§ 60-2. Sewer charges for resident users.
There are hereby established charges against every person and for every property, partnership, corporation, association, and other entity within the city limits having an actual or available connection with the city's sanitary sewer system, or discharging sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquid into the system. Charges shall be prorated per day during the billing period. Such charges are to be the sum of service charges, volume and high concentration charges to be computed and levied as follows and as prescribed in section 60-9:
(1)
Service charges.
a.
Sanitary sewer. A service charge of $22.58 per month to cover in part the cost of providing various services, and shall be prorated per day during the billing period and shall apply whether or not any sewage or wastes are actually discharged to the city sewer during the billing period; such charges are to be made each month.
b.
Wastewater discharge permits. Commercial and industrial users shall pay for the cost of the wastewater discharge permitting program as described and authorized in article IV of this chapter. Charges as authorized in article IV of this chapter shall be billed and collected with the commercial or industrial users' normal water and/or sewer billing charges.
(2)
Volume charges. A volume charge of $9.11 per 100 cubic feet (ccf), or a portion thereof, based upon the total volume of water purchased by the customer during the billing period subject to the following adjustments:
a.
Water supplied from separate source. Where water is supplied by a separate and independent source, the sewage volume charge shall be based upon the volume of water used, where such information is available, and computed at the volume charge established herein. Where usage information is not available, the water services department shall determine an appropriate volume of water used and compute it at the volume charge established herein.
b.
Residential accounts. Except as noted in (2)a, residential service account (one- and two-family residences) volume charges for the bills generated during the months of May through December shall be based upon water used during the winter period, such winter period being the bills generated during January through April, (these are the billing periods that most closely correspond to the December through March usage); such charges shall be payable with each bill rendered throughout the year. Where residential water services accounts do not have an acceptable history of winter water use, the volume charge for bills generated during the months of May through December shall be the volume charge established herein, or $54.66 per month, whichever is the lesser.
c.
Commercial and industrial water accounts with diverted water uses. Commercial and industrial water accounts are all water service accounts other than one- and two-family dwellings. Diverted water uses are those where a significant portion of the water purchased is used in manufactured products such as ice, canned goods or beverages. Where the product is transported away from the premises in containers (water to product) the application fee is $1,000.00. Where the water purchased is lost by evaporation or irrigation the application fee is $550.00. The director of the water services department or the director's representative, shall make the determinations of fact as to the amount of water which is diverted, and shall have authority to adjust the sewer use volume billed on the basis of the facts ascertained. The application fee is to pay for site review, plan review, and installation inspection.
(3)
Commercial and industrial water accounts with high concentration discharges. Commercial and industrial water accounts shall include all water service accounts other than one- and two-family dwellings. High concentration discharges are those in which the BOD (biochemical oxygen demand), SS (suspended solids), and/or O&G (oil and grease) concentrations are in excess of the maximum concentration of these components in normal sewage as defined in article IV of this chapter. In addition to other sewer service and volume charges, a surcharge, as established by the formulae defined and set forth in article IV of this chapter, shall be levied on high concentration discharges received from any customer under this section.
For surcharge rate formulae calculation purposes, the following rates are hereby established:
RB (surcharge per pound of excess BOD)* = $0.399
RS (surcharge per pound of excess SS) = $0.190
RG (surcharge per pound of excess O&G) = $0.178
The director of water services is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations to develop various groups and classes to facilitate the equitable distribution of surcharge fees among like groups of customers.
(4)
Definition. Month or monthly, as used in this section, shall refer to a time period of approximately 30 days.
(Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12; Ord. No. 130170, § 1, 3-28-13; Ord. No. 140172 , § 1, 3-27-14; Ord. No. 150144 , § 1, 3-26-15; Ord. No. 160165 , § 1, 4-7-16; Ord. No. 170152 , § 1, 3-23-17; Ord. No. 180137 , § 1, 3-22-18; Ord. No. 190172 , § 1, 3-21-19)