925.03. Promulgation of rules, regulations and standards.

   The Director of Public Utilities and the Director of Public Service are hereby authorized, directed and empowered to make, prescribe, promulgate, adopt and publish in the Toledo City Journal, and thereafter revise if required, rules, regulations and standards as referred to and provided for in this Title Three and consistent therewith as they deem necessary and proper for the effective administration, enforcement and implementation of the provisions of this Title Three, and for the efficient management and protection of the City's water and sewer works and of the health, welfare, safety and convenience of the residents of the City. In doing so, applicable State and Federal laws, rules, regulations and standards shall be given due consideration. The rules, regulations and standards promulgated hereunder, shall include but are not limited to, the following:

   (a)   Establishing schedules of fees and miscellaneous charges relating to:

      (1)   The administration by performance of the City of the provisions of this Title Three,

      (2)   High strength sewer surcharges,

      (3)   Sampling and testing of industrial wastes;

   (b)   Listing toxic pollutants;

   (c)   Limiting the discharge of specific pollutants;

   (d)   Creating categorical standards;

   (e)   The administration of water and sewer service accounts;

   (f)   Establish requirements for:

      (1)   Deposits,

      (2)   Collection of delinquent accounts,

      (3)   Write-off of uncollectible accounts,

      (4)   Suspension or termination of service, and

      (5)   The collecting, adjusting, rebating and refunding of water and/or sewer rates determined, computed and billed pursuant to this Title Three.

   The aforesaid rules, regulations and standards, upon publication, shall be incorporated herein by reference and made part hereof as if fully rewritten herein. Such rules, regulations and standards promulgated hereunder, shall have the force and effect of an ordinance and any violation of same shall be punishable as provided for in Section 945.99.

(Ord. 30-86. Passed 1-14-86.)

925.04. Director's authority to issue orders.

   The Director of Public Utilities and the Director of Public Service may demand compliance with any of the requirements outlined in this Title Three through the issuance of written orders, including, but not limited to the issuance of written orders to any industrial discharger for the purpose of obtaining compliance with applicable categorical pretreatment standards, other discharge limits, and reporting requirements.

(Ord. 30-86. Passed 1-14-86.)

925.05. Payment of application fees.

   Fees for licenses and permits provided for in this chapter and set forth in rules and regulations authorized by Section 925.03 shall be payable at the time such license and permits are issued.

(Ord. 30-86. Passed 1-14-86.)

925.06. Recovery of costs incurred by the City.

   Whoever causes any damage or any impairment of the water treatment and distribution system or the sewer treatment and collection system of the City shall be liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage caused by such damage or impairment. The Director of Public Utilities shall determine the amount of the charges resulting from the aforesaid expense, loss, damage or impairment. The imposition of civil liability under this section shall not preclude enforcement of appropriate criminal penalties provided for elsewhere in this Title Three.

(Ord. 30-86. Passed 1-14-86.)

925.07. False representations; altering devices; notification of defects.

   (a)   No person shall knowingly make or cause to be made a false or misleading written statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this Title Three.

   (b)   No person shall knowingly render inaccurate any metering or monitoring device or tamper with such device for the purpose of altering, in any way, the accurate recording or measuring of the flows, quantities or substances which such device is intended to record or measure.

   (c)   No person, having reasonable cause to believe that any metering or monitoring device, which is under his supervision or control is, as the result of some defect or damage, functioning improperly or inaccurately recording or measuring flows, quantities or substances, shall knowingly fail to notify the Department of Public Utilities of such malfunction within twenty-four hours of acquiring such knowledge or formulating such belief.

   (d)   Whoever violates subsections (a) and (b) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Whoever violates subsection (c) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(Ord. 30-86. Passed 1-14-86.)