Unless otherwise indicated by the specific context, the meanings of the terms as used in this article shall be as follows:
(a) ASTM -- The American Society of Testing Materials or publications thereof.
(b) BOD (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) -- The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20 degrees centigrade, expressed in milligrams per liter.
(c) Building Drain -- That 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 two feet outside the building wall.
(d) Building Sewer -- The extension from the building drain to the public wastewater collection system or other place of disposal.
(e) City -- The City of Galva, Kansas.
(f) Combined Sewer -- A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
(g) Garbage -- Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
(h) Governing Body -- The mayor and city council of the City of Galva, Kansas.
(i) Health Officer -- A person having public health responsibility by the State of Kansas and/or by McPherson County.
(j) Industrial Cost Recovery (CR) -- Recovery by the governing body from the industrial users of a treatment works and collection system of the grant amount allocable to the treatment and collection of wastes from such users.
(k) Industrial Cost Recovery Period -- The industrial cost recovery period shall be equal to 20 years or to the period to which the grant amount allocable to the treatment of wastes from industrial users is recovered from the industrial users of such wastes.
(l) Industrial User -- Any nongovernmental user of publicly-owned treatment works identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions:
(1) Division A. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
(2) Division B. Mining.
(3) Division D. Manufacturing.
(4) Division E. Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services.
(5) Division I. Services.
A user in any of the Divisions listed above may be excluded from classification as an industrial user if it is determined that it will introduce primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
(m) Industrial Wastes -- The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
(n) Natural Outlet -- Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
(o) Person -- Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
(p) pH-- The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
(q) Property Shredded Garbage -- The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food which have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
(r) Public Sewer -- A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.
(s) Sanitary Sewer -- A sewer which carries wastewater and to which storm, surface and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
(t) Sewer -- A pipe or conduit for carrying wastewater.
(u) Shall is mandatory, May is permissive.
(v) Slug -- Any discharge of water, wastewater or industrial waste which is concentration of any given constituent or in which the quantity of flow for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes exceeds more than five times the average 24-hour concentration or flow quantities during normal operation.
(w) Storm Drain (Storm Sewer) -- A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
(x) Superintendent -- The superintendent of utilities of the city and/or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
(y) Suspended Solids (SS) -- Solids that either float on the surface of, or are suspended in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
(z) Watercourse -- A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continually or intermittently.
(aa) Uniform Plumbing Code -- The latest revision of the Uniform Plumbing Code published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials.
(bb) Useful Life -- The estimated period during which a sewage treatment plant will be operated; for the city the design life of 20 years shall be used.
(cc) Wastewater -- A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters that may be present.
(dd) Wastewater Collection System -- Each, and all, of the common lateral sewers, within a publicly-owned treatment system, which are primarily installed to receive wastewaters directly from facilities which convey wastewater from individual structures or from private property, and which include service connection “Y” fittings designed for connection with those facilities. The facilities which convey waste water from individual structures or from private property to the public lateral sewer or its equivalent, are specifically excluded from the definition, with the exception of pumping units, and pressurized lines, for individual structures or groups of structures when such units are cost effective and are owned and maintained by the city.
(ee) Wastewater Treatment Facility -- Any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal wastewater or industrial wastes of a liquid nature to implement section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) as amended by the federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-500) and Pub. 93-243, or necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the useful life of the works; including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, wastewater collection systems, pumping, power, and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvement, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as stand by treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works, including site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal or residues resulting from such treatment; or any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or disposing of municipal waste, including storm runoff, or industrial waste, including waste in combined storm water and sanitary sewer systems.
(ff) WPCF -- The Water Pollution Control Federation or publications thereof.
(Ord. 242, Art. I, Secs. 1:32)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city.
(b) It shall be unlawful to discharge any wastewater or other polluted waters into any natural outlet except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this article.
(c) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
(d) The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the city and abutting any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may be located in the future, a sanitary sewer of the city is hereby required to install, at his or her expense, toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public wastewater collection system in accordance with the provisions of this article within 90 days after the official notice to do so, provided that the public wastewater collection system is within 150 feet of the property line.
(e) No sewer connection will be permitted for areas outside the city limits until the developer or owner obtains approval from the governing body. Any sewer lines needed to connect with existing city sewer mains and laterals must conform to city and state specifications for same.
(Ord. 242, Art. II, Secs. 1:5)
(a) Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of section 15-402(d), the building sewer shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of this article.
(b) Before commencement of construction of a private wastewater disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the superintendent. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the city, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications, and other information as are deemed necessary by the superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of $25 shall be paid to the city at the time the application is filed.
(c) A permit for a private wastewater disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the superintendent. He or she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the superintendent when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within 96 hours of the receipt of notice by the superintendent or his or her representative.
(d) The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private waste water disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. No permit shall be issued for any private wastewater disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than 20,000 square feet, when a public water supply is used. In the case of a private water supply, the minimum lot size will be 40,000 square feet. No septic tank or cesspool system shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.
(e) At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private wastewater disposal system, as provided in section 15-403{d), a direct connection shall be made to the public wastewater collection system in compliance with this article, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private wastewater disposal facilities shall be cleaned and filled according to section 15-403(h).
(f) The owner shall operate and maintain the private wastewater disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the city.
(g) No statement contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the health officer.
(h) When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected to the sewer within 60 days and the private wastewater disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel, locally available chat, or soil.
(Ord. 242, Art. Ill, Secs. 1:8)
(a) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the superintendent.
(b) There shall be one class of building sewer permit for residential and commercial service. The owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the city. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of $10 for a residential or commercial building sewer permit shall be paid to the city clerk at the time the application is filed.
(c) All costs and expense 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.
(d) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building (refer to section 15-402(d)); except where one building standards at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(e) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the superintendent to meet all requirements of this article.
(f) the size, slope alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating and backfilling the trench, installing jointing, and testing the building sewer, shall conform to the Uniform Plumbing Code as hereinafter modified.
(1) pipeline diameter for all building sewers shall be four inches.
(2) shall be constructed of one of the following pipeline materials:
(A) clay pipeline and fittings conforming to ASTM C 700.
(B) (PVC) gravity sewer pipe and fittings, Type PSP or PSM conforming to ASTM Standards D 33033 or D 3034. All PVC sewer pipe shall be at least Schedule 40.
(C) ductile iron pipe with a minimum pressure rating of 150 pounds per square inch conforming to Federal Specification WW-P421 b, or ANSI A 21.51, A 21.6 or A 21.8, except that iron used in the manufacture of pipe shall have minimum design strength value, in pounds per square inch, of 21,000 for bursting strength and 45,000 for modulus of rupture.
(g) 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 wastewater collection system, wastewater carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(h) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior or interior foundation drains, area way drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public wastewater collection system.
(i) The connection of the building sewer into the public wastewater collection system shall conform to the requirements of the Uniform Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the superintendent before installation.
(j) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the superintendent or his or her representative, within 96 hours of the receipt of the notice.
(k) All excavations for 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.
(Ord. 242, Art. IV, Secs. 1:11)
(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
(b) Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers as approved by the superintendent, to a storm sewer or natural outlet. Such flows are also subject to federal and state regulations.
(c) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
(1) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
(2) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interacting with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant.
(3) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0, or having any other property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the treatment works.
(4) Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstructions to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the treatment works such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
(d) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the superintendent that such wastes can harm either the sewers, waste water treatment process, or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance. In forming his or her opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the superintendent will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the wastewater treatment process, capacity of the waste water treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the wastewater treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 120 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Centigrade)
(2) Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32 and 120 degrees Fahrenheit (0 and 49 degrees Centigrade).
(3) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the superintendent.
(4) Any waters or wastes containing strong acid pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
(5) Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite wastewater at the wastewater treatment works exceeds the limits established by the superintendent for such materials, or pretreatment requirements established by state, federal, or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge.
(6) Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite wastewater to meet the requirements of the state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge.
(7) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the superintendent in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(8) Materials which exert or cause:
(A) Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate).
(B) Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
(C) Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the wastewater treatment works.
(D) Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting slugs as defined herein.
(9) Waters 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.
(10) Any waters or wastes (1) having a five-day BOD greater than 300 milligrams per liter, or (2) containing more than 35 milligrams per liter of suspended solids, or (3) having an average daily flow greater than two percent of the average wastewater flow of the city, shall be subject to the review of the superintendent. Where necessary, in the opinion of the superintendent, the owner shall provide, at his or her expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to (1) reduce the BOD to 300 milligrams per liter, or (2) reduce the suspended solids to 350 milligrams per liter, (3) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the superintendent and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until the approvals are obtained in writing.
(e) If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public wastewater collection system, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in section 15-404 of this article, and which in the judgment of the superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the treatment works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or would otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the superintendent may:
(1) Reject the wastes;
(2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public wastewater collection system;
(3) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or,
(4) Requirement payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or user charges.
If the superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the superintendent, and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances, and laws.
(f) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, 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 superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
(g) Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any water wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner, at his or her expense.
(h) When required by the superintendent, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer, to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely coated, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the superintendent. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense, and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(i) All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall be performed by a laboratory approved by the superintendent and shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of the constituents upon the treatment works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property. (The particular analyses involved will determine whether a 24-hour composite of all building sewers of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from 24 hour composites of all building sewers whereas pH’s and heavy metals are determined from periodic grab samples.)
(j) Any pretreatment standards as established by state, federal, or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge will be used as the minimum requirement by the superintendent as applied to this article.
(Ord. 242, Art. V, Secs. 1:10)
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 municipal wastewater collection system and treatment facility. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
(Ord. 242, Art. VI, Sec. 1)
(a) The superintendent of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with this article. The superintendent shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries beyond that point having bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment. Any report, record, or information taken for purposes of administrating this article shall remain confidential to the superintendent, except that such report, record, or information may be disclosed to other officials, employees, or authorized representatives of the city and except for such effluent information as may be required by federal and state regulations.
(b) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in article 15-407(a) above, the superintendent shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees and the city shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by city employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safety conditions as required in section 15-405(h).
(c) The superintendent of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city has a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the waste water collection system lying within the easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 242, Art. VII, Secs. 1:3)
(a) Any industrial user requesting sewer service after January 1, 1979 shall establish or cause to be established the quality, quantity and peak flow rate characteristics of the user’s wastewater and shall present this information to the superintendent in such a manner that the superintendent shall determine if an Industrial Cost Recovery (ICR) rate shall be established for the user. The cost of establishing these characteristics shall be paid for by the user.
(b) Under the ICR program, any industrial user’s share shall be based on all factors which significantly influence the cost of the wastewater collection and treatment system, such as quality, volume, and delivery flow rate characteristics which shall be considered and included to insure a proportional distribution of the grant assistance allocable to the industrial user’s use, or capacity firmly committed for its use and shall not include an interest component. As a minimum, an industrial user’s share shall be proportional to its flow in relation to the treatment works flow.
(c) Whenever current standards, regulations or guidelines are altered by any governmental agency in such a manner as to cause an expansion and/or upgrading of the treatment works which are not covered by user’s fees, and require federal grant moneys, each industrial contributor’s ICR fee will be adjusted in accordance with the current regulations to reflect the costs of expanding and/or upgrading the treatment works.
(Ord. 242, Art. VIII, Secs. 1:3)
(a) For all users of the Galva wastewater collection and treatment system a user charge shall be established. This user charge system shall be based on winter water consumption as defined by the governing body.
(b) The city shall review user charges annually and revise them, if necessary, to reflect, as a minimum, the actual costs of operating, maintaining and replacement of spare parts and equipment of the wastewater collection and treatment systems.
(c) The city shall maintain at least two separate funds for user charge revenues. One fund shall contain that portion of user charge revenues allocated to operation and maintenance of the wastewater collection and treatment systems. The other fund shall be a sinking fund and shall contain that portion of user charge revenues allocated for repair and or replacement of equipment. A third fund may be established and shall contain all other revenues generated through user charges.
(d) End of fiscal year balances for each of the funds, shall be carried over to the next fiscal year. User charges will be adjusted for adequacy and proportionality to reflect all excesses or deficits into the operation and maintenance fund carried over from one fiscal year to the next. User charges will be adjusted for adequacy and proportionality to reflect all deficits in the sinking funds.
(e) Whenever current standards or guidelines are altered by any governmental agency in such a manner as to cause expansion and/or upgrading of the treatment works, user charges and ICR rates, if any, must be adjusted in accordance with the current guidelines to reflect the costs of expanding and/or upgrading the treatment works.
(Ord. 242, Art. IX, Secs. 1:5)
(a) Any person found to be violating any provision of this article except section 15-406 shall be served by the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
(b) Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in section 15-410(a), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding $100 for each violation, or a jail sentence not exceeding 30 days, or by both such fine and incarceration. If the conviction is for a violation committed after a first conviction of such person under this section, punishment shall be a fine not exceeding $300 per day of such violation, together with imprisonment of not more than 90 days as may be assessed by the court for each day of violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
(c) Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall become liable to the city for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by the city, by reason of such violation, including such fines, penalties and other costs which may be assessed to the city for violation of wastewater treatment plant effluent requirements, where such violation is created by a user of the treatment works who, in turn, is in violation of city, state or federal regulations.
(Ord. 242, Art. X, Secs. 1:3)
(a) Bills shall be rendered monthly as provided in sections 15-103:104 and shall be collected as a combined utility bill.
(b) Any person at the time of beginning or terminating service who receives service for a period of less than 17 consecutive days shall be billed at no less than one-half of the regular minimum monthly rate. For service of 17 consecutive days or more the charge shall be not less than full regular minimum monthly rate.
(Code 1993)
(a) In the event any person, except the United States and the state of Kansas or any political subdivision thereof, shall fail to pay the user charges when due, water service shall be terminated as provided in sections 15-102:104.
(b) In lieu of terminating water service, the governing body may elect to assess such delinquent charges as a lien upon the real estate serviced as provided in section 15-106, and the city clerk shall certify such delinquent charges to the county clerk to be placed on the tax roll and collected in like manner as other taxes are collected.
(Code 1993)
That rates for sewer service furnished by the City of Galva, Kansas to persons or businesses are hereby affixed according to the following classification:
(a) Inside City Limits Rates per month.
(1) Flat Fee per Resident $28.00
(2) Flat Fee per Business $35.00
(b) Outside City Limits Rates per month.
(1) Flat Fee per Resident $38.00
(2) Flat Fee per Business $45.00
(Ord. 318; Ord. 368; Code 2018)