-21-53; Am. Ord. 93, passed 3-14-66; Am. Ord. 111, passed 4-12-76; Am. Ord. 119, passed 11-10-80; Am. Ord. 124, passed 3-12-84; Am. Ord. 125, passed 1-14-85; Am. Ord. 133, passed 1-9-89; Am. Ord. 197, passed 1-13-97)
DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE
(A) In cases where, and in the opinion of the approving authority, the character or the wastewater from any manufacturing or industrial plant building or other premises is such that it will damage the system or cannot be treated satisfactorily in the system, the approving authority shall have the right to require such user to dispose of such waste otherwise and prevent it from entering the city system.
(B) No person shall discharge any unpolluted industrial water to the sanitary sewer system without the approval of the approving authority.
(C) Except in quantities or concentrations or with provisions as stipulated herein, it shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, or individual to discharge waters or wastes to the sanitary sewer containing:
(1) Free or emulsified oil and grease exceeding on analysis an average of 100 parts per million (834 pounds per million gallons) of either, both, or combinations of free or emulsified oil and grease if, in the opinion of the approving authority, it appears probable that such wastes:
(a) Can deposit grease or oil in the sewer line in such manner to clog the sewers.
(b) Are not amenable to bacterial action and will therefore pass to the receiving waters without being affected by normal wastewater treatment processes.
(c) Can have deleterious effects on the treatment process.
(Ord. 113, passed 10-13-76) Penalty, see § 10.99
Within 90 days after passage of this chapter, any person desiring to deposit or discharge any industrial waste mixture into the sewers of the city or any sewer connected therewith, shall make written application to the approving authority.
(Ord. 113, passed 10-13-76)
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