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.
AMMONIA NITROGEN (NH3-N)
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.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Common Council or its duly authorized deputy, agent or
representative.
[Amended 10-18-2005 by Ord. No. 17-05]
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
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.
BUILDING DRAIN
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.
BUILDING SEWER
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.
CHARGE, FIXED
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.
CHARGE, VARIABLE
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.
CHARGE, VOLUME
A sewer use charge based upon normal strength wastewater
quantities.
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT
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.
COSTS, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT (O, M & R)
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.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
FLOATABLE OIL
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.
GARBAGE
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of food products and
produce.
GARBAGE, GROUND
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.
INDUSTRIAL USER
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.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any trade or process waste as distinct from segregated domestic
wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
LIFE, SERVICE
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.
LIFE, USEFUL
The expected life of the treatment plant if individual pieces
of equipment are replaced as necessary.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water
or groundwater.
PERSON
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution,
enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
pH
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.
POLLUTANT, COMPATIBLE
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.
PRETREATMENT
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.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY
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.
PUBLIC SEWER
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.
SANITARY SEWAGE
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.
SANITARY SEWER
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.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater,"
defined below.
SEWAGE, NORMAL DOMESTIC
Sanitary sewage resulting from the range of normal domestic
activities in which BOD5, SS and NH3-N concentrations do not exceed
normal concentrations of:
A.
A given five-day, 20° C. BOD of not more
than 275 milligrams per liter.
B.
A suspended solids content of not more than
320 milligrams per liter.
C.
An ammonia nitrogen content of not more than
23 milligrams per liter.
SEWAGE SYSTEM
The composite network of underground conduits carrying wastewater
and incidental appurtenances (i.e., manholes, lift stations, and service
lateral).
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SEWERAGE SERVICE CHARGE
The sum of the various categories of charges levied under
this article, including fixed and variable charges.
SEWER, INTERCEPTING
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.
SEWER, PRIVATE
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.
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS
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.
SLUG
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.
STANDARD METHODS
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.
STORM DRAIN
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water or unpolluted water from any source.
SURCHARGE
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.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
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."
USER CHARGE SYSTEM
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.
USER CLASSES
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.
USER, COMMERCIAL
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.
USER, RESIDENTIAL
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.
USER, UNMETERED
A user who does not have a meter installed and maintained
by the City on his public or private water supply.
WASTES, SEGREGATED DOMESTIC
Wastes from nonresidential sources resulting from normal
domestic activities. These activities are distinguished from industrial,
trade and/or process discharge wastes.
WASTEWATER
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.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES
The wastewater treatment works defined below, excluding wastewater
collection and transportation systems which deliver wastewater to
the treatment plant.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
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.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
WATER, UNPOLLUTED
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.
WPDES PERMIT
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.
D. Metering and sampling of high-strength or toxic wastes. See §
230-11E of this chapter.
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.
[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.
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.
[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:
(1)
The name, address, and the telephone number of the initial recipient
of the amalgam waste.
(2)
The shipping date and a volume or mass for each shipment.
(3)
The final location where the mercury will be recovered.
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.
J. If a dental office is implementing the best management practices required by Subsection
B, and is maintaining the amalgam separator required by Subsection
C, then any numerical discharge limit for mercury established in any other section of this chapter does not apply.
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.
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.