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Raleigh City Code pt. 8, ch. 2, art. C, div. 3

in effect

Raleigh City Code § 8-2123 PURPOSE.

Sec. 8-2123. - PURPOSE. (a) It is the purpose of this Division to provide for the recovery of costs from users of the City's waste water disposal system for the implementation of the program established herein. (b) The applicable charges or fees shall be set forth in the City's schedule of charges and fees. A copy of these charges and fees will be made available from the POTW Director. (Ord. No. 2011-981, §1, 12-6-11)

Raleigh City Code § 8-2123.1 USER CHARGES.

Sec. 8-2123.1. - USER CHARGES. A user charge shall be levied on all users including, but not limited to, persons, firms, corporations or governmental entities that discharge, cause or permit the discharge of sewage into the POTW. (1) The user charge shall reflect, at a minimum, the cost to the City of debt service, and operation and maintenance costs (including, but not limited to, replacement costs) of the POTW. (2) Each user shall pay its proportionate share of cost based on the volume of the user's flow. (3) The POTW Director shall review annually the sewage contributions of users, the total costs of debt service, and operation and maintenance costs of the POTW (including, but not limited to, replacement costs) and shall make recommendations to the City Council for adjustments in the schedule of charges and fees as necessary. (4) The costs to the City for repair, remedial measures, and other costs caused by unlawful discharges of pollutants into the POTW. (Ord. No. 2011-981, §1, 12-6-11; Ord. No. 2012-42, §1, 5-1-12, eff. 7-1-12; Ord. No. 2012-49, §1, 5-14-12; Ord. No. 2013-179, §4, 4-16-13)

Raleigh City Code § 8-2124 SURCHARGES.

Sec. 8-2124. - SURCHARGES. (a) All industrial users of the POTW are subject to industrial waste surcharges on discharges which exceed the following levels: (1) BOD greater than three hundred (300) mg/l and/or sixty-three (63) pounds. (2) COD greater than five hundred (500) mg/l and/or one hundred four (104) pounds. (3) TSS greater than two hundred fifty (250) mg/l and/or fifty-two (52) pounds. (4) TN greater than thirty (30) mg/l and/or six (6) pounds. (5) TP greater than five (5) mg/l and/or one (1) pound. (6) F.O.G. greater than three hundred (300) mg/l and/or sixty-three (63) pounds. (b) The amount of surcharge will be based upon the mass emission rate (in pounds per day) discharged above the levels listed above. The amount charged per pound of excess will be set forth in the schedule of charges and fees. (1) The volume of flow used in determining the total discharge of waste water for payment of user charges and surcharges shall be based on the following; a. Metered water consumption as shown in the records of meter readings maintained by the City; or b. If required by the City or at the individual discharger's option, other flow monitoring devices which measure the actual volume of waste water discharged to the sewer. Such devices shall be accessible and safely located, and the measuring system shall be installed in accordance with plans approved by the City. The metering system shall be installed and maintained at the user's expense according to arrangements that may be made with the City. c. Where any user procures all or part of his water supply from sources other than the City, the user shall install and maintain at his own expense a flow measuring device of a type approved by the City. (2) The character and concentration of the constituents of the waste water used in determining surcharges shall be determined by samples collected and analyzed by the City and/or industrial user. Samples shall be collected in such a manner as to be representative of the actual discharge and shall be analyzed using procedures set forth in §8-2137 of this article. (3) The determination of the character and concentration of the constituents of the waste water discharge by the POTW Director or his duly appointed representatives shall be binding as a basis for charges. (Ord. No. 2011-981, §1, 12-6-11)

Raleigh City Code § 8-2125 PRETREATMENT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION CHARGES.

Sec. 8-2125. - PRETREATMENT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION CHARGES. The schedule of charges and fees adopted by the City may include charges and fees for: (1) Reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the pretreatment program; (2) Monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures; (3) Reviewing slug control plans, including accidental and/or slug load discharge procedures and construction plans and specifications; (4) Permitting; and other fees as the City may deem necessary to carry out the requirements of the pretreatment program. (5) Pretreatment permit fees, as established below, shall be collected either at the time of submittal of application for a new permit, a permit modification or permit renewal. Also, the annual administrative, sampling and inspection fee shall be paid to the City within thirty (30) days of receipt of the City invoice, else the permit and permission to discharge be rescinded. These fees shall be collected, in addition to any other user charges and fees required by City ordinances and resolutions. The fees shall be collected by the City Public Utilities Department as set forth in the Raleigh Water Fee Schedule. (Ord. No. 2011-981, §1, 12-6-11; Ord. No. 2019-968, §2, 6-10-19, eff. 7-1-19; Ord. No. 2020-96, §20, 6-15-20, eff. 7-1-20)

Source: City of Raleigh, North Carolina, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/raleigh/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=DIVIICOGEOR_PT8PUUT_CH2WASESE_ARTCUSSASESY_DIV3FEFetched: 11/1/2026