[Amended 5-22-2019 by Ord. No. 684]
All definitions of terms used in this chapter are set forth in §
94-12 of this chapter.
[Amended 5-21-1976 by Ord. No. 305; 10-28-1981 by Ord. No.
354; 6-20-1984 by Ord. No. 391; 7-24-1985 by Ord. No. 406; 5-12-1987 by Ord. No. 422; 5-26-1987 by Ord. No. 423; 2-9-1988 by Ord. No.
427; 10-4-1988 by Ord. No. 432; 4-2-1991 by Ord. No. 456; 7-27-1995 by Ord. No. 492; 6-15-1998 by Ord. No. 512; 6-30-1999 by Ord. No.
522; 8-23-2006 by Ord. No. 566; 6-24-2009 by Ord. No. 587; 5-25-2011 by Ord. No. 609; 6-12-2013 by Ord. No. 625; 6-11-2014 by Ord. No.
639; 6-24-2015 by Ord. No. 649; 5-22-2019 by Ord. No. 684]
The service charge for the municipal sewer shall
be as follows:
A. Domestic single-family dwelling residence and small
commercial customer:
[Amended 6-9-2021 by Ord. No. 704; 6-5-2024 by Ord. No. 726]
(1) Minimum
charge (water utilization of 4,000 gallons or less in a month): $39.25
per month, per unit.
(2) Commodity
charge (water utilization in excess of 4,000 gallons in a month):
$5.35 per 1,000 gallons, per unit.
B. Business establishments, such as industrial buildings
or plants, manufacturing plants, restaurants, seafood packing houses
and others, according to the amount of metered water used or discharged
as follows: 100% of the water service billing or a minimum charge
of $114.30, whichever is greater.
[Amended 6-9-2021 by Ord. No. 704; 6-5-2024 by Ord. No. 726]
C. Industrial and other users who contribute particularly
strong sewage, as determined by the City, will be subject to a surcharge
which will defray and meet all extra sewage treatment costs as follows:
(1) Suspended solids: a surcharge of 0.2% of the sewage
bill for each part per million by which the suspended solids exceed
400 parts per million as determined at any time during the month by
the City.
(2) Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD): a surcharge of 0.2%
of the sewage bill for each part per million by which the BOD exceeds
400 parts per million as determined at any time during the month by
the City.
(3) Chlorine demand: a surcharge of 0.5% of the sewage
bill for each part per million by which the chlorine demand exceeds
50 parts per million as determined at any time during the month by
the City; or, if lesser, a surcharge factor applied to the sewage
bill, determined as follows:
F = 500 + R(S-400) + 1.33 R(BOD-400) + R(CL-50)\500
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Where
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R = Ratio of treatment cost to total operating
cost for sewage system.
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F = Surcharge factor.
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S = Suspended solids in parts per million in
discharge.
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BOD = The standard five-day biochemical oxygen
demand in parts per million of the discharge.
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CL = The chlorine demand in order to have chlorine
residual after 15 minutes of 0.5 part per million.
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(4) The City may make an additional charge for the costs
of a sewage overload or surge.
D. Water leak
policy.
[Added 9-22-2021 by Ord. No. 706]
(1) Billing
adjustments to the sewer service charges assessed to a domestic single-family
dwelling residence, arising from an outside water leak, may be approved
for up to two billing cycles (monthly) during any three-year period,
after which any such billing adjustment shall be subject to the approval
of the Mayor and Council.
(2) Billing
adjustments will be made only to the sewer service charges assessed
to a domestic single-family dwelling residence and will not be made
until a written request therefor is received by the City with verification,
i.e., licensed plumber's bill, including the location of the repair,
receipt of parts or pictures to prove the location of the outside
water leak. Any billing adjustment approved under this section will
be based on the average of the customer's three previous billing cycles
(monthly).
E. Interior
water leak policy.
[Added 10-27-2021 by Ord. No. 707]
(1) Billing
adjustments to the water service charges and the sewer service charges
assessed to a domestic single-family dwelling residence, arising from
an interior water leak, may be approved for up to two billing cycles
(monthly) during any three-year period, after which any such billing
adjustment shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor and Council.
(2) Billing
adjustments under this § 94-9F will be made to the water
service charges and the sewer service charges assessed to only a domestic
single-family dwelling residence. No billing adjustment under this
§ 94-9F will be made until a written request therefor is
received by the City with verification of an interior water leak,
such as a bill from a licensed plumber providing the location of the
water leak repair, a receipt of parts for repair of the interior water
leak, or pictures identifying the interior water leak.
(3) A billing
adjustment approved under this § 94-9F will be based on
half of the gallons billed for the billing cycle in which the billing
adjustment is applied, with a maximum credit of $75.
Special agreements or arrangements determined
to be beneficial to the city by the Mayor and City Council may be
made between the city and any private or public concern whereby special
sewer service charges may be waived, levied or relieved.