A. 
It is unlawful for any person to discharge nondomestic wastewater into the sanitary sewer system without first obtaining a permit from the Authority. A permit must be obtained by existing nondomestic wastewater dischargers within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. Any person proposing to discharge nondomestic wastewater must obtain a permit from the Authority prior to discharge of nondomestic wastewater into the sanitary sewer system.
B. 
The agency shall require all applicants for other than a residential connection permit to complete a NDWSCP permit application form and provide a copy to the manager. If the manager determines that a permit is required, the applicant must obtain a permit from the Authority and show proof of such permit to the agency prior to the issuance of a sewer connection permit.
C. 
Permits required or authorized pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be subject to reasonable fees and conditions determined necessary or appropriate by the Authority and the agency in order to carry out the provisions of, and ensure compliance with, this chapter, or of any other requirements of law. No such permit shall be issued by the Authority until all applicable fees and charges established pursuant to this chapter have been paid.
D. 
Fees shall include a nonrefundable permit application fee and, if necessary, a permit application review deposit fee. The permit application review deposit fee will be based on services to be rendered in implementing the permit. Such services are identified in Section 13.52.250. Part or all of the permit application review deposit fee may be refunded to the applicant if some or all of the services considered in establishing the deposit fee are not performed. The amount of deposit may be increased if additional services are required by the Authority or the agency to implement the permit.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
A. 
A written application for a permit must be completed by:
1. 
Any industrial discharger and any person proposing to discharge industrial waste;
2. 
Any residential or commercial discharger discharging wastewater which may exceed the domestic wastewater maximum allowable concentration limits or which may be prohibited waste, as defined in Article II of this chapter, and any person proposing to do so.
3. 
All applicants for a nonresidential sewer connection permit.
B. 
In the case of residential and commercial dischargers, this application will be used to determine if the discharger is a domestic source or a nondomestic source, as defined in this chapter. (Industrial dischargers are, by definition, nondomestic sources).
C. 
The application shall be in writing in such form as the manager shall require, shall be submitted to the manager, and shall set forth the following:
1. 
The name and address of the applicant;
2. 
The name and address of the discharging facility including the name of the operator and owners;
3. 
The name and address of the property owner, if other than the owner of the discharging facility;
4. 
List of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility;
5. 
A brief description of the nature, average rate of production and standard industrial classification of the operation(s) carried out by the discharger;
6. 
Flow measurement showing the average daily and maximum daily flow from each process stream;
7. 
Wastewater constituents and characteristics, including, but not limited to, those categories thereof described in Article II of this chapter, the presence and amount of which shall be determined by a state-approved laboratory competent to test and describe such constituents and characteristics, and approved by the manager;
8. 
The time, duration and volume of the proposed wastewater discharge;
9. 
The average and daily peak wastewater flow rates proposed to be discharged, including weekly, monthly and seasonal variations, if any;
10. 
The numbers of employees per shift and shift schedules;
11. 
Hours of operation;
12. 
Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, in detail necessary or appropriate to show and to describe all sewers and appurtenances by size, location and elevation;
13. 
A description of the activities, facilities and plant processes conducted, or proposed to be conducted on the premises, including, but not necessarily limited to, all materials manufactured, fabricated or processed, and the types of materials which are or could be discharged into the sanitary sewer system;
14. 
Identification of permitted discharge standards applicable to each process and type of product;
15. 
A statement, reviewed by an authorized representative of the discharger and certified to be a qualified professional in the field of wastewater pretreatment, indicating whether permitted standards are being met on a consistent basis, and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O and M) and/or additional pretreatment is required for the discharger to meet the permitted discharge standards and requirements;
16. 
If additional pretreatment and/or O and M will be required to meet the permitted discharge standards, the schedule by which the industrial discharger will provide such additional pretreatment and/or O and M. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable permitted discharge standard;
17. 
Such other information deemed necessary by the manager to determine the effect upon the sanitary sewer system of the proposed discharge or activities related thereto, or otherwise reasonably necessary to enable the manager to carry out the provisions of this chapter or any other requirements of law.
D. 
Upon evaluation and approval of all pertinent data and information, the manager shall determine whether or not the applicant is a nondomestic source. If the applicant is determined to be a nondomestic source, the manager shall issue a permit, subject to terms and conditions required or authorized under the provisions set out in this chapter. The agency shall be notified of all permits issued.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
A. 
Permits authorized under this article shall be subject to all provisions and requirements set out in this chapter, and to all other requirements of law.
B. 
Permits authorized under this article may include any or all of the following:
1. 
The allowable average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics thereof permitted to be discharged into the sanitary sewer system (the permitted discharge standards);
2. 
Limitations upon time and rate of wastewater discharge, or requirements for flow regulations and equalization thereof;
3. 
Requirements for the installation and maintenance of inspection, sampling or testing facilities;
4. 
Pretreatment requirements, including device specifications and maintenance schedule;
5. 
Specifications for monitoring programs which may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, sampling locations, frequency and method of sampling, number, types and standards for tests, and reporting schedule;
6. 
Requirements for submission of wastewater discharge reports;
7. 
Requirements for maintaining plant records relating to the wastewater discharge as specified by the manager, and providing for access of the manager thereto; provisions that such records shall be made available for copying and inspection;
8. 
The mean and maximum mass emission rates, or other appropriate limits when incompatible pollutants are proposed to be discharged into, or are present in, the discharger's wastewater discharge;
9. 
Compliance schedules;
10. 
Requirements for notifying the manager of any new introduction of wastewater constituents or any substantial change in the volume or character of the wastewater constituents being introduced into the wastewater stream;
11. 
Requirements and plans for protection against accidental discharge;
12. 
Requirements for notification of accidental discharge;
13. 
Requirements for notification of change of any information applicable to the permit or permit application;
14. 
Such other conditions, requirements or provisions deemed appropriate by the manager to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter or other requirements of law.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
A. 
A permit authorized under this article shall be effective for the period described therein, but, in any event, for no longer than three years. Such period described in the permit may be for a term less than a year, may be expressed in years or may be stated to expire on a specific date.
B. 
A permit shall expire at twelve midnight of the last day of the term specified in the permit, unless the manager gives written notice to the permittee of the termination thereof on an earlier date, in which case a new permit shall be required subject to the provisions of this chapter. Issuance of a new permit will be subject to a permit renewal fee.
C. 
A permittee shall notify the manager in the event of any change in the information previously supplied on the permit application form. In the event any such change could alter the permittee's quality or quantity of discharge, the permittee shall notify the manager in writing of such proposed change or changes at least thirty days prior to the making of such change or changes. Failure to do so shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
D. 
Every permit shall be subject to modification, amendment or other change by Authority during the term thereof, as determined necessary by the manager, in order to obtain compliance by the discharger with the requirements of this chapter, or other requirements of law. To the extent practicable, the manager shall give written notice to a permittee of any proposed modifications, changes or amendments to the discharger's permit not less than thirty days prior to the effective date of such change, modification or amendment. To the extent reasonably necessary or appropriate, the manager may specify a time schedule for compliance with any new conditions, provisions or requirements established by modification, change or other amendment to a permit.
E. 
Permittees must retain all records and documentation pertinent to permit monitoring, sampling, etc., for no less than five years.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
A. 
A permit shall be personal to each permittee, and shall relate only to the use or operation described therein.
B. 
No person shall, and it shall be unlawful to, assign, reassign, transfer, sell, lease, sublet or otherwise transfer a permit, or any interest therein, to any person other than the permittee, or to use, cause to be used or permit to be used, such permit in connection with a different premises, a different operation than that specified in such permit or a new expanded, modified operation.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
The manager may refuse to issue a permit if any one or more of the following conditions exist:
A. 
The application is not accompanied by the appropriate fee;
B. 
The application for a permit contains misleading or false information;
C. 
The issuance of the permit would result in the endangerment of public health or safety;
D. 
The issuance of the permit would cause the Authority to violate any permit conditions or regulations of the state and/or federal government;
E. 
The applicant has not provided sufficient safeguards to prevent accidental discharge to the sanitary sewer system.
F. 
If the manager refuses to issue a permit, Authority shall notify the applicant and agency and set forth the reasons for such refusal.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
Upon a determination by the manager that such information is necessary or appropriate in order to reasonably carry out the provisions of this chapter, the manager may require that any person, other than a domestic discharger, discharging, causing to be discharged, permitting to be discharged or proposing to discharge wastewater into the sanitary sewer system shall file a periodic discharge report, the cost of which shall be borne by such person. Such report may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, information relating to the nature of manufacturing, fabricating or other processes, fresh or nonwastewater volumes, wastewater volumes, rates of flow, mass emission rates, production quantities, hours of operation, number and classification of employees or other information relating to the generation of waste, including wastewater constituents and characteristics, of the pertinent wastewater discharge. The manager may also require that such reports include the chemical constituents and quantity of liquid or gaseous materials stored on the premises relating to such discharge, even though such materials are not normally discharged into, or become a part of the wastewater in, the sanitary sewer system. Such reports shall be in addition to self-monitoring reports required by regulatory agencies other than the Authority or the agency. The reports authorized and required under this section shall be filed with the manager at periods specified in the issued permit.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
A. 
Every discharger shall provide protective measures against accidental or unauthorized discharges into the sanitary sewer system of those prohibited wastes, wastewater constituents or characteristics, or volumes set forth in Article II of this chapter, or as may be otherwise set forth in any permit issued pursuant to this chapter. Such measures shall consist of operational or other procedures and/or facilities as determined reasonably necessary or appropriate by the manager. All costs of such measures shall be borne by the discharger.
B. 
The manager may specify standard procedures and/or facilities for each classification of discharger, and, to the extent so specified, the manager is authorized and directed to require the institution and use of such procedures, and the installation and construction of such facilities for each such classification. Alternatively, the manager may require any discharger to propose such procedures and/or facilities, which proposals shall be submitted to the manager for review, with such supporting plans, specifications, data, explanations or other matters as may reasonably be required by the manager in order to ascertain the effectiveness of the procedures and/or facilities proposed. The manager may require such revisions, amendments, modifications or other changes to such proposals, or approval, or reject the same, as the manager deems reasonably necessary or appropriate in order that such proposals ensure protection against accidental or unauthorized discharge.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
A. 
All information and data furnished by, or regarding the operations of, a discharger obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits, monitoring programs, inspections or from other sources provided or required under the provisions of this chapter shall be available to the public or other governmental agencies without restriction unless the discharger requests in writing that such information be maintained confidential, and establishes to the satisfaction of the manager that the disclosure of the information to other persons would result in unfair competitive disadvantage to the discharger, provided, however, that in no event shall wastewater constituents, characteristics or volumes be deemed confidential information.
B. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, information approved by the manager as confidential shall be available for use by the agency, Authority, the state, the federal government or any agency of such entities, in connection with enforcement proceedings, or any judicial proceedings to which the discharger is a party. Subject to the foregoing, information accepted by the manager as confidential shall not be transmitted to the general public, or to any governmental agency, until and unless prior written notification is given to the discharger.
C. 
The manager shall quarterly publish in the newspaper a list of the dischargers which were in significant violation or significant noncompliance with any pretreatment requirements or standards during the three previous months. The notification may also summarize any enforcement action taken against the discharger(s) during the same three months.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, Authority may enter into an agreement, and recover costs relating thereto, with any discharger, relating to treatment, pretreatment or other matters in furtherance of the provisions and purposes of this chapter, when unique, unusual or extraordinary circumstances require such special agreement; provided, however, that no such agreement shall authorize an extension of the final dates for compliance with required federal standards or waive such standards. All special agreements Authority enters into shall be authorized by the agency.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
The agency and/or Authority, shall, by resolution, establish a uniform schedule of fees and a method of establishing an estimated deposit to be imposed upon and collected from applicants or dischargers to defray the costs of processing and issuing permits hereunder, and the costs of the following services:
A. 
Permit application review (Section 13.52.160);
B. 
Pretreatment device review (Section 13.52.300);
C. 
Grease trap/grease interceptor review (Section 13.52.310);
D. 
Review of proposals for protection against accidental discharges (Section 13.52.220);
E. 
Determination and approval of use of metered wastewater volumes (Section 13.52.320(B));
F. 
Determination and approval of use of estimated wastewater volumes (Section 13.62.320(C));
G. 
Special agreements (Section 13.52.240);
H. 
Such other services as are required to be performed to implement permit;
I. 
Such services as are required to be performed to insure that any terms and conditions in a permit have been complied with, including, but not limited to, monitoring, inspections, sampling and administration;
J. 
Permit renewal fee.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
Fees imposed by the Authority and/or agency's resolution shall be collected by Authority and the agency by any means available to them. Authority and the agency may collect such fees through the county property tax rolls pursuant to Section 5473 of the Health and Safety Code of the state of California.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
Fees which are not paid when due shall be assessed a penalty for delinquent payment as follows:
A. 
A basic penalty of ten percent of the delinquent charges shall be assessed.
B. 
A penalty of one and one-half percent per month of the delinquent charges and unpaid basic penalty shall be assessed.
C. 
In addition to subsections A and B of this section, the discharger may be subject to the additional enforcement action as identified in Article V of this chapter.
Penalties as described above will not be assessed if fees are collected through the county property tax rolls.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)