83-037 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER 31 SECTION 31-1 AND 31-37 THROUGH SECTION 31-43 OF SAID CODE

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made on any authorized representative of an industrial user. The City Council shall appoint a hearing examiner to perform the following functions: 1) issue in the name of the City Council notices of hearings requesting the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any evidence relevant to any matter involved in such hearings; 2) conduct the hearing; 3) deliver a transcript of the hearing and his recommendations to the City Council for action thereon. After the City Council has reviewed the evidence, it may issue an order to the user responsible for the discharge directing that, following a specified time period, the sewer service or water service be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances shall have been installed and existing treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances are properly operated. Further orders and directives as are necessary and appropriate may be issued. E. FEES AND CHARGES DUE TO VIOLATIONS The City of Paris may recover all reasonable costs of repairing damages to the City sewer system, costs of resampling, costs of paying fines or penalties which result from a discharge not in compliance with this ordinance, and any other costs incurred by the City in controlling discharges in violation of this ordinance. Billing for recovery of such costs shall be by letter to the discharger, sent certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, which states the specific violation(s), the damages and penalties sustained by the City, the costs of those damages and penalties, and the costs the City has determined as attributable to the discharge and billed to the discharger. The costs are due and payable by the discharger upon receipt of the letter. Non-payment or disputes regarding the amount within ten (10) days shall be cause for termination of water and/or wastewater service. It shall be unlawful for anyone but an authorized City employee to reconnect service. Any reconnection fees in effect are applicable. F. SURCHARGES The City will accept BOD of up to 250 mg/1 and SS of up to 250 mg/1 as normal domestic wastewater. The City may elect to accept BOD5 and SS in excess of 250 mg/l. BODS and SS over the vaIue of 250 mg/1 shall be subject to an excessive strength operation and maintenance surcharge. These surcharges shall be calculated on a monthly basis using metered wastewater contribution as a volume factor, if provided by the user, or 100$ of water usage. The total fat, oil, and grease allowed by this ordinance is 100 mg/1, whether free or emulsified. When this parameter is determined on a composite sample, any amount over the allowable limit shall be added in mg/1 to the BOD5 and SS values used for purposes of surcharge calculation . 28