It is the purpose of this article to provide for the recovery of costs from users of the public sewer for the implementation of the program established in this chapter.
(Ord. 4683 § 1, 2008)
A. 
Costs incurred by the city as a result of required on-site sampling and analysis shall be reimbursed to the city by the owner, user or FOG DWP permittee.
B. 
The city may adopt other fees as the city may deem necessary to carry out the requirements of this chapter. Fees shall be as established by resolution adopted by the city council, as amended from time to time.
(Ord. 4683 § 1, 2008; Ord. 5800 § 38, 2017)
Any FSE that operates without a grease control interceptor or a grease trap may be required to pay an annual grease disposal mitigation fee to equitably cover the costs of increased maintenance of the public sewer as a result of the FSE's inability to adequately remove FOG from its wastewater discharge. This section shall not be interpreted to allow new construction or an existing FSE undergoing remodeling and/or a change in operations to operate without an approved grease interceptor or a grease trap unless the director has determined that it is impossible or impracticable to install and/or operate a grease control interceptor or a grease trap for the subject facility under the provisions of Section 14.14.130 of this chapter.
A. 
The grease disposal mitigation fee shall be established annually by the director, and shall be based on the estimated annual increased cost of maintaining the public sewer for inspection and removal of FOG and other viscous or solidifying agents attributable to the FSE resulting from the lack of a grease interceptor and/or a grease trap.
B. 
The grease disposal mitigation fee may be waived or reduced, not more frequently than annually, when the discharger demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the director that the discharger has used BMPs and waste minimization practices on a regular basis that have significantly reduced the introduction of FOG into the public sewer.
C. 
The grease disposal mitigation fee may not be waived or reduced when the FSE does not comply with the minimum requirements of this chapter and/or its discharge into the public sewer in the preceding 12 months has caused or potentially caused or contributed, alone or collectively, sewer blockage or SSOs in the sewer downstream, or in the area surrounding the FSE, in the 12 months prior to the waiver request.
(Ord. 4683 § 1, 2008)