(a) Before the General Manager approves the issuance or amendment of any rule or regulation, the General Manager shall provide a 30-day public comment period by providing published notice in an official newspaper of general circulation in the City and County of San Francisco of the intent to issue or amend the rule or regulation. The notice shall state the date, time and place of a public hearing at which the General Manager will take public comment on the proposed rule or regulation.
(b) At the conclusion of the public hearing, the General Manager may take any action consistent with this Article and other applicable law.
(c) Subject to the requirements of this Section, the General Manager is authorized to:
(1) Adopt or amend concentrations of wastewater constituents for the purpose of assessing sewer service charges for any discharger not required to sample and analyze its wastewater.
(2) Adopt or amend any local discharge limitations, rules or regulations required by law or deemed necessary by the General Manager to achieve the purposes of this Article.
(Added by Ord. 19-92, App. 1/23/92; amended by Ord. 116-97, App. 3/28/97)