[Ord. No. 566 Art. I, 10-10-1989]
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive
to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience
of the City to collect rates, fees and charges for the use of and
services provided by the system. The proceeds of such charges so derived
will be used for the purpose of operating and maintaining the system;
paying the principal of and interest on all revenue bonds or other
obligations of the City now outstanding or hereinafter issued or incurred
("revenue bonds," as hereinafter defined) that are payable solely
from the revenues of the system (the "system revenues," as hereinafter
defined); and providing funds sufficient to meet the requirements
of the ordinances of the City authorizing the issuance of the revenue
bonds (the "bond ordinances," as hereinafter defined), including replacement
of the system. The establishment of and any change to the rates, fees
and charges for services provided by the system shall be approved
by the State Director of the Farmers Home Administration, United Stated
Department of Agriculture, or his/her successor, so long as the municipality
has unpaid obligations which are held by or insured by the United
States of America.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. II §§1
— 16, 10-10-1989]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Centigrade (20° C), expressed in milligrams
per liter (mg/1).
BOND ORDINANCES
The ordinances duly adopted by the Governing Body of the
City which authorize the issuance of revenue bonds.
NON-RESIDENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR
Any contributor to or user of the system whose lot, parcel
of real estate or building is served by a water meter larger than
thee-fourths (¾) inch.
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
two hundred forty (240) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration
of not more than two hundred forty (240) mg/l.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
All expenditures during the useful life of the system for
materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are necessary for
managing and maintaining the system to achieve the capacity and performance
for which the system was designed and constructed; provided however,
that the terms "operation and maintenance" shall also have the meaning
given to them by the bond ordinances, and in the event of any conflict
in the meaning hereinabove prescribed and the terms of the bond ordinances,
the bond ordinances shall govern.
REPLACEMENT
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
system to maintain the capacity and performance for which the system
was designed and constructed; provided however, that the term "replacement"
shall also have the meaning given to it by the bond ordinances, and
in the event of any conflict in the meaning hereinabove prescribed
and the terms of the bond ordinances, the bond ordinances shall govern.
RESIDENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR
Any contributor to or user of the system whose lot, parcel
of real estate or building is served by a three-fourths (¾)
inch water meter or less.
REVENUE BONDS
All bonds or other obligations of the City now outstanding
or hereinafter issued which are payable solely from system revenues.
SHALL
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
SS (DENOTING SUSPENDED SOLIDS)
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
SYSTEM
The sewerage system of the City consisting of all properties
and assets, real and personal and tangible and intangible, of the
City, now or hereafter existing, which are held or used for the purpose
of collecting and treating sewerage including, but not limited to,
the City's treatment facilities and all collection lines and equipment
connected therewith.
SYSTEM REVENUES
All income and revenues derived by the City from the operation
of the system.
TREATMENT FACILITIES
That part of the system consisting of any devices and systems
for the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal
sewage, domestic sewage or liquid industrial wastes. These include
intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, individual
systems, pumping, power, and other equipment and their appurtenances;
extensions improvement, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof;
elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby
treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works, including
site acquisition of the land, that will be an integral part of the
treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting
from such treatment (including land for composting sludge, temporary
storage of such compost, and land used for the storage of treated
wastewater in land treatment systems before land application); or
any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing,
treating, separating or disposing of municipal waste or industrial
waste, including waste in combined stormwater and sanitary sewer systems.
USEFUL LIFE
The estimated period during which the treatment facilities
will be operated.
USER CHARGE
That portion of the total system revenues which is levied
and collected in a proportional and adequate manner to pay the cost
of operation and maintenance, to pay the principal of and interest
on the revenue bonds, and to meet all requirements of the bond ordinances,
including the cost of replacement.
WATER METER
A water volume measuring and recording device furnished and/or
installed by the City of Granby or furnished and/or installed by a
user and approved by the City of Granby.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. III §§1
— 4, 10-10-1989]
A. Unless
otherwise provided by the bond ordinances, the user charges shall
be collected and disbursed as provided by this Section.
B. The
user charge system shall generate adequate annual system revenues
to pay costs of operation and maintenance, to pay principal of and
interest on the revenue bonds, and to provide funds to meet the requirements
of the bond ordinances, including replacement, which the City may
by ordinance designate or have designated to be paid by the user charge
system.
C. That
portion of the total user charge collected which is to be for operation
and maintenance and, after meeting the requirements of the bond ordinances,
for replacement shall be deposited in two (2) separate non-lapsing
funds and accounts as follows:
1. An account designated for the specific purpose of defraying operation
and maintenance costs (excluding replacement) of the system (Operation
and Maintenance Account).
2. After making the deposits required by the bond ordinances in an account
designated for the specific purpose of ensuring replacement needs
over the useful life of the system (Replacement Account), deposits
in the Replacement Account shall be made monthly in the amount of
one thousand three hundred thirty-two dollars ninety-two cents ($1,332.92)
each month.
D. Fiscal
year-end balances in the Operation and Maintenance Account and the
Replacement Account shall be carried over to the same accounts in
the subsequent fiscal year and shall be used for no other purpose
than those designated for these accounts. Monies which have been transferred
from other sources to meet temporary shortages in the Operation and
Maintenance Account and the Replacement Account shall be returned
to their respective accounts upon appropriate adjustment of the user
charge rates for operation and maintenance and for replacement. The
user charge rates shall be adjusted such that the transferred monies
will be returned to their respective accounts within the fiscal year
following the fiscal year in which the monies were borrowed.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. IV §§1
— 6, 10-10-1989; Ord. No. 689 §1, 7-12-2005; Ord. No. 725 §1, 9-23-2008; Ord. No. 759 §1, 8-28-2012]
A. This
Section will set the rates to be charged to users for the collection
and treatment of sewerage. Each user shall pay for the sewerage collection
and treatment services provided by the City based on his/her use of
the system as determined by water meters acceptable to the City.
B. For
residential contributors, monthly user charges for the collection
and treatment of sewage will be based on average monthly water usage
during the months of January, February and March. If a residential
contributor has not established a January, February and March average,
his/her monthly user charge shall be the median charge of all other
residential contributors until he or she has an established three
(3) month residency.
For industrial and commercial contributors, user charges for
the collection and treatment of sewerage shall be based on water used
during the current month. If a commercial or industrial contributor
has a consumptive user of water, or in some other manner uses water
which is not returned to the wastewater collection system, the user
charge for that contributor may be based on a wastewater meter or
separate water meters installed and maintained at the contributor's
expense and in a manner acceptable to the City.
C. The minimum charge per month for the collection and treatment of
sewage shall be thirty-two dollars and seventeen cents ($32.17) for
the first (1st) one thousand (1,000) gallons for residential contributors
and thirty-two dollars and seventeen cents ($32.17) for the first
(1st) one thousand (1,000) gallons for non-residential contributors.
In addition, each contributor shall pay a user charge rate of three
dollars forty-two cents ($3.42) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of
water (or wastewater) above the minimum as determined in the preceding
Section. This sewer charge will be in effect beginning January 2022
billing cycle.
[Ord. No. 810 § 1, 9-27-2016; Ord. No. 826, 2-13-2018; Ord. No. 848, 12-23-2019; Ord. No. 861, 12-8-2020; Ord.
No. 871, 12-14-2021]
D. For
those contributors who contribute wastewater, the strength of which
is greater than normal domestic sewage, a surcharge in addition to
the normal user charge will be collected.
The surcharge is:
$0.03 per pound BOD; and
$0.02 per pound SS.
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E. Any
user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase
in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City's
system, or any water user which discharges any substances which singly
or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases
in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of the system
shall pay for such increased costs. The charge to each such user shall
be as determined by the treatment plant operator and approved by the
Board of Aldermen.
F. The
user charge rates established in this Section apply to all users,
regardless of their location, of the City's system.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. V, 10-10-1989]
A. All
users will be billed monthly with their water bill, and delinquency
will be in accordance with the policy established for non-payment
of water bills. In accordance with established City policy, non-payment
may result in the termination of water and sewer service until such
bill is paid.
B. It
shall be the duty of the City Clerk to notify the Board of Aldermen
of all such delinquent accounts, and said Board of Aldermen shall
proceed immediately to cause sewer and water service to each customer
to be discontinued.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. VI, 10-10-1989]
Application for sewerage services shall be made to the City
Clerk by the owner or occupant of the property to be served. Upon
approval of such application, the applicant shall have the right to
connect with sewerage collection facilities. The Board of Aldermen
may prescribe a connection fee to be paid by such applicant at the
time of application. The City shall have the right to inspect all
such connections and to reject such connections due to poor workmanship
or inadequate materials.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. VII §§1
— 2, 10-10-1989]
A. It
shall be a misdemeanor for any person to tamper or destroy any portion
of the system or to make any connection without written permission
from the City Clerk or to reconnect service when service has been
disconnected for non-payment of bill. Upon conviction, there shall
be imposed a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
B. The
user of each premises receiving sewer service shall be held responsible
for the proper use of the system. Plumbing facilities that are to
be connected to the sewerage system shall be installed in accordance
with the National Plumbing Code and shall be inspected for compliance
by a designated representative of the City before any connection is
made. No grease, petroleum products, milk, whey, paints, acids, chemicals,
metals, animal wastes, food products, or other materials detrimental
to the treatment facilities and process shall be discharged into the
system.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. VIII §§1
— 2, 10-10-1989]
A. The
City will review the user charge system each year and revise user
charge rates as necessary to ensure that the system generates adequate
revenues to pay the costs of operation and maintenance, to pay principal
of and interest on the revenue bonds, and to provide funds to meet
the requirements of the bond ordinances, including replacement, and
that the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution
of operation and maintenance and replacement costs among users and
user classes. All such changes must be approved by the State Director
of the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture,
or his/her successor, so long as the municipality has unpaid obligations
which are held by or insured by the United States of America.
B. The
City will notify each user at least annually, in conjunction with
a regular bill, of the rate(s) being charged for sewerage service.