(1) 
The director may adopt reasonable fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the city's pretreatment program.
(2) 
These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this chapter and are separate from all other rates or charges for sewer service; provided, that the city shall collect said charges in the same manner as other sewer utility rates are collected, including but not limited to the sewer lien procedures provided under Chapter 35.67 RCW.
(3) 
Fees may include:
(a) 
Fees for wastewater discharge authorizations, including the cost of processing the authorization applications, public noticing, issuing and administering the authorization, and reviewing monitoring reports submitted by users;
(b) 
Fees for modifying or transferring authorizations;
(c) 
Fees for monitoring, inspection, surveillance and enforcement procedures including the cost of collection and analyzing a user's discharge;
(d) 
Fees for reviewing and responding to accidental discharge procedures and construction;
(e) 
Fees for preparing and executing enforcement action;
(f) 
Fees for filing appeals;
(g) 
Fees for high strength waste and industrial process flow; and
(h) 
Other fees as the city may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein.
(4) 
All fees or charges will be collected by direct billing. Unless the director has been made aware of extenuating circumstances that would prevent prompt payment, all fees are payable within 30 days of the billing. Fees past due will be considered a violation of this chapter. Users not paying fees within 60 days of the billing period will be subject to termination of service. The director may change existing or adopt new fees.
(Ord. 2072 § 12.1, 1996)
(1) 
It is the express purpose of the city of Marysville to establish an industrial pretreatment program in order to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public. It is not the intent of this chapter to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms or requirements of this chapter.
(2) 
It is the specific intent of this chapter to place the obligation of complying with these regulations upon the applicant or discharger and no provision nor any term used in this chapter is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the city or any of its officers, employees or agents, except as provided under the Act or other related statutes of the United States or the state of Washington.
(3) 
Nothing contained in this chapter is intended to be nor shall be construed to create or form the basis for any tort liability on the part of the city or its officer, employees or agents for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of an applicant or discharger to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or by reason or in consequence of any inspection, notice, order, certificate, permission or approval authorized or issued or done in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this chapter, or inaction on the part of the city related in any manner to the implementation or the enforcement of this chapter by its officer, employees or agent.
(Ord. 2072 § 12.4, 1996)