The City may recover from any user all direct and indirect costs incurred by the City
as a result of any damage to the wastewater system by such user or any violation by
the user of this article or a pretreatment permit. Costs recoverable by the City include,
but are not limited to, costs for repair of the City wastewater system, increased
costs of operation and maintenance of the wastewater system, increased costs of sludge
management, increased costs of compliance with legal requirements applicable to the
City's wastewater system, costs of increased monitoring and administration, replacement
costs of goods and services provided by the City, amounts expended to private contractors,
administrative costs and overhead, and any civil or administrative penalties incurred
by the City. If the user refuses to pay to the City the City's costs pursuant to this
section or Section 28-682 after presentment of a bill therefor with reasonable substantiation, the City may
recover such costs through a civil action in the circuit court for the City, and the
City may also recover its reasonable attorney's fees and costs through such action.
Any recovery of costs pursuant to Section 28-749 shall be in addition to penalties that may be assessed pursuant to the other sections
of this article.
(Code 2004, § 106-701)
