§ 34-484. Fees.

It is the purpose of this section to provide for the recovery of costs from users of the control authority wastewater disposal system for the implementation and continued operation of the pretreatment program established herein. All industrial users shall pay the following fees, as appropriate, and in accordance with the current fee schedule, within thirty (30) days of billing:

(a)

A permit application fee;

(b)

A permit fee;

(c)

Sampling fee;

(d)

Analysis fee;

(e)

Environmental assessment;

(f)

A permit registration fee;

(g)

Other fees as the control authority may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein, such as, but not limited to emergency response fees, special sampling fees, monitoring equipment reset fees, etc. These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this division and are separate from all other fees, fines, and penalties chargeable by the control authority or any other agency.

The special services charges outlined in Schedule E, industrial waste fee schedule, relating to industrial waste permits and services shall be lawful rates charged by the system effective January 1, 2019. The Schedule E charges shall be adjusted on January 1 of each year thereafter by the percentage difference (greater than zero) between the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) as it is calculated by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics at the end of the month of July prior to the next year and as it was calculated at the end of the month of July one year earlier. SAWS will periodically perform a cost of service analysis to ensure that the fees charged do not exceed the cost of providing the services.

(Ord. No. 81771, § 2(App. I), 3-2-95; Ord. No. 85765, § 1, 3-20-97; Ord. No. 99480, § 1(Exh. 1), 7-22-04; Ord. No. 2007-12-13-1345, § 2(Att. B), 12-13-07; Ord. No. 2011-12-08-1004 , § 2(Exh. L), 12-8-11; Ord. No. 2015-11-19-0956 , § 4(Att. III), 11-19-15, Res. No. 16-302, Att. IV; Ord. No. 2017-12-07-0928 , § 3(Att. II), 12-7-17; Res. No. 18-262, 11-13-18; Ord. No. 2019-02-14-0123 , § 1(Att. I), 2-14-19)