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(A) There shall be established the following funds into which the sewer charges, as levied herein, shall be distributed.
(1) Sewer System Operations, Maintenance and Capital Outlay Fund. The Sewer System Operations, Maintenance and Capital Outlay Fund shall be used exclusively for debt service, operational expenses and equipment replacement expenses associated with the provision of sewer system services.
(2) Renewal and Replacement Fund. The Sewer System Renewal and Replacement Fund shall be used as follows:
(a) To fund any budget shortages in the Sewer System Operations, Maintenance and Capital Outlay Fund; and
(b) Funds collected in the Renewal and Replacement Fund in excess of 1.25 times the annual system debt service and operation and maintenance costs shall be utilized within the system as deemed appropriate by the Council on recommendation by the Town Manager and the Department.
(3) Sewer System Users Deposit Fund. The sewer system users deposits shall be utilized exclusively for the purpose of temporarily paying a customer’s delinquent fees.
(B) The distribution of sewer charges shall be as follows:
(1) Sewer system capacity charges. All sewer system capacity fees (connection fees) will be deposited in the Renewal and Replacement Fund.
(2) Sewer system user charges. Sewer user fees shall be allocated to the Sewer System Operations and Capital Outlay Fund.
(3) Sewer system user deposits. One hundred percent of the Sewer User Deposit Fund shall be used to assure payment of monthly users fees by customer, as follows:
(a) If a customer is delinquent (see § 52.47 of this chapter) in paying his, her or their monthly user fee, then the Department may utilize a portion of that user’s deposit to bring the account current.
(b) The customer will be considered delinquent until the deposit is returned to the full amount.
(c) If a customer in good standing is disconnected and/or sells their property, the total amount of the deposit will be refunded upon written request.
(4) Special assessments.
(a) Special assessments shall be utilized in accordance with the agreement between the Wastewater Department and the customer.
(b) Additional connection applications shall not be accepted after the plant reached calculated design capacity without review and approval by Department confirming that actual maximum measured flow and treatment capacity does not exceed design capacity.
(Prior Code, § 16-2-2) (Res. 01-06, passed - -2001; Ord. 09-36, passed - -2009; Ord. 18-02, passed 5-8-2018)
INDUSTRIAL USER REQUIREMENTS
(A) Industrial users shall be required to pay a user fee.
(B) The actual rates and categories shall be set by resolution which shall be amended from time to time.
(C) The rate will be established in compliance with the public hearing requirements of A.R.S. § 9-511.01.
(Prior Code, § 16-2-3)
(A) An industrial user shall make application for a permit on a form provided by the Department.
(B) The application will not be accepted unless the fee is paid.
(C) An applicant, upon compliance with the terms and conditions established by this code for the issuance of industrial wastewater discharge permits and upon payment of established fees, shall be issued an industrial wastewater discharge permit which shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance.
(D) An applicant, upon continued compliance with the terms and conditions discharge permits, shall file an application for renewal of an industrial wastewater discharge permit, shall pay the town the appropriate renewal fees and shall be issued a renewed industrial wastewater discharge permit which shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance of the renewal.
(E) An applicant seeking an industrial wastewater discharge permit must submit, as part of its application, the results of an analysis, compliance with standard methods, as that term is herein defined, and conducted by a professional testing laboratory acceptable to the Department of a grab sample or a daily composite sample, as those terms are defined herein, of the effluent discharge from the applicant’s plant.
(F) An applicant shall submit, as part of its application for a permit, a discharge report which must include, but not be limited to, nature of process, volume, rates of flow, production quantities or any other information that is relevant to the generation of waste, including substances and concentrations in the wastewater discharge.
(G) An applicant shall, as part if its application for a permit, submit a plat showing location and size of on-site sewers, sampling points, pretreatment facilities, sewers and any other pertinent details.
(H) An applicant shall, as part of its application for a permit, list each product reproduced by type, amount and rate of production and the chemical components and quantity of liquid or gaseous materials stored on site, even though they may not normally be discharged into the sewer system.
(I) In the event a producer of industrial waste who is authorized to make a connection to the sewer for industrial waste disposal under the provisions hereof, is sold, leased or whose operation is assumed or taken over by another person other than that named in the permit, a new application for permit shall be made by the new owner, lessee or operator. No permit issued under the provisions hereof shall be assignable, and a violation of this provision shall be grounds for summary suspension or revocation of such permit by the Wastewater Treatment Department.
(J) It shall be a condition of the permit that the Department may at any time test any of the wastes being discharged by the company or plant for quality or quantity. A duly authorized Department representative may enter the permittee’s premises at any time during business or operation hours for the purpose of inspecting plant operations to estimate quality and quantity of wastes, as defined herein.
(K) It shall be a condition of a permit that the permittee will install facilities (sampling well) at the permittee’s expense for the purpose of the Wastewater Department’s representative inspecting, observing and sampling representative flows.
(L) It shall be a condition of the permit that periodic reports, hereinafter set forth or as required by the Department, be submitted to the Department.
(M) Issuance of an industrial wastewater discharge permit shall not release the permit holder from the obligation to comply with all other provisions of this section.
(N) The Department shall change the conditions of any permit from time to time as circumstances, laws or regulations enacted by the state or federal government may require.
(Prior Code, § 16-2-3)
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