Pretreatment program fees and charges.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 14.17.090
in effect14.17.090 - Pretreatment program fees and charges.
(A) Fees enumerated. The City Council may adopt reasonable fees for the recovery of costs of setting up and operating the City's pretreatment program, which may include, but are not limited to:
(1) Fees for wastewater discharge applications including the cost of processing such applications;
(2) Fees related to the issuance or reissuance of industrial wastewater discharge permits, authorizations to discharge, or other control mechanisms;
(3) Fees for monitoring, inspection, and surveillance procedures including the cost of collection and analyzing an industrial user's discharge, and reviewing monitoring reports submitted by industrial users;
(4) Fees for reviewing and responding to spills and slug discharges, including accidental discharge procedures and construction;
(5) Surcharge rates for pollutants specified in LVMC 14.17.015(E), for flow, or for pollutants or pollutant parameters, in each case as determined appropriate by the Director;
(6) Fees and charges for disposal of special wastes;
(7) Fees for filing requests for reconsideration and appeals; and
(8) Other fees as the City may deem necessary to carry out the requirements of this Chapter.
The fees and charges listed in this subsection (A) relate solely to the matters covered by this Chapter and are separate from all other fees and charges assessed by the City.
(B) Schedule of fees, charges, assessments and penalties—Due upon delivery of notice. All fees, charges, assessments and penalties that are imposed pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter or the approved schedule of fees and charges that is established in accordance with this Section shall be due and payable upon delivery of notice thereof, or upon mailing such notice to the last known mailing address of the industrial user or entity responsible for payment thereof.
(C) Additional penalties. Unpaid fees, charges, assessments, fines and penalties shall, after sixty days, be subject to the assessment of an additional penalty of twenty-five percent of the unpaid balance. Interest shall accrue thereafter at a rate of one percent per month. A lien against the industrial user's property may be sought in accordance with subsection (D). The failure to pay a penalty may be the basis for revocation of an industrial wastewater discharge permit, authorization to discharge, or other control mechanism, as specified in LVMC 14.17.030(M).
(D) Unpaid fees, etc., constitute lien.
(1) All fees, charges, assessments and penalties imposed by or under this Chapter shall de due within thirty days after delivery or mailing of the notice described above. Any fee, charge, assessment or penalty that remains unpaid after the thirty days shall constitute a perpetual lien on and against the premises which are subject to such fee, charge, assessment or penalty as well as constituting a debt that is owing to the City by the industrial user upon whom such fee, charge, assessment or penalty is imposed and the owner of record of such premises, if the owner is someone other than the industrial user.
(2) The City may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover such fee, charge, assessment or penalty, or any combination thereof, together with interest thereon, and may enforce such lien by recording a notice thereof with the county recorder upon the expiration of such thirty-day period and foreclosing the same against the premises that are subject to such lien in the same manner as is provided by the laws of the State for the foreclosure of mechanics' liens.
(3) The City shall keep a permanent and accurate account of all fees, charges, assessments and penalties that are received by it under this Chapter, which account shall include the name and address of each person who paid any such fee, charge, assessment or penalty or on whose behalf the same was paid, the date of such payment and amount thereof and the purpose for which the same was paid.
(4) Whenever a delinquency charge has not been specifically provided for in this Chapter, any fee, charge, assessment or penalty that becomes delinquent shall have added to it a basic delinquency charge that is equal to ten percent of the fee, charge, assessment or penalty that became delinquent, and thereafter an additional delinquency charge shall accrue on the total amount that is due, including the ten percent basic delinquency charge, at the rate of ten percent per month compounding, but the amount of the delinquent fee, charge, assessment or penalty, as increased by delinquency charges, shall not exceed twice the amount of the original fee, charge, assessment or penalty. In addition to the delinquency charges described in this Section, the City may also assess the collection costs, including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and court costs, that the City may incur in collecting the fee, charge, assessment or penalty and the delinquency charges.
(Ord. No. 6891, § 2, 11-6-24)
Source: City of Las Vegas, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT14PUSE_CH14.17WACOTR_14.17.090PRPRFECHFetched: 10/28/2026