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Charges Established by Ordinance. Storm drainage fees are hereby established for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation, maintenance and repair of the City's storm drainage facilities, in the amounts set forth below. The City Council finds that the amount of each fee set forth below is reasonable, fair and equitable and that, in fixing such fees, it has taken into account, among other things, the relative burdens placed on the system and the benefits received therefrom. Those land areas which have run-off characteristics that significantly differ from those established under the following categories will be reviewed on a case by case basis and assigned assessment units (AU) by the Director of Public Works.
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Category 1. This category includes single-family residential and small multifamily residential properties up to four units. Each unit in this category is charged the same flat fee of 48 cents per month.
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Category 2. This category includes multifamily units with more than four units. A monthly flat fee of 26 cents per unit is assessed against all units within a complex, except the first four units which are assessed 48 cents each. This is done to minimize unfair assessments between fourplex units and small apartment complexes. A per unit fee can be calculated by distributing the total cost for the entire complex to each unit.
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Category 3. This category includes all commercial and industrial properties, hospitals and churches. Each property will be assessed $3.77 per acre.
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Category 4. This category includes public schools. Each property will be assessed $2.96 per acre.
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Category 5. This category includes open space, undeveloped land and agriculture. These properties will not be charged a user fee since storm runoff is expected to be minimal for these classes of land use.
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Limited Use of Revenues. The revenues raised by payment of the storm drainage services and facilities fees shall be used solely for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation, maintenance and repair of storm drainage facilities.
(Prior code § 23C-5-1)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to connect to, construct, install or provide, maintain and use any other means of sewage disposal from any building in the City except by connection to a public sewer in the manner as in this chapter provided.
(Prior code § 23C-6-1)
The City Council, in exceptional circumstances, may permit a person to continue to use or construct a septic system which meets the satisfaction of the City Engineer and the County health officer and reasonable conditions, including payment of fees for inspection and the like, may be imposed.
(Prior code § 23C-6-2)
No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the City and paying all fees and connection charges of the City.
(Prior code § 23C-6-3)
Permits shall be issued only to contractors as said contractors are defined in Section 13.04.030 of this title. Applicants for sewer permits shall provide plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City.
(Prior code § 23C-6-4)
The application for a permit for public sewer construction shall be accompanied by three complete sets of plans, profiles and specifications, complying with all applicable ordinances, rules and regulations of the City, prepared by a registered civil engineer showing all details of the proposed work based on an accurate survey of the ground. The application, together with the plans, profiles and specifications shall be examined by the City which shall within 20 days approve them as filed or require them to be modified as it deems necessary for proper installation. Upon determination by the City that submitted plans and specifications sufficiently reflect proper work and procedures, the City shall issue a permit. The permit shall prescribe such terms and conditions as the City Engineer finds necessary in the public interest.
(Prior code § 23C-6-5)
All costs and expense incident to the construction, installation and connection of the building shall be borne by the owner. Upon request of the owner, the City may agree to install, using City personnel, a sewer service lateral connecting the owner's premises to the City sewers. A schedule of the fees charged for such work shall be established by resolution by the City Council, said fees not to exceed a reasonable estimate of the actual costs incurred by the City. The acceptance of any permit shall constitute an agreement by the contractor to comply with the provisions, terms, and requirements of this chapter and other ordinances, rules and regulations of the City. The owner and contractor shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer including the negligent or unlawful act of any person installing or maintaining the building sewer.
(Prior code § 23C-6-6)
A. 
Design and Construction Standards. Minimum standards for the design and construction of public building sewers within the City shall be in accordance with the City standard specifications and the latest revision of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by the City. The engineer with the consent of the City Council, may permit modifications or may require higher standards where unusual conditions are encountered. Two complete sets of "as-built" drawings showing the actual location of all mains, structures, wyes, tees, and laterals shall be filed with the City before final acceptance of the work.
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Sewer Too Low. In all buildings in which a building sewer is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building sewer shall be lifted by artificial means, approved by the City and discharged to the public sewer, all at the expense of the owner.
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Drainage into Sanitary Sewers Prohibited. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, area way drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
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Completion of Sewer Required. Before any acceptance of the sewer line by the City and prior to the admission of sewage into the system, the sewer line shall be tested and shall be complete and in full compliance with all requirements of the City's specifications and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
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Notification. The applicant for a building sewer permit shall notify the Director of Community Development when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the engineer or his or her representative. Any damage to the public sewer shall be repaired at the cost of the applicant to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
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Protection of Public. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City.
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Easements of Rights-of-Way. In the event that an easement is required to extend the public sewer or to make a connection, the applicant shall procure for and have accepted by the City, a proper easement or grant of right-of-way having a minimum width of 10 feet and sufficient to allow the construction and maintenance of such sewer, extension or connection.
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Maintenance of Building Sewer. Building sewers shall be maintained by the owner of the property served thereby, but the City shall maintain that portion of the building sewer extending from the City sewer to the property line or curb line of the property served.
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Compliance with Local Regulations. Any person constructing a sewer within a street shall comply with all State and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to the cutting of pavement, opening, barricading, lighting and protection of trenches, backfilling and repaving thereof and shall obtain all permits and pay all fees required by the agency having jurisdiction prior to the issuance of a permit by the City.
(Prior code § 23C-6-7)
It is unlawful for any person to maliciously or wilfully break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the City sewer system.
(Prior code § 23C-6-10)
Prior to connection to the sewer each person making such request shall pay a sewer connection charge for an initial connection of his or her premises to the City sewer system. The amount of the charge shall be fixed by resolution of the City Council which, among other things, may take into account the length and size of the connection pipe and the depth of the main sewer to be connected and provide for varying charges in accordance with the relative right, difficulty or cost to connect.
(Prior code § 23C-6-11)
A. 
Charges Established by Resolution. The City Council shall fix by resolution the rates for the use of the City sewer system. The resolution, among other things, may take into account water consumption and may classify or define various kinds of sewage in accordance with the relative effects upon the operation of the sewerage system, and provide for varying charges in accordance with the relative difficulty or cost to the City of acceptance in treatment thereof. Users inside the City limits may be charged different rates than users outside of the City limits so long as such rates are reasonable. The failure to pay any charge established by resolution adopted pursuant to this chapter, or by this chapter, shall constitute violation of the provisions of this chapter.
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Wastewater Volume Determination. When charges and fees are based upon water usage, the total amount of water used from all sources will be used to determine the charges and fees unless, in the opinion of the City, significant portions of water received are not discharged into the sewage system. The total amount of water used from public and private sources will be determined by means of a meter. The City may require the user to install a sewer meter of a type and at a location approved by the City to measure the amount of sewage discharged if City believes user is discharging sewage in excess of the amounts indicated by the water meter.
(Prior code § 23C-6-12)
A. 
City Personnel Responsible for Enforcement. The engineer is hereby charged with the enforcement of all provisions of this chapter, except collection, subject to the control and direction of the City Manager.
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Disconnection for Violations. In the event of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any rule or regulation established thereunder, or any condition of any permit issued pursuant to this chapter by the engineer, the engineer shall notify in writing the person causing, allowing or permitting such violation, specify the violation and if applicable, the time after which (upon the failure of such person to prevent or rectify the violation) the engineer shall have authority to disconnect, or will disconnect, the user from the water system and/or the sewage system service, provided that such time shall not be less than three days after the mailing of notice in writing to the user so in violation. The engineer may disconnect any user from the sewage system and/or water system who continues such violation after the time stated in the notice. Nothing in this section will prevent the engineer from discontinuing any user in case of emergency, or when discharges present an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, to the environment, causes interference to the sewage treatment plant or causes the City to violate any condition of its NPDES permit.
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Disconnection Caused by Delinquent Payment. Whenever premises have been disconnected from either the water system or sewage system for the nonpayment of sewer service charges, such premises shall not be reconnected to either the water system or the sewer system until such charges have been paid together with charges for disconnection and reconnection.
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Public Nuisance. Discharge of waste in violation of this chapter or of any order issued by the engineer is hereby declared a public nuisance and shall be corrected or abated as directed by the engineer.
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Damage to Facilities. When a discharge of waste causes an obstruction, damage, or any other impairment to City facilities, the City may assess a charge against the user, property owner, or person violating this chapter, for the work required to clean or repair the facility and add such charge to the user's sewer service charge.
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Correction of Violations; Collection of Costs Injunction. In order to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the City may correct any violation hereof. The cost of such correction, including attorney's fees, may be added to any sewer service charge payable by the person violating the article of the property upon which the violation occurred, and the City shall have such remedies for the collection of such costs as it has for the collection of sewer service charges. The City may also petition the Superior Court for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction or both, as may be appropriate, restraining any person from the continued violation of this chapter.
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Civil Liabilities and Penalties. Any person who intentionally or negligently violates any provision of this chapter, requirements, or conditions set forth in permits duly issued, or who discharges waste which causes pollution, or exceeds effluent limitations, national standards of performance, pretreatment or toxicity standards, shall be liable civilly to liabilities imposed by the City against which the violation occurs. Said civil liability may be in the sum of not less than $100.00 nor more than $10,000.00 for each day in which such violation occurs or continues. The City may petition the Superior Court to enforce and recover such sums. In determining such amount, the City shall take into consideration all relevant circumstances, including, but not limited to, the extent of harm caused by the violation, the nature and persistence of the violation, the length of time over which the violation occurs, corrective action, if any, and fines and penalties imposed on the City by other agencies.
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Falsifying of Information. No person shall knowingly make any false statement, representation, record, report, plan or other document filed with, or to be filed with or taken by the City.
(Prior code § 23C-6-15)