Sec. 24-32. Enforcement.

   (a)   A basic penalty charge of ten (10) percent of the unpaid balance, or five dollars ($5.00), whichever is greater, may be added to any user fee payment that is delinquent. Interest at the rate of one-half (0.5) percent per month shall accrue on the sum of delinquent payments and penalty charges, compounded monthly.

   (b)   When a user fee payment has been delinquent for more than sixty (60) days, a written notice may be sent to the address listed for such account stating the total amount of delinquent payments and penalty charges then due and the period of time for which the payment has been delinquent.

   (c)   If the delinquent payments and penalty charges are not paid within ten (10) working days from the date of the delinquency notice, the director or his agents may take appropriate steps to ensure that the sewer connection giving rise to the delinquency is no longer utilized until the delinquency is paid.

(Ord. No. 4376, § 2, 9-2-75; Ord. No. 4527, § 16, 6-28-76)

Secs. 24-33--24-39. Reserved.

ARTICLE IV. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTROL AND INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY PROGRAM

Sec. 24-40. Definitions of terms.

In addition to the definitions contained in sections 24-1 and 24-20, the following definitions shall apply:

   Sec. 24-40(1). Excessive peak flows means peak flow rates which are greater than four (4.0) times the average twenty-four-hour flow or two and five tenths (2.5) times the average flow during the greatest eight-hour flow period in the day.

   Sec. 24-40(2). Incompatible wastes means all wastes except those which the wastewater treatment plant is specifically designed to remove. Pollutants other than suspended solids, COD and pH are considered incompatible.

   Sec. 24-40(3). Industrial user means any user of publicly owned treatment works identified with Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions:

   (a)   Division A--Agriculture, forestry and fishing;

   (b)   Division B--Mining;

   (c)   Division D--Manufacturing;

   (d)   Division E--Transportation, communications, electric, gas and sanitary services;

   (e)   Division I--Services.

   Sec. 24-40(4). Major industrial user means any industrial user with a wastewater discharge equal or exceeding a rate of fifty thousand (50,000) gallons per day for a duration of thirty (30) minutes, or twenty thousand (20,000) gallons per day for any twenty-four-hour period.

   Sec. 24-40(5). Minor industrial user means any industrial user discharging less than a major industrial user.

   Sec. 24-40(6). Permit means industrial discharge permit unless otherwise noted, or if spelled with a lower-case "p".

   Sec. 24-40(7). Trade secrets shall include, but not be limited to, process, tool, mechanism, compound, procedure, production data, or compilation of information which is not patented, which is known only to certain individuals within a commercial concern who are using it to fabricate, produce or compound an article of trade or a service having commercial value, and which gives its user an opportunity to obtain a business advantage over competitors who do not know or use it.

(Ord. No. 4672, § 5, 6-20-77)

Sec. 24-41. Rules and regulations.

All rules, regulations, guidelines and charges adopted in conjunction with administration of this article shall be in writing; and a copy shall be filed in the office of the city clerk.

(Ord. No. 4672, § 5, 6-20-77)