§ 5-6.104. Authority.  


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  • The City is regulated by several agencies of the United States Government and the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of Federal and State Law. Under 40 CFR 403.8(f)(1) and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act Chapter 5.5, the City is granted the authority to regulate and/or prohibit, by the adoption of an ordinance, and by issuance of discharge permits, the discharge of any waste, directly or indirectly, to the City sewer facilities. Said authority includes the right to establish limits, conditions, and prohibitions; to establish flow rates or prohibit flows discharged to the City's sewer facilities; to require the development of compliance schedules for the installation of equipment systems and materials by all users; and to take all actions necessary to enforce its authority, whether within or outside the City's boundaries, including those users that are tributary to the City or within areas for which the City has contracted to provide sewerage services.

    The City has the authority pursuant to California Health and Safety Codes 5471 and 5474 to prescribe, revise, and collect all fees and charges for services and facilities furnished by the City either within or without its territorial limits.

(Added by Ord. 3137-C.S., § 1, effective 6-17-99)