Wheatland Municipal Code Art. III Fees

It is the purpose of this article to provide for the recovery of costs to the city from users of the public sewer for the implementation of the program established in this chapter.

The fees established pursuant to this article shall be for the purpose of recovering the costs the city incurs by implementing this chapter from users of the public sewer and/or POTW.

(Ord. 417 § 2, 2009)

A. The city council may adopt charges and fess by resolution which may include, but are not limited to:

1. Fees for reimbursement of the city's costs of establishing and operating the city's FOG program;

2. Fees for the city's consistent removal of pollutants otherwise subject to any local, state and/or federal pretreatment standards; and

3. Other fees that the city determines are necessary to implement the requirements of this chapter.

B. Costs incurred by the city as a result of required on-site sampling and analysis shall be reimbursed to the city by the owner, user or FOG WDP permittee shall reimburse the city for those costs the city incurs as a result of conducting any required on-site sampling, measurement and/or analysis.

(Ord. 417 § 2, 2009)

Any FSE that operates without a grease control interceptor, grease trap or approved alternative pretreatment technology may be required to pay an annual grease disposal mitigation fee to reimburse the city for an equitably proportion of the costs necessary to maintain the public sewer, which the city would not otherwise be required to pay if the FSE adequately removed FOG from its wastewater discharge. This section shall not be interpreted to allow new construction or an existing FSE undergoing remodeling and/or a change in operations to operate without an approved grease interceptor or a grease trap unless the director or city engineer has determined that it is impossible or impracticable to install and/or operate a grease control interceptor or a grease trap for the subject facility under the provisions of Section 13.22.130 of this chapter.

A. The grease disposal mitigation fee shall be established annually by the director or city engineer by resolution of the city council and shall be based on the city's estimated annual increased cost of maintaining the public sewer for inspection and removal of FOG and other viscous or solidifying agents attributable to the FSE and resulting from the FSE lack of grease interceptor and/or grease trap.

B. The director may waive or reduce the annual grease disposal mitigation fee if the FSE demonstrates to the director's reasonable satisfaction of the director or city engineer that the FSE has used BMPs and waste minimization practices on a regular basis, which have significantly reduced the introduction of FOG into the public sewer.

C. The grease disposal mitigation fee shall not be waived or reduced when the FSE has not complied with the minimum requirements of this chapter and/or the FSE's discharge into the public sewer during the twelve months preceding the waiver request caused or contributed to, or potentially caused or contributed to, alone or together with other discharges, any sewer blockage or SSO in the public sewer.

(Ord. 417 § 2, 2009)