[Amended 12-4-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-14]
A.
There is, as established by Code of the City of Lebanon, Chapter 68, a sewer use permit application fee for all users of the City of Lebanon sewer system. This application fee herein shall apply to all persons whose building sewers enter the public sewers of the City of Lebanon. Each connection shall be separately assessed to the owner(s) of land being benefited thereby regardless if that land has more than one connection to the City's public sewer. The application fee set forth herein is a one-time charge to offset the administrative costs of the application process.
B.
The owners of land being benefited by having building sewer connections to the City of Lebanon sewer system shall be charged an application fee. Said application fee shall be assessed by determining the number of dwelling units or sewer units associated with the proposed connection as set forth in the Code of the City of Lebanon, Chapter 68. A minimum connection fee of one dwelling or sewer unit shall apply for any residential, commercial, or industrial facility.
C.
Application fees shall be paid upon the submission of application
for a sewer use permit. This fee is nonrefundable regardless of whether
a sewer use permit is issued or not.
A.
Service may be discontinued by the city for nonpayment
of water and/or sewer bills. Service may also be discontinued for
any infraction of the rules and regulations contained herein. Discontinuance
of sewer service is achieved by shutting off the water service.
B.
Service, once discontinued, shall not be restored
until all unpaid bills for both water and sewer have been paid, or
any infraction of rules and regulations shall have been corrected.
C.
Whenever it is necessary for the city to restore or discontinue service for any reason except to work on the lines of the city, a charge per service for each trip required will be made. The charge will be as established by Code of the City of Lebanon, Chapter 68.
D.
A written notice of intention to discontinue service
shall be sent by regular mail to the consumer whose water is to be
discontinued at least 72 hours prior to discontinuing water and/or
sewer service.
A.
Every user shall pay user charges (sewer rental ) for the use of the City's wastewater facilities as established by the Code of the City of Lebanon, Chapter 68. User charges shall be sufficient to pay for operation, maintenance and capitalization of the wastewater facilities. Residential users utilizing a private water supply source shall pay an average residential user charge. Other users utilizing a private water supply source shall pay user charges based on the quantity of wastewater discharged. Users discharging a substantially smaller percentage of their metered water consumption than residential users shall pay user charges based on the quantity of wastewater discharged.
[Amended 12-4-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-14]
(1)
Users discharging a wastewater containing excessive
strength biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total suspended solids
(TSS) shall pay a surcharge in addition to the base user charge. Excessive
strength wastes having a BOD of more than 300 milligrams per liter
(mg/l) and TSS of more than 350 mg/l are considered for this purpose
by the City to be of excessive strength.
(2)
Surcharge formulae.
(a)
Surcharges shall be based on the excess strength
of the wastewater in accordance with this chapter and the user's industrial
discharge permit and will be determined by application of the following
formulae:
(b)
Monitoring and reporting for this purpose shall
be the responsibility of the industrial user at no cost to the City.
Wastewater sampling results submitted by the industrial user or obtained
through direct measurement by City personnel may be used for calculating
industrial user surcharges. The frequency of sampling will be determined
based on the nature of the discharge.
(3)
Where possible, excess strength surcharges shall be
based on metered water consumption. If records of metered water use
are not available or do not properly reflect the quantity of waste
discharged, the surcharge shall be based upon estimated water use
or an actual measurement of the volume of waste discharged into the
sewerage system as specified by the industrial discharge permit or
otherwise as approved by the Director of Public Works.
B.
No statement of this section shall restrict the City
from making a special agreement with a consumer for user charges provided
that said agreement does not contravene any provisions of federal
or state law.
