[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of
the City of Jefferson 8-6-2002 by Ord. No. 7-02 as §§ 11.04
and 13.20 to 13.50 of the 2002 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The City of Jefferson has provided wastewater
works to promote the health, safety and welfare of its citizens and
to protect the quality of surface water and groundwater. The City
has determined that the users of the wastewater treatment facilities
shall be obligated to pay the costs of constructing, operating and
maintaining the wastewater works in an equitable manner and in relation
to the benefits derived from such service. The sewerage service charges
herein imposed consist of a user charge system for allocating the
operation, maintenance and replacement costs and a method of allocating
capital costs based upon specifically allocated capacity for certain
significant contributors and upon water meter size and the number
of meters for all other users.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated. The word "may" is permissive; the
word "shall" is mandatory.
One of the oxidation states of nitrogen, in which nitrogen
is combined with hydrogen in molecular form as NH3 or in ionized form
as NH4+. Quantitative determinations of ammonia nitrogen shall be
made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
The Common Council or its duly authorized deputy, agent or
representative.
[Amended 10-18-2005 by Ord. No. 17-05]
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in five days at 20° C., expressed as milligrams
per liter. Quantitative determination of BOD shall be made in accordance
with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning approximately five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face
of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called house connection or lateral.
Except as provided in this article, building sewers shall not be subject
to the jurisdiction of the City and the City shall not be responsible
for the construction and/or maintenance of such sewers.
The portion of the sewerage service charge based upon the number of the customer's connections to the wastewater works and the size of the customer's water meters. Fixed charges shall recover the cost of debt retirement, associated reserves and depreciation or rehabilitation of the wastewater works. Significant contributors shall have a separately computed fixed charge as it relates to debt service based upon § 230-3 of this article. Fixed charges also include operation costs for customer billing and treatment costs relating to infiltration and inflow.
See "sewerage service charge."
The portion of the sewerage service charge based on the volume
and strength of wastewater discharged to the wastewater works. The
variable charge shall include the charge for normal strength wastewater
and a surcharge if any of the parameters in the discharge exceed those
of normal strength wastewater. Variable charges shall recover O, M
& R costs, except customer billing and treatment costs relating
to infiltration and inflow which are recovered in the fixed charge.
A sewer use charge based upon normal strength wastewater
quantities.
The amount of chlorine in milligrams per liter which shall
be added to sewage to produce a specified residual chlorine content
in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
The combination of individual samples taken at intervals
of not more than one hour.
All costs associated with the operation and maintenance of
the wastewater works as well as the costs associated with periodic
equipment replacement necessary for maintaining the design capacity
and performance of the wastewater treatment facilities.
See "building drain."
See "storm drain."
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
A sample taken that is proportional to the volume of flow
during the sampling period.
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of food products and
produce.
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely in suspension under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater that 1/2 inch
in any dimension.
Any user whose premises are used primarily for the conduct
of a profit-oriented enterprise in the fields of manufacturing, transportation,
communications or utilities, mining, agriculture, forestry or fishing.
Any trade or process waste as distinct from segregated domestic
wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
The expected life of individual pieces of equipment. In many
instances, the service life of a piece of equipment will be shorter
than the useful life of the overall treatment plant.
The expected life of the treatment plant if individual pieces
of equipment are replaced as necessary.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water
or groundwater.
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution,
enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of seven and a hydrogen
concentration of 10-7.
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH or fecal
coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the NPDES
permit for the publicly owned treatment works receiving the pollutants
if such treatment works were designed to treat such additional pollutants
and, in part, do remove such pollutants to a substantial degree.
Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant.
An arrangement of devices and structures for the preliminary
treatment or processing of wastewater required to render such wastes
acceptable for admission to the public sewers.
Any user whose premises are used for the conduct of the legislative,
judicial, administrative or regulatory activities of federal, state,
local or international units of government; government-owned educational
facilities; and government-owned health or recreational facilities.
This does not include government-owned or -operated business establishments.
Any sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the
City. It shall also include sewers within or outside the City boundaries
that serve one or more persons and ultimately discharge in the City
sanitary sewer system, even though those sewers may not have been
constructed with City funds. "Public sewer" shall not include private
or building sewers. [1]
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial plants (other than industrial
wastes from such plants), together with such ground, surface and storm
waters as may be present.
A sewer that carries sanitary and industrial water-carried
wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and
institutions, together with minor quantities of ground, storm and
surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater,"
defined below.
Sanitary sewage resulting from the range of normal domestic
activities in which BOD5, SS and NH3-N concentrations do not exceed
normal concentrations of:
See "sanitary sewage."
The composite network of underground conduits carrying wastewater
and incidental appurtenances (i.e., manholes, lift stations, and service
lateral).
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
The sum of the various categories of charges levied under
this article, including fixed and variable charges.
See "building sewer."
Any sewer intended to serve as a sanitary and storm sewer.
A sewer whose primary purpose is to convey sewage from a
collection system or systems to a wastewater treatment plant. Size
of the sewer is not a factor.
Any sewer located outside of a public right-of-way or easement.
Except as provided in this article, a private sewer shall not be subject
to the jurisdiction of the City and the City shall not be responsible
for the construction and/or maintenance of such sewer.
See "public sewer."
See "sanitary sewer."
Those users of the wastewater works whose discharges exceed,
in one or more parameters (flow, BOD, SS, or NH3-N), 5% of the design
value for that particular parameter, on such average or peak basis
as the approving authority deems appropriate.
Any discharge of water or wastewater which, in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period
of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the system and/or performance of the wastewater
treatment works.
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water,
Sewage, and Industrial Wastes, published jointly by the American Public
Health Association, the American Waterworks Association and the Federation
of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water or unpolluted water from any source.
See "storm drain."
That portion of the rainfall that is drained into the sewers.
Any user of the wastewater works whose discharge exceeds
in one or more parameters (BOD, SS, or NH3-N) the concentration of
normal domestic wastewater for that parameter shall be subject to
a surcharge. The amount of such surcharge shall reflect the costs
incurred by the City in removing the high-strength BOD, suspended
solids or ammonia nitrogen from the wastewater.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, wastewater or other liquid and that are removable by laboratory
filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods and are referred to as
"nonfilterable residue."
The methodology for collecting O, M & R costs equitably
from each user class. The great majority of these costs shall be collected
through the variable charge. However, customer billing and costs related
to infiltration/inflow shall be collected though the fixed charge.
Categories of users having similar flows and water characteristics,
levels of biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, phosphorus,
ammonia nitrogen, etc. For the purposes of this article, there shall
be four user classes: residential, commercial, industrial and public
authority.
Any user whose premises are used primarily for the conduct
of a profit-oriented enterprise in the fields of construction, wholesale
or retail trade, finance, insurance, real estate or services and who
discharges primarily normal domestic sewage. This definition shall
also include multifamily residences having three or more units served
by a single meter.
See "industrial user."
Any user whose premises is used primarily as a domicile for
one or more persons and discharges only domestic wastes, but not including
dwellings classified as commercial users as defined above.
A user who does not have a meter installed and maintained
by the City on his public or private water supply.
See "industrial waste."
Wastes from nonresidential sources resulting from normal
domestic activities. These activities are distinguished from industrial,
trade and/or process discharge wastes.
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may
be present.
The wastewater treatment works defined below, excluding wastewater
collection and transportation systems which deliver wastewater to
the treatment plant.
An arrangement of devices and structures for the storage,
treatment, recycling and reclamation of wastewater, liquid industrial
wastes and sludge. These systems include interceptor sewers, outfall
sewers, wastewater collection systems, individual systems, pumping,
power and other equipment and their appurtenances, any works that
are an integral part of the treatment process or are used for ultimate
disposal of residues from such treatment, or any other method or system
for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or
disposing of municipal or industrial wastes. In other words, the equipment,
sewers, capital improvements and all other devices or structures of
any kind which are used for the collection, storage, treatment, recycling,
reclamation and disposal of wastewater, liquid industrial waste and
sludge.
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
Water of any quality equal to or better than the effluent
criteria in effect, or water that would not cause violation of receiving
water quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to
the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
Permit issued under the Wisconsin Pollution Discharge Elimination
System, Ch. NR 210, Wis. Adm. Code.
[Amended 10-18-2005 by Ord. No. 17-05; 7-2-2018 by Ord. No. 5-18]
A.
Sewer users served by Water Utility water meters.
(1)
With the exception of residential-class customers, each lot, parcel
of land, building or premises having a connection with the wastewater
system and being served with water solely by the Water Utility, the
quantity of wastewater for billing purposes shall be measured by the
Water Utility water meter used upon the premises.
(2)
If a user feels that a significant amount of water metered does not
reach the sanitary sewer due to lawn or garden watering, etc., said
user can, at his/her own expense, through the approving authority,
install a second water meter and/or service that would monitor flow
of water used for lawn and garden watering, noncontact cooling water
or other similar purposes. Charges for sewer use would be made based
on the difference between the two meter readings. If a second meter
and service are installed, charges for sewer use shall be based on
the actual water metered from the service which ultimately discharges
into the sanitary sewer system.
(3)
Requests for usage adjustments, or a second meter or service, shall be made, in writing, to the approving authority. Charges for a second meter or service shall be made in accordance with Subsection B below.
(4)
If the high-volume commercial or industrial user produces evidence
satisfactory to the approving authority that more than 20% of the
total annual volume of water used for all purposes does not reach
the public sewer, then the determination of the water consumption
to be used in computing the waste volume discharged into the public
sewer may be made a matter of agreement between the approving authority
and the user. Satisfactory evidence shall be evidence obtained by
approved metering.
B.
Sewer users served by private wells. Sewer users served by private
wells shall be required to do the following:
(1)
If a person discharging into the public sanitary sewer system procures
any part or all of his water sources from other than the Water Utility,
all or part of which is discharged into the public sewer system, the
person shall be required to have water meters installed for the purpose
of determining the volume of water obtained from each of these other
sources. Where sewage meters are already installed, the water meters
will not be required. The water meters shall be furnished by the Jefferson
Utilities and installed under their supervision, all costs being at
the expense of the person acquiring the meter.
(2)
The Jefferson Utilities shall charge for each meter a rental charge
set by the Utility to compensate for the cost of furnishing and servicing
the meter. The rental charge shall be billed at the time the sewer
service charge is billed.
C.
Measurement of flow from high-strength or toxic waste discharges. The volume of flow used for computing the variable charge shall be the metered water consumption of the user as shown in the records of the meter readings maintained by the Water Utility, except as noted in Subsection D below.
E.
Free service. No user shall receive free service or pay a sewerage service charge less than the user's proportional share of all costs as defined in § 230-2 of this article.
F.
Outside service. All users within the sewer service area shall be
treated equally as to operation, maintenance and replacement sewer
use charges, regardless of their location with respect to the corporate
limits. All users located outside of the corporate limits will be
charged 125% of the sewerage service charges. Total service charges
may be adjusted to reflect variations in capital costs for outside
users.
A.
Billing period. Fixed and variable charges for all
customers shall be billed on a monthly basis.
B.
Payment. Sewerage service charges shall be payable
20 days after the billing date to the Jefferson Utilities.
C.
Penalties. Charges levied in accordance with this
article shall be a debt due to the City. If the debt is not paid within
20 days after it is due and payable, it shall be deemed delinquent.
There shall be an added penalty of 1 1/2% of the amount of the monthly
bill per month, and all unpaid balances will be compounded monthly.
D.
Notification. Each user shall be notified annually,
in conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate schedule attributable
to wastewater treatment services, including an explanation of the
charges.
[Amended 10-18-2005 by Ord. No. 16-05; 10-18-2005 by Ord. No.
17-05; 3-18-2008 by Ord. No. 3-08; 5-18-2010 by Ord. No. 6-10; 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 14-12; 11-18-2014 by Ord. No. 16-14; 1-5-2016 by Ord. No. 16-15; 7-2-2018 by Ord. No. 5-18]
A.
Sewerage service charges. There is hereby levied and assessed upon
each lot, parcel of land, building, premises or unit having a connection
with the wastewater works a sewerage service charge based upon the
quantity of wastewater discharged, pursuant to § 66.0821,
Wis. Stats., as amended or renumbered from time to time. Such sewerage
service charges shall be billed to the person owning, using or occupying
the property served. The sewerage service charges, with the exception
of residential customers, shall consist of a fixed monthly and a variable
charge as set forth in the following sections. Residential-class sewerage
service charges shall consist of a fixed charge only as set forth
in the following section.
B.
Fixed charge.
(1)
With the exception of residential customers, the fixed monthly charge shall be a minimum monthly charge based, in part, upon the number of meters connected to the wastewater works and, in part, upon the size of such meter or meters. Significant contributors shall have a separately computed fixed charge which will exclude bond depreciation, bond reserve account and new debt retirement (other than I/I) components from the fixed charge shown in the following schedule, such components to be paid for pursuant to § 230-3 of this article. Residential customers will be placed into one of three tiers based on average water use as described in Subsection E.
(2)
Fixed service charges are as follows:
|
Meter Size
(inches)
|
Monthly Charges Effective September 1, 2018
|
|---|---|
|
5/8
|
$16.30
|
|
3/4
|
$24
|
|
1
|
$40
|
|
1 1/2
|
$81
|
|
2
|
$129
|
|
3
|
$242
|
|
4
|
$403
|
|
6
|
$806
|
|
6 contract
|
$468
|
|
Rural customer surcharge
|
25%
|
(3)
Fixed service charge for residential-class customers are as follows:
|
Average Monthly Water Usage
(cubic feet)
|
Monthly Charges Effective September 1, 2018
|
|---|---|
|
0 to 300
|
$21
|
|
301 to 600
|
$30
|
|
601 and up
|
$43
|
C.
Variable charge.
(1)
Users will be billed on a monthly basis for the volume and strength
of wastewater discharged to the wastewater works.
(2)
Normal domestic sewage. Effective September 1, 2018: $4.29 per 1,000
gallons or $3.20 per 100 cubic feet.
(3)
Sewage of greater than normal strength.
(a)
Charges to users discharging wastewater of greater than normal
strength will be assessed a surcharge based on the amount by which
the wastewater exceeds the normal strength of wastewater, which is
275 milligrams per liter BOD5, 320 milligrams per liter SS, 23 milligrams
per liter NH3-N and eight milligrams per liter P. The following rates
will be used:
|
Parameter
|
Monthly Charges Effective September 1, 2018
(per pound)
|
|---|---|
|
BOD5
|
$0.538
|
|
SS
|
$0.275
|
|
N (ammonia)
|
$1.699
|
|
P (phosphorus)
|
$7.730
|
(b)
Charges to users discharging wastewater of greater than normal
strength shall be computed in accordance with the formula presented
below:
|
Effective September 1, 2018:
|
|
C = $4.29 x V + 0.00834 x V x [($0.538 x B) + ($0.275 x S) +
($1.699 x N) + ($7.730 x P)]
|
|
Where:
| |||
|
C
|
=
|
Charge to sewer user for operation, maintenance and replacement
costs for treatment works.
| |
|
V
|
=
|
Wastewater volume in 1,000 gallons.
| |
|
B
|
=
|
Concentration of BOD from a user above the normal strength of
275 mg/l.
| |
|
S
|
=
|
Concentration of suspended solids from a user above the normal
strength of 320 mg/l.
| |
|
N
|
=
|
Concentration of ammonia nitrogen from a user above the normal
strength of 23 mg/l.
| |
|
P
|
=
|
Concentration of phosphorus from a user above the normal strength
of 8 mg/l.
| |
|
$4.29
|
=
|
Charge for that portion of the waste equal to normal strength
wastewater. Includes cost for treating 275 mg/l BOD5, 320 mg/l SS,
23 mg/l N and 8 mg/l P.
| |
|
0.00834
|
=
|
Conversion factor (mg/l to lb).
| |
(c)
Surcharges will be computed by multiplying flow times strength
(mg/l) daily and adding the pounds for the month. Total flow for the
month will be multiplied by the residential strength and the result
compared to the actual pounds discharged. Surcharges will be applied
to pounds in excess of residential strength on the basis of the month's
results. In no event will a user pay less per 1,000 gallons of flow
than the charge for normal strength wastewater, which includes an
imputed level of BOD, SS, NH3-N and P.
(4)
Holding tank and septage waste charges to licensed dischargers shall
be computed on the following basis:
(a)
Holding tank discharges shall include the following:
|
Charge
|
Amount
|
|---|---|
|
Total volume/strength charge
|
$8.49
|
|
Surcharge of 25%
|
$2.12
|
|
Dumping charge
|
$5
|
|
Total charge per thousand gallons
|
$15.61
|
(b)
Septage waste discharges shall include the following:
|
Charge
|
Amount
|
|---|---|
|
Total volume/strength charge
|
$44.31
|
|
Surcharge of 25%
|
$11.08
|
|
Dumping charge
|
$7.50
|
|
Total charge per thousand gallons
|
$62.89
|
D.
Special assessments. Not included in the sewerage service charges
above are the costs associated with providing local collecting facilities
to users, which the City may assess by special assessment, in whole
or in part, to the property benefited thereby.
E.
Residential fixed charge. Residential sewer customers shall pay a fixed monthly charge, as set forth in Subsection B(3) for all months. The following method for calculating the volume shall be used to determine which of three tiers the residential customer falls:
(1)
During the month of May each year, the Water Utility shall calculate
the four-month average water usage for each residential customer.
The four-month average shall be based on the actual water usage during
the preceding four-month period (January through April, inclusive).
The calculated average shall be used for each respective residential
customer's sewer charge and determine which billing tier the
customer will be placed for the next 12 months.
(2)
If a residential customer is establishing new service during the
year and no average water usage can be determined, the customer shall
be placed into the 301 to 600 cubic feet usage tier.
A.
Starting date. The starting date for the connection
fees provided for in this section shall commence with any sewer connections
occurring on or after January 1, 2002. Connection fees are due and
are based on the date that the building permit for any new sanitary
service connection is issued.
B.
Calculation of connection fee. The methodology and calculation used to determine the sewer connection fees provided for herein are based on a Wastewater Connection Fee Report prepared by the project engineer dated June 2001, which is incorporated herein as though fully set forth. Any connection which does not meet the criteria set forth in Subsection C shall be determined by the methodology and calculations in said report.
C.
Connection fee. The following are the connection fees
established by year and water meter size.
|
Meter Size
(inches)
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006 to 2021
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5/8
|
$500
|
$700
|
$900
|
$1,100
|
$1,100
| |
|
3/4
|
$750
|
$1,050
|
$1,350
|
$1,650
|
$1,650
| |
|
1
|
$1,250
|
$1,750
|
$2,250
|
$2,750
|
$2,750
| |
|
1 1/2
|
$2,500
|
$3,500
|
$4,500
|
$5,500
|
$5,500
| |
|
2
|
$4,000
|
$5,600
|
$7,200
|
$8,800
|
$8,800
| |
|
3
|
$7,500
|
$10,500
|
$13,500
|
$16,500
|
$16,500
| |
|
4
|
$12,500
|
$17,500
|
$22,500
|
$27,500
|
$27,500
| |
|
6
|
$25,000
|
$35,000
|
$45,000
|
$55,000
|
$55,000
|
The City shall conduct an annual audit, the
purpose of which shall be to demonstrate the continued proportionality
and sufficiency of the user charges in system operation and maintenance
costs, maintain accurate accounting records for the revenue and expenditures
of the wastewater treatment facility and demonstrate the continued
proportionality and sufficiency of the user charges relative to changes
in system operation, maintenance and replacement costs. Any changes
in O, M & R allocations shall be based upon sound engineering
and accounting practices and the specific written opinion of a certified
accountant or consulting engineer. The City shall have its accountants
and engineers review the annuity rate and the actual replacement experience
and maintenance practices at the plant no less than once every three
years to determine whether the annual revenue addition to the replacement
fund is at an appropriate level. The City may initiate such review
at any time. If such reviews indicate, the City will make appropriate
alterations in the amounts of revenue collected for the replacement
fund and charges in treatment plant maintenance practices. Changes
in the replacement fund amount shall be preceded by public hearing,
and the City shall give express prior written notice of such hearings
to the significant contributors to the facility and also provide standard
public hearing notice to the public.
Significant contributors shall be those users
of the wastewater works whose discharges exceed, in one or more parameters
(flow, BOD, SS, and NH3-N), 5% of the design value for that particular
parameter, on such average or peak basis as the approving authority
determines is appropriate.
A.
The City may allocate a portion of capacity in the
wastewater treatment facilities to specific significant contributors,
particularly in the case of new construction, expansion or renovation
of such facilities. Significant contributors will then pay capital
costs associated with such allocated capacity.
B.
Significant contributors will be encouraged to contract
with the City as to the amount of such allocated capacity and as to
the payment of associated capital costs. In exchange for a contractual
commitment to pay such capital costs, the City may protect the contracting
significant contributors from certain capital cost increases that
might otherwise result in the absence of such a contract.
C.
Significant contributors will be requested to advise
the City of their best estimate of the level of usage of the wastewater
treatment facilities that they expect to utilize through the remaining
useful life of those facilities. Significant contributors who have
provided reasonable projected usage levels to the City prior to a
project of construction, expansion or renovation shall, in the absence
of contract provision to the contrary, have their fixed charge computed
on the basis of reasonable projected usage levels. The City may change
the amount of allocated capacity from the projections provided by
the significant contributors, provided that any opportunity for such
change is made available to all significant contributors.
D.
Significant contributors who connect to the system
after any specific construction, expansion or renovation project may
only be allocated capacity in that project to the extent the approving
authority deems such capacity is available. In no event may capacity
allocated to a significant contributor under a wastewater service
with the City be changed in any way without compliance with the terms
of the contract. Significant contributors who do not have a contractual
commitment to pay specific capital charges may have their allocated
capacities and associated capital charges reduced on a prospective
basis if, in the judgment of the approving authority, the reallocated
portion of the capacity should be made available to another user.
See § 230-2 of this chapter.
A.
Sanitary sewers. No person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged any unpolluted waters as stormwater, groundwater,
roof runoff, subsurface drainage or cooling water to any sanitary
sewer, except that stormwater runoff from limited areas (which stormwater
may be polluted at times) may be discharged to the sanitary sewer
by permission of the approving authority.
B.
Connections.
(1)
User connections. The owner of all houses, buildings
or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or
other purposes situated within the City and abutting on any street,
alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the
future be located a public sanitary sewer of the City is hereby required,
at the owner's expense, to install suitable toilet facilities therein
and connect such facilities directly to the proper public sewer in
accordance with the provision of this article within three months
after the date of official notice from the approving authority to
do so.
(2)
Connection to public sewer.
(a)
Duty to connect. To assure preservation of public
health, comfort and safety, the owner or the agent of the owner of
any building used for human habitation and located adjacent to a sanitary
sewer main, or in a block through which such system extends, shall
connect therewith after notice as provided herein.
(b)
Notice to connect. When a sanitary sewer main
becomes available to any building used for human habitation, the Director
of Public Works/Engineer or other person appointed for that purpose
shall notify, in writing, the owner or his agent to connect the building
thereto and to install such facilities as may be reasonably necessary.
The manner of connection shall be as prescribed by the Director of
Public Works/Engineer.
(c)
Service of notice. The notice required by this Subsection B(2) shall be given in the manner prescribed by § 262.08, Wis. Stats., or by registered mail addressed to the last known address of the owner or his agent.
(d)
Failure to connect. If the owner or his agent
fails to comply after 10 days' notice as herein provided, the notifying
officer may cause connection to be made and the expense thereof assessed
as a special assessment tax against the property.
(e)
Payment in installments. The owner or his agent
may, within 30 days after the completion of the work, file a written
option with the City Clerk/Treasurer stating that he cannot pay the
cost of connection in one sum and electing that such sum be levied
in five equal annual installments, with interest on the unpaid balance
at 6% per annum.
(f)
Privies, etc., prohibited, after connection.
After connection of any building used for human habitation to a sewer
main, no privy, cesspool, septic tank or waterless toilet shall be
used in connection with such human habitation, and all such abandoned
septic tanks and cesspools shall be immediately filled.
C.
Storm sewers. Stormwater, other than that exempted under Subsection A above, and all other polluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the approving authority or other regulatory agencies. Unpolluted industrial cooling water or process waters may be discharged, on approval of the approving authority, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
D.
Prohibitions and limitations. No wastewater, regardless
of character, shall be discharged to the sewage system in such a manner
as to interfere with the designated operation of the collection system
or treatment facilities or to cause the treatment works to exceed
the limits presented by the WPDES permit.
(1)
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or
wastes to any public sewer:
(a)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or
other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(b)
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous
solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or
by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any
waste treatment process or which constitutes a hazard to humans or
animals, creates a public nuisance or any hazard in, or has an adverse
effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment works.
(c)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than
5.5 or higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable
of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel
of the wastewater works.
(d)
Solid of viscous substances in quantities or
of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers
or other interference with the proper operation of the wastewater
facilities, such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinder, sand, mud,
straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood,
underground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings,
entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., whether whole
or ground by garbage grinders.
(2)
The following described substances, materials, waters
or waste shall be limited in discharges to municipal systems to concentrations
or quantities which will not harm either the sewers, wastewater treatment
process or equipment and will not have an adverse effect on the receiving
stream or otherwise endanger lives, limb, or public property or constitute
a nuisance. The approving authority may set limitations lower than
the limitations established in the regulations below if, in its opinion,
such more severe limitations are necessary to meet the above objections.
In forming its opinion as to the acceptability, the approving authority
will give consideration to such factors as the quantity of subject
waste in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials
of construction of the sewers, the wastewater treatment plant and
other pertinent factors. The limitations on wastewater discharged
to the sanitary sewer which shall not be violated without approval
of the approving authority are as follows:
(a)
Wastewater having a temperature higher than
150° F. (65° C.).
(b)
Wastewater containing more than 25 milligrams
per liter of petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oils or product
of mineral oil origin.
(c)
Any water or waste which may contain more than
300 milligrams per liter of fat, oil or grease.
(d)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
Garbage grinders may be connected to sanitary sewers from homes, hotels,
institutions, restaurants, hospitals, catering establishments or similar
places where garbage originates from the preparation of food in kitchens
for the purpose of consumption on the premises or when served by caterers.
The installation and operation of any commercial grinder equipped
with a motor of one horsepower or greater shall be subject to the
review and approval of the approving authority and a permit shall
be obtained prior to the installation of any such commercial garbage
grinder unit. The fee for this permit shall be as set by the Common
Council.
(e)
Any waters containing iron, chromium, zinc,
mercury and similar objectionable or toxic substances to such degree
that any such material received in the composite wastewater treatment
works exceeds the limits established by the approving authority for
such materials.
(f)
Any waters or wastes containing odor-producing
substances exceeding limits which may be established by the approving
authority.
(g)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentrations as may exceed limits established by the approving
authority in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(h)
Quantities of flow, concentrations or both which
constitute a "slug" as defined herein or which exceed agreed capacity
limitations provided for by contract between a user and the City.
(i)
Water or wastes containing substances which
are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment
processes employed or are amenable to treatment only to such degree
that the wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements
of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving
waters.
(j)
Any water or wastes which, by interaction with
other water or wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious
gases, form suspended solids which interfere with the collection system
or create a condition deleterious to structures and treatment processes.
(k)
Materials which exert or cause:
[1]
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine
requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load
on the wastewater treatment plant.
[2]
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes
constituting "slugs" as defined herein.
[3]
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids
(such as, but not limited to, fuller's earth, lime slurries, and lime
residues) or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium
sulfate).
[4]
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited
to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
E.
Special arrangements. No statement contained in this
article shall be construed as prohibiting any special agreement between
the City and any person whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength
or character may be admitted to the sewage disposal works, either
before or after pretreatment, provided that there is no impairment
of the functioning of the sewage disposal works by reason of the admission
of such wastes and no extra costs are incurred by the City without
recompense by the person, provided that all rates set forth in this
article are recognized and adhered to.
F.
New connection. New connections to the sewage system
shall not be permitted if there is insufficient capacity in the treatment
works to adequately transport and/or treat, as required by the WPDES
permit, the additional wastewater anticipated to be received from
such connections.
A.
Submission of basic data.
(1)
Within three months after passage of this article,
establishments discharging industrial wastes to a public sewer shall
prepare and file with the approving authority a report that shall
include pertinent data relating to the quantity and characteristics
of the wastes discharged to the wastewater works. Such information
shall be provided as per Ch. NR 101, Wis. Adm. Code.
(2)
Similarly, each establishment desiring to make a new
connection to the public sewer for the purpose of discharging industrial
wastes shall prepare and file with the approving authority a report
that shall include actual predicted data relating to the quantity
and characteristics of the waste to be discharged.
B.
Extension of time. When it can be demonstrated that circumstances exist which would create an unreasonable burden on the establishment to comply with the time schedule imposed by Subsection A above, a request for extension of time may be presented for consideration of the approving authority.
C.
High-strength toxic discharges.
(1)
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or proposed to be discharged, to the public sewers, which waters or wastes contain substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Subsection C(2) below and which, in the judgment of the approving authority, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or health or constitute a public nuisance, the approving authority may:
(2)
The toxic pollutants subject to prohibition or regulation under this Subsection C shall include, but need not be limited to, the list of toxic pollutants or combination of pollutants established by § 307(a) of the Clean Water Act of 1977 and subsequent amendments. Effluent standards or prohibitions for discharge to the sanitary sewer shall also conform to the requirements of § 307(a) and associated regulations.
(3)
Pretreatment standards for those pollutants which
are determined not to be susceptible to treatment by the treatment
works or which would interfere with the operation of such works shall
conform to the requirements and associated regulations of § 307(b)
of the Clean Water Act of 1977 and subsequent amendments. The primary
source for such regulations shall be 40 CFR 403, General Pretreatment
Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
D.
Control manholes.
(1)
Each user discharging industrial wastes into a public
sewer may be required by the approving authority to construct and
maintain one or more control manholes or access points to facilitate
observation, measurement and sampling of his wastes, including domestic
sewage.
(2)
Control manholes or access facilities shall be located
and built in a manner acceptable to the approving authority. If measuring
devices are to be permanently installed, they shall be of a type acceptable
to the approving authority.
(3)
Control manholes, access facilities and related equipment
shall be installed by the establishment discharging the waste, at
its expense, and shall be maintained by it so as to be in safe condition,
accessible and in proper operating condition at all times. Plans for
installation of the control manholes or access facilities and related
equipment shall be approved by the approving authority prior to the
beginning of construction.
E.
Metering and sampling of high-strength or toxic wastes.
(1)
General. Users designated by the approving authority
with high levels of flow or high-strength discharge may be required
to have monitoring facilities. The approving authority shall make
a determination as to when metering of high levels of flow is needed
as well as what frequency of sampling of high-strength wastewater
is needed. Metering and sampling devices shall be installed, owned
and maintained by the discharger subject to the approval of the approving
authority. Access to the sampling and metering location shall be granted
to the approving authority or its duly authorized representative at
all times.
(2)
Metering. Devices for measuring the volume of wastewater
discharge may be required by the approving authority if the volume
cannot otherwise be determined from the metered water consumption
records.
(3)
Sampling. Industrial wastes discharged into the public
sewers shall be subject to periodic inspections and a determination
of character and concentration of such wastes. Sampling shall be conducted
in such a manner as to be representative of the composition of the
waste. Every care shall be exercised in collection of samples to ensure
their preservation in a state comparable to that at the time the sample
was taken. Sampling may be accomplished either manually or by the
use of mechanical equipment acceptable to the approving authority.
The use of flow-proportional composite sampling is preferred.
(4)
Maintenance. A maintenance schedule shall be accepted
by the approving authority. All maintenance and equipment repair shall
be performed within a reasonable time as determined by the approving
authority. Failure to perform maintenance within a reasonable time
shall be subject to the same forfeiture and procedural provisions
as applied to violations under this article. Prior to completion of
satisfactory repairs, and for any preceding period during which the
approving authority determines there existed a malfunction, error
or bias in the metering and sampling, the volume and strength of the
wastewater for that period discharged by the discharger shall be based
on historical data and a reasonable engineering estimate of flow and
strength, taking account of material known production variations,
all as determined by the approving authority in consultation with
the discharger. If prolonged periods of breakdown are anticipated,
approved interim measuring and sampling needs shall be provided and
used to determine the volume and strength of wastewater. Following
approval and installation of permanent or temporary metering or sampling
equipment, such equipment shall not be removed without the consent
of the approving authority.
F.
Analysis.
(1)
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of wastes and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall
be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American
Health Association. Sampling methods, location, times, duration and
frequencies are to be determined on an individual basis subject to
approval by the approving authority.
(2)
Determination of the character and concentration of
the industrial wastes shall be made by the establishment discharging
them, or its agent, as designated and required by the approving authority.
The approving authority may also make its own analyses of the wastes,
and these determinations shall be binding as a basis for charges.
G.
Pretreatment. Where required, in the opinion of the
approving authority, to modify or eliminate wastes that are harmful
to the structures, processes or operation of the wastewater treatment
works, the person shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary
treatment or processing facilities as may be determined required to
render his wastes acceptable for admission to the public sewers.
H.
Submission of information. Plans, specifications,
any other pertinent information relating to proposed flow equalizations,
pretreatment or processing facilities shall be submitted for review
of the approving authority prior to the start of their construction
if the effluent from such facilities is to be discharged into the
public sewers.
I.
Grease and/or sand interceptors. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the approving authority, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease in excessive amounts, as specified in § 230-10D(2)(c), or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the approving authority and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors, the owner shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates and means of disposal which are subject to review by the approving authority. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by the owner's personnel shall be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
A.
Right of entry. The City Director of Public Works/Engineer,
Plant Superintendent or other duly authorized employee of the City
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, and
testing, all in accordance with the provision of this article and
state laws. The City Director of Public Works/Engineer, Plant Superintendent
or other duly authorized employee of the City shall have no authority
to inquire into any process beyond that point having bearing on the
kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities
for wastewater treatment.
B.
Safety. While performing the necessary work on private premises referred to in Subsection A above, authorized City employees shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the owner or occupant, and the City shall indemnify the owner against loss or damage to its property by the City employees and against the liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the owner and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation of the City employees, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the owner to maintain safe conditions as required in § 230-11D of this article. The City shall report to the owner or occupant any unsafe conditions.
C.
Identification; right to enter easements. The City
Director of Public Works/Engineer, Plant Superintendent and other
duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and
identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties
through which the City holds a duly negotiated easement for the purpose
of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling,
repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within
such easement, all subject to the terms, if any, of the agreement.
A.
Work authorized.
(1)
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections
with or openings into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the approving
authority. The fee for this permit shall be as set by the Common Council
and shall be paid prior to the issuance of the permit.
(2)
No contractor, plumber, pipe fitter or other person shall be permitted to do work on any public or building sewer without first receiving a license from the state and posting a bond of $1,500 with the approving authority, except in cases where state law permits building owners to do their own work without being licensed. Such bond shall be released upon satisfactory inspection of the work in accordance with Subsection H below.
(3)
Prior to commencement of the work, the permittee shall
notify the City at least 48 hours before beginning excavations.
B.
Cost of sewer connection. All costs and expenses incident
to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be
borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss
or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation
of the building sewer. The owner shall be responsible for all maintenance
costs.
C.
Use of old building sewers. Old building sewers may
be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found,
on examination and test by the approving authority, to meet all requirements
for this article.
D.
Materials and methods of construction. The size, slope,
alignment and materials of construction of the building sewer and
the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing,
testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements
of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, the State Department of Natural
Resources, Building and Plumbing Codes and other rules and regulations
of the City. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
E.
Building sewer grade. Whenever possible, the building
sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement
floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to
permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by
such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged
to the building sewer.
F.
Stormwater and groundwater drains.
(1)
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts,
exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface
runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which
is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(2)
All existing downspouts or groundwater drains, etc.,
connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer shall
be disconnected no later than 60 days from the date of an official
written notice by the approving authority. Exceptions to the above
shall be made only by the approving authority in writing.
G.
Conformance to Building and Plumbing Codes.
(1)
The connection of the building sewer into the public
sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing
Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the City or the
procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and
the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made
gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures
and materials shall be approved by the approving authority before
installation.
(2)
All connections to existing sewer mains shall be made
with a saddle "T" or "Y" fitting set upon a carefully cut opening
centered in the upper quadrant of the main sewer pipe and securely
strapped on with corrosion-resistant straps or rods, or with solvent-welded
joints in the case of plastic pipes.
H.
Inspection of connection. The applicant for the building
sewer permit shall notify the approving authority when the building
sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.
The connection shall be made under the supervision of the approving
authority. The cost of one inspection is included in the permit fee.
Additional inspections, if required, shall be at the expense of the
applicant.
I.
Barricades; restoration. All excavations for the 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.
A.
No person in the business of gathering and disposing
of septic tank sludge or holding tank sewage shall transfer such material
into any portion of the City treatment works unless a permit for disposal
has been first obtained from the City. Written application for this
permit shall be made to the City and shall state the name and address
of the applicant, the number of its disposal units and the make, model
and license number of each unit. Permits shall be nontransferable
except in the case of replacement of the disposal unit for which a
permit shall have been originally issued. The permit may be obtained
upon payment of a fee as set by the Common Council per calendar year
for each licensed hauler or contractor. The time and place of disposal
will be designated by the City. The City may impose such conditions
as it deems necessary on any permit granted.
B.
Charges for disposal shall be established in accordance
with the City user charge system. Bills shall be mailed on a monthly
basis, and if payments are not received within 30 days thereof disposal
privileges shall be suspended.
C.
Any person or party disposing of septic tank or holding
sludge agrees to carry public liability insurance in an amount not
less than $100,000 to protect any and all persons or property from
injury and/or damage caused in any way or manner by an act, or failure
to act, by any of his employees. Such person shall furnish a certificate
certifying such insurance to be in full force and effect.
D.
All materials discharged to the treatment works shall
be of domestic origin only, and septic tank wastes shall be segregated
from holding tank wastes. The discharger shall also certify that he
will comply with any and all applicable provisions of the City and
will not deposit or drain any gasoline, oil, acid, alkali, grease,
rags, waste, volatile or flammable liquids, or other deleterious substances
into any manhole or allow any earth, sand or other solid material
to pass into any part of the treatment works.
E.
The person or party disposing waste shall furnish
bond to the City in the amount of $1,000 to guarantee performance.
Such performance bond shall be delivered to the City prior to the
issuance of the permit hereunder.
F.
Any disposal of septic or holding tank wastes by any person or corporation which has not paid the license fee in full or which discharges such wastes without notifying the City or at times other than as designated by the City shall be in violation of this article and subject to the penalty provided in § 230-16 hereof.
G.
Violation of any of these provisions shall render the discharger subject to immediate suspension and/or revocation of his disposal privileges and may make him liable to the penalty provision of this article as outlined in § 230-16 hereof. The City also retains the right to suspend or revoke any disposal privileges upon 30 days' notice if, in the opinion of the approving authority, the acceptance of such wastewater would cause the treatment works to violate the provisions of its WPDES permit due to the volume or character of the wastes. Upon such suspension or revocation, the approving authority shall refund a proportionate share of the permit fee.
A.
Willful, negligent or malicious damage. No unauthorized
person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage,
destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is a part of the sewage facilities. Any person
violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under
a charge of disorderly conduct.
B.
Liability to discharger for losses. Any person who intentionally, negligently or accidentally violates any provisions of this article shall become liable to the City or any downstream user for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by reason of such violation which the City or any downstream user may suffer as a result thereof. This subsection shall be applicable whether or not a written notice of the violation was given as provided in § 230-16A and without consideration for any penalties which may be imposed for a violation of this article.
A.
Written notice of violation. Any person found to be
violating any provision of this article shall be served by the City
with a written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing
a reasonable time for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender
shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently
cease all violations.
B.
Accidental discharge. Any person found to be responsible for accidentally allowing a deleterious discharge, as defined in § 230-10D, into the sewer system which causes damage to the treatment facility and/or receiving body of water shall, in addition to a forfeiture, pay the amount to cover damages, both values to be established by the approving authority. Any accidental wastewater discharges which violate § 230-10D shall be reported immediately upon discharge. The City shall address any potential forfeitures within 15 days after the end of the month in which the violation is reported or detected, whichever is later.
C.
Accidental discharge penalties. The City may levy
a minimum forfeiture of $500 for an accidental discharge that is reported
immediately or a minimum forfeiture of $1,500 for an unreported accidental
discharge.
D.
Continued violations. Except as provided for in Subsection C above, any person, partnership or corporation, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof, who shall continue any violation beyond the aforesaid notice time limit provided shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000, together with the costs of prosecution. In default of payment of such forfeiture and costs, such violator shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed 30 days. Each day in which any violation is continued beyond the aforesaid notice time limit shall be deemed a separate offense.
E.
Liability to the City for losses. Any person violating
any provision of this article shall become liable to the City for
any expense, loss or damage occasioned by reason of such violation
which the City may suffer as a result thereof.
[Added 4-19-2011 by Ord. No. 4-11]
A.
This section applies to any dental office that places or removes
10 or more amalgam fillings per calendar year. If work in a dental
office is limited to work that does not involve placing or removing
amalgam, such as orthodontics, periodontics, oral and maxillo-facial
surgery, endodontics, or prosthodontics, then this section does not
apply.
B.
All dental offices shall implement best management practices for
amalgam as established by the Wisconsin Dental Association.
C.
Within the shortest reasonable time, but not later than July 1, 2012,
every vacuum system where amalgam is placed or removed shall include
an amalgam separator that meets the criteria of the International
Standards Organization (ISO 11143). Dental offices shall install,
operate, and maintain the amalgam separator according to instructions
provided by the manufacturer. The amalgam separator shall have a design
and capacity appropriate for the size and type of vacuum system.
D.
On or before July 1, 2012, each dental office shall provide a report
providing the following information:
(1)
If installation of the amalgam separator is complete, then the
report shall identify the manufacturer, and the installation date.
(2)
If installation of the amalgam separator is incomplete, then
the report shall briefly explain the delay, provide an installation
schedule, and identify the manufacturer and the model name of the
amalgam separator that will be installed.
E.
If a dental office has provided a report according to Subsection D(2), then the dental office shall notify the wastewater facility of the completion of installation within five days after completion.
F.
From the contractors used to remove amalgam waste, dental offices
shall obtain records for each shipment showing:
G.
Dental offices shall maintain these records for a minimum of five
years. Dental offices shall send a copy of these records by January
31, for the previous calendar year, to the wastewater facility.
H.
Dental offices shall allow the wastewater facility to inspect the
vacuum system, amalgam separator, and amalgam waste storage areas.
I.
Inspections shall occur during the normal operating hours of the
dental office. The wastewater plant shall inspect dental offices according
to appointments made in advance, as long as this advanced notice does
not impede enforcement of this section.
K.
Violations and penalties. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article I, of this Code. The initial forfeiture is set at $100 for the first offense, and $200 for each offense thereafter, but may be set annually by the Council and itemized in § 1-4C(1) of the City Code, together with the actual cost of prosecution.
A.
Any user, permit applicant or holder affected by any
decision, action or determination, including cease and desist orders,
made by the approving authority interpreting or implementing the provisions
of this article, or in any permit issued herein, may file with the
approving authority a written request for reconsideration within 10
days setting forth in detail the facts supporting the user's request
for reconsideration.
B.
The approving authority shall render a decision on
the request for reconsideration to the user, permit applicant or holder
in writing within 15 days of receipt of the request. If the ruling
on the request for reconsideration made by the approving authority
is unsatisfactory, the person requesting reconsideration may, within
10 days after notification of the approving authority's action, file
a written appeal with the City Administrator.
C.
A fee as set by the Common Council shall accompany
any appeal for a ruling by the Common Council. This fee may be refunded
if the appeal is sustained in favor of the appellant.
The City, through its qualified officers, reserves
the right to amend this article in part or in whole wherever it may
deem necessary, but such right will be exercised only after due notice
to all persons concerned and proper hearing on the proposed amendment.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who shall violate any provision of this article or any order, rule or regulation made thereunder, or any of the rules and regulations on file with the Public Service Commission, shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article I of this Code.
