[Ord. No. 679 § 1(part), 1976; Ord. No. 1252-18 § 5.]
Each significant industrial user or other user with a discharge equivalent to that of a significant industrial user, must obtain a waste discharge permit before connecting to or discharging into the sewage system.
Significant industrial users must obtain a waste discharge permit. Applicants shall complete and file with the Director an application in the form prescribed by the Director and accompanied by the applicable fees. The applicant may be required to submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
(a) 
Name, address, and SIC number of applicant;
(b) 
Volume of wastewater to be discharged;
(c) 
Waste constituents and characteristics;
(d) 
Time and duration of discharge;
(e) 
Average and thirty-minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations if any;
(f) 
Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers and appurtenances by size, location and elevation;
(g) 
Description of activities, facilities and plant process on the premises including all materials, processes and types of substances which are or could be discharged;
(h) 
Schedule of production for each product produced or processed;
(i) 
Shift schedule and number of persons, hours per shift and type work performed on each shift;
(j) 
Any other information as may be deemed by the Director to be necessary to evaluate the data furnished by the user. The Director may require additional information he deems appropriate or necessary. After evaluation and approval of all the data required, the Director may issue a waste discharge permit subject to terms and conditions provided in this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part), 1976.; Ord. No. 1252-18 § 6.]
Waste discharge permits shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter and all other ordinances, regulations, charges and fees established by the city. The conditions of waste discharge permits shall be uniformly enforced by the director in accordance with this chapter and applicable state and federal regulations and may include the following:
(a) 
The average and maximum water constituents and characteristics permitted;
(b) 
Limits on rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulations and equalization;
(c) 
Requirements for installation of inspection and sampling facilities;
(d) 
Pretreatment requirements;
(e) 
Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency and method of sampling, number, types and standards for tests and reporting schedule;
(f) 
Requirements for submission of technical reports;
(g) 
Requirements for maintaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the city, and affording city access thereto;
(h) 
Mean and maximum mass emission rates, or other appropriate limits when incompatible pollutants are proposed or present in the user's waste discharge;
(i) 
Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the director to insure compliance with this chapter.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part), 1976.]
[Ord. No. 679, § l(part), 1976.]
Waste discharge permits shall be issued for a period of one year. The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modification and change by the city during the term of the permit. The user shall be informed in writing of any proposed changes in the permit at least thirty days prior to the effective date of change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part), 1976.]
Waste discharge permits are issued to a specific user for a specific operation and shall not be assigned, sold, or otherwise transferred to a different user, different premises, or a new or changed operation.
Any user who violates the conditions of the waste discharge permit, any provisions of this chapter, applicable state or federal regulations, or any of the following, is subject to having the permit revoked within five days after written notification from the director:
(a) 
Failure of a user to factually report the wastewater constituents and characteristics of his discharge;
(b) 
Failure of the user to report significant changes in operations, or wastewater constituents and characteristics; or,
(c) 
Refusal of, or failure to provide, reasonable access to the user's premises for the purpose of enforcing this chapter.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part), 1976.]
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part), 1976.]
All information and data on a user obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit application, permits and monitoring programs and from inspections shall be available to the public or any other governmental agency without restriction unless the user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the city that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods which would be detrimental to the user's competitive position.
When requested by the person furnishing a report, the portions of a report which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public but shall be made available to governmental agencies for use in making studies; provided, however, that such portions of the report shall be available for use by the state or any state agency in judicial review or enforcement proceeding, involving the person furnishing the report.