[Amended 7-24-1979; 2-25-1980; 9-28-1987]
The rules, regulations and sewer rates of the Village of Rothschild hereinafter set forth shall be considered a part of the contract with every person, company or corporation who or which is connected to the sewer system of the Village, and every such person, company, or corporation by connecting to the sewer system shall be considered as expressing his or its assent to be bound thereby. Whenever any ordinances or amendments as the Village Board may hereafter adopt are violated, the service may be shut off from the building or place of such violation (even though two or more parties are receiving service through the same connection) and shall not be reestablished except by order of the Village Board and on payment of all arrears and the expense and established charges of shutting off and putting on and such other terms as the Village Board may determine and a satisfactory understanding with the party that no further cause for complaint shall arise. In case of such violation, said Village Board furthermore may declare any payment made for the service by the party or parties committing such violation to be forfeited, and the same shall thereupon be forfeited. The Village Board may amend ordinances and sewer rates from time to time as it may deem advisable.
The definitions contained in Article IV of this chapter are adopted by reference and are hereby made a part of this article.
A. 
Application for service. Every person connecting to the sewer system shall file an application in writing with the Village in such form as prescribed for that purpose. Blanks for such applications will be furnished at the office of the Clerk. The application must state fully and truly all the use which will be allowed except upon further application and permission regularly obtained from the Village. If the applicant is not the owner of the premises, the written consent of the owner must accompany the application. Persons connected to the sewer system of the Village are referred to herein as "users."
(1) 
The application may be for service to no more than one building.
(2) 
If it appears that the service applied for will not provide adequate service for the contemplated use, the Village Board may reject the application. If the Village Board shall approve the application, it shall issue a permit for services as shown on the application.
B. 
Tap permits. After sewer connections have been introduced into any building or upon any premises, no plumber shall make any alterations, extensions, or attachments unless the party ordering such tapping or other work shall exhibit the proper permit for the same from the Village.
C. 
User to keep in repair. All users shall keep their own service pipes in good repair and protected from frost, at their own risk and expense, and shall prevent any unnecessary overburdening of the sewer system.
D. 
User to permit inspection. Every user shall permit the Commissioners, or their duly authorized agent, at all reasonable hours of the day, to enter his premises or building to examine the pipes and fixtures and the manner in which the drains and sewer connections operate, and he must at all times, frankly and without concealment, answer all questions put to him relative to its use.
No persons, except those having special permission from the District, or persons in its service and approved by it, will be permitted under any circumstances to tap the mains or collection pipes. The kind and size of the connection to the pipe shall be that specified in the permit or order from said District.
A. 
Sewer systems. All sewer systems shall be installed in accordance with Ch. NR 110, Wis. Adm. Code, and Chapter 590, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Rothschild.
B. 
Laterals. All service pipes (laterals) on private property shall be installed in accordance with Ch. SPS 382, Design, Construction, Installation, Supervision and Inspection of Plumbing, Wis. Adm. Code. Construction of sewer service lines on private property that are to be connected to a Village sewer main shall not begin until a permit has been obtained from the Village for such construction. The permit shall be visible at the construction site at all times when work is in progress.
C. 
Backfilling. Following completion of placement of underground sewer systems or a sewer service line on private property but before backfilling, the Village Board shall be notified and an inspection of the installation requested. Such a request shall be filed with the Village Board not less than 24 hours prior to the requested time of inspection. If the inspector finds the installation to be satisfactory, it will be so noted on the permit and usage of the sewer line authorized.
A. 
The Village of Rothschild is a part of and is served by the sewage treatment plant of the Rib Mountain Metro Sewerage District, which levies charges against the Village of Rothschild for sewage treatment and capital costs. The Rib Mountain Metro will assess the Village of Rothschild for wastewater treatment based upon the monitoring of wastewater volume, BOD and suspended solids at the metering stations serving the Village of Rothschild. The Rib Mountain Metro levies a user charge against the Village of Rothschild to be calculated based on the quantity and quality of the wastewater contributed by the Village of Rothschild as determined by the Rib Mountain Metro and on the number of actual users and equivalent meters in service within the boundaries of the Village of Rothschild as determined by the Rib Mountain Metro.
B. 
It shall be the policy of the Village to obtain sufficient revenues to pay the cost of the annual debt retirement payment on any bonded indebtedness, any required cash reserve account payment, and operation and maintenance of the sewage works, including a replacement fund (i.e., a cash account to be used for future expenditures for obtaining or installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary to maintain the capacity and performance of the sewage works during the service life for which such works were designed and constructed), through a system of user charges as defined in this section. The system shall assure that each user of the sewage works pays a proportionate share of the cost of such works.
C. 
Classification of users. All sewer users shall be classified by the Utility as residential/commercial (domestic strength) or industrial customers.
D. 
Monitored users. A monitored user that meters the sewage discharge as required by Article IV of this chapter shall be subject to the following measurement requirements:
(1) 
Flow monitoring. Flow shall be recorded for each day a flow occurs.
(2) 
Concentration monitoring. Three consecutive production day twenty-four-hour composite samples shall be taken and analyzed each calendar month.
(3) 
Data collections. All monitored users shall conduct or cause to be conducted all required samplings necessary to provide the Village with the required date for BOD5, suspended solids and flow. Billing for BOD5 and suspended solids may be based on samples or on the latest concentrations reported to the Department of Natural Resources on NR 101 reporting forms, where no samples are available. The Village may verify the required data.
(4) 
User reporting. Daily volume recordings and concentration data shall be submitted to the Village by the 10th of the month following the data collections.
(5) 
Waste analysis. Monitored waste samples shall be analyzed for BOD5 and suspended solids in accordance with the current edition of Standard Methods.
(6) 
Strength determination for billing. BOD5 and suspended solids shall be determined by taking the arithmetic average of the BOD and suspended solids concentration proportionate to the total quarterly volume to arrive at total pounds. (Average concentration as milligrams per liter multiplied by flow in millions of gallons multiplied by the factor for weight, 8.345 per gallon, equals pounds.)
E. 
User charge basis. User charges shall consist of a minimum quarterly billing, on the basis of user charge factors, and a unit price per volume of water utilized. The minimum quarterly billing shall be sufficient to pay any annual debt retirement. A portion of the debt service and reserve account may be budgeted by levying an ad valorem tax in accordance with state statutes. The unit price per volume shall be sufficient to pay the annual cost of operation and maintenance, including any replacement fund, of the sewage works. Water meter readings shall be used to determine the actual water volume used. Users will be notified annually of the portion of user charges or ad valorem taxes attributable to wastewater treatment services. If a portion of the water furnished to any customer is not discharged into the sewer system, the quantity of such water will be deducted in computing the charge for sewer service, provided that a meter has been installed to measure such water. The customer must at his own expense make necessary changes in the water piping and install couplings so that a meter can be set. A charge for the actual costs of providing a meter shall be paid by the customer.
F. 
Review of rates. The user charges, and this section, shall be reviewed not less than biannually. Such review shall be performed by the Village Board and the Village Treasurer. User charges shall be adjusted, as required, to reflect actual volumes of water used and actual costs.
G. 
Use of average water volume. Where it is not possible to obtain a water meter reading, or in cases where no water meter exists, the customer shall be assigned an average water volume by the Village, based on previous meter readings, and this shall be so stated on the bill. The difference shall be adjusted when the meter is again read.
H. 
Sewer rates. There shall be charged to each user of the sewer system a sewer charge according to the methodology and amount as set forth in Appendix A.[1]
I. 
Sewer billing procedure.
(1) 
Quarterly billing. Bills for sewer service are rendered quarterly for service to the end of March, June, September and December. The billing procedure, late payment penalty charges and enforcement of collection of sewer bills shall be the same as for water bills as set forth in § 535-3F which is adopted by reference and is hereby made a part of this section.
(2) 
Residential quarterly billing. Residential billings for each of the quarters of April through June and July through September shall be based on 125% of the winter quarter of January through March. If the volume of the April through June quarter or the July through September quarter is less than 125% of the winter quarter, the billing shall be based on actual volume. All other quarters shall be based on actual volume. Where a water meter is disconnected during the winter quarter, or the winter quarter consumption is not representative usage for a full winter quarter (this may be the result of inaccurate readings, vacancy, extended winter vacations, etc.), the winter quarter consumption shall be adjusted. This adjustment will be based on the preceding quarter's usage, general overall usage, and/or based on a per capita consumption of 5,900 gallons per person, per quarter. If a new account is established and a full winter quarter has not been recorded, the actual volume shall be used until a winter quarter occurs.
[Amended 5-8-1989; 6-12-1989]
(3) 
Nonresidential quarterly billing. Nonresidential billings shall be based on actual quarterly volume.
(4) 
Billing for filling and refilling swimming pools. Residents may receive a credit for the volume of water used to fill a swimming pool if the volume of water is 2,500 or more gallons. To qualify for the credit, the resident shall apply in writing to the Village Clerk prior to the filling or refilling of the pool. The credit shall be based on the number of gallons required to fill the pool and shall be subtracted from the sewage billing for that quarter. No credit shall be allowed without prior application as provided herein. The application shall contain the resident's name, address, pool size and dimensions, and the number of gallons required to fill or refill the pool.
[Added 5-8-1989]
The penalty for any violation of this article, upon conviction, shall be as set forth in Article IV of this chapter.