§ 53.100. PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.

(A)

Wastewater Analysis. When requested by the City, a user must submit information on the nature and characteristics of its wastewater within sixty (60) days of the request. The Director is authorized to prepare a form for this purpose and may periodically require users to update this information.

(B)

Wastewater Discharge Permit Requirement.

(1)

No significant industrial user shall discharge wastewater into the Treatment Works without first obtaining a wastewater discharge permit from the City, except that a significant industrial user that has filed a timely application pursuant to subsection (C) of this Section may continue to discharge for the time period specified therein.

(2)

The City may require other users to obtain wastewater discharge permits as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.

(3)

Any violation of the terms and conditions of a wastewater discharge permit shall be deemed a violation of this ordinance and subjects the wastewater discharge permittee to the sanctions set out in Section 53.999 of this Chapter and the City's Enforcement Response Plan. Obtaining a wastewater discharge permit does not relieve a permittee of its obligation to comply with all Federal and State pretreatment standards or requirements or with any other requirements of Federal, State, and local law.

(C)

Wastewater Discharge Permitting; Existing Connections. Any user required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit who was discharging wastewater into the Treatment Works prior to the effective date of Ordinance No. 4-02 [Feb. 19, 2002] and who wishes to continue such discharges in the future, shall, within thirty (30) days after said date, apply to the City for a wastewater discharge permit in accordance with Section 53.101 of this Chapter, and shall not cause or allow discharges to the Treatment Works to continue after thirty (30) days following the effective date of Ordinance No. 4-02 except in accordance with a wastewater discharge permit issued by the City.

(D)

Wastewater Discharge Permitting; New Connections. Any user required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit who proposes to begin or recommence discharging into the Treatment Works must obtain such permit prior to the beginning or recommencing of such discharge. An application for this wastewater discharge permit, in accordance with Section 53.101 of this Chapter, must be filed at least ninety (90) days prior to the date upon which any discharge will begin or recommence.

(Ord. No. 22-94, passed 5/3/94; Ord. No. 4-02, § 27, passed 2/19/02; Ord. No. 25-12, § 14, passed 8/21/12)