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ARTICLE III. SEWERS Page 4 of 12 amended from time to time, including notice and an opportunity to be heard; except as may be provided therein. As a separate and distinct remedy, the city attorney is authorized to bring suit pursuant to Government Code section 54356. The city shall not disconnect water utility service for failure to pay the sewer service fee, unless said failure is accompanied by a customer's failure to pay the water utility service in which case disconnection of water utility service shall be governed by article II of this chapter. (Ord. No. NS-2479, § 2, 9-17-01) Sec. 39-55.6. Variance from payment of sewerage service fee. Any person subject to the sewerage service fee may request that the director or designee waive the requirement of payment of the sewerage services fee due to individual circumstances that demonstrate, on a case -by -case basis, that the amount of the fee is not reasonably related the cost of the service the city provides in transporting sewerage to the Orange County publicly owned treatment works and related infrastructure. The decision of the director or designee may be appealed pursuant to chapter 3 of this Code. (Ord. No. NS-2479, § 2, 9-17-01) Sec. 39-56. Fats, oils and grease control. (1) Purpose and policy. A. The purpose of this section is to allow the maximum beneficial public use of the city's sewer services and facilities while preventing blockages of the sewer lines resulting from discharges of FOG to the sewer facilities and to specify appropriate FOG discharge requirements for FSEs. B. To comply with federal, state, and local policies regarding ssos and to allow the city to meet applicable standards and provisions for the regulations of wastewater or waste containing FOG discharges to the sewer facilities. (2) Definitions. A. Terms not defined herein shall be defined as set forth in the latest adopted applicable editions of the California Codes applicable to building construction. B. Words used in this section in the singular may include the plural and the plural the singular. Use of masculine shall mean feminine and use of feminine shall mean masculine. Shall is mandatory; may is permissive or discretionary. C. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the following definitions shall apply in this section: Best management practices (BMPs) means schedules of activities, a prohibition of practices, maintenance procedures and other management practices to prevent or reduce the introduction of FOG to the sewer facilities. Change in operations means any change in the ownership, food types, or operational procedures that have the potential to increase the amount of FOG generated and/or discharged by FSEs in an amount that alone or collectively causes or creates a potential for SSOs to occur. City manager means the city manager of the City of Santa Ana or his or her designee. Discharger means any person who discharges or causes a discharge of wastewater directly or indirectly to a public sewer. Discharger shall mean the same as user. 19F-125 http://Iibrary2.municode.com/default-test/DocView/14452/l/242/245 3/3/2009