A. Notwithstanding any other section of this chapter, any user that is found to have violated any provision of this chapter, its wastewater discharge permit, and orders issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement shall be fined in any amount not to exceed one thousand dollars. Such fines shall be assessed on a per violation, per day basis. In the case of monthly or other long-term average discharge limits, fines shall be assessed for each day during the period of violation.

B. Assessments may be added to the user’s next scheduled sewer service charge and the city shall have such other collection remedies as may be available for other service charges and fees. Unpaid charges shall become delinquent forty-five days after mailing or delivering the notice of charges. A basic penalty charge of ten percent of the unpaid amount shall be added to any fee or charge that becomes delinquent. Interest at the rate of one-half percent per month shall accrue on the total of all delinquent charges plus all penalty charges.

C. Users desiring to dispute such fines must file a written request with the city to reconsider the fine along with full payment of the fine amount within thirty days of being notified of the fine. The city shall convene a hearing on the matter within thirty days of receiving the request from the industrial user. In the event the user’s appeal is successful, the payment together with any interest accruing thereto shall be returned to the industrial user. The city may add the costs of preparing administrative enforcement actions such as notices and orders to the fine.

D. Issuance of an administrative fine shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action against the user. (Ord. 576, 2008).