[Ord. No. 4.037 Art. I, 1-14-2008]
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 charges from all users who contribute wastewater
to the City's treatment works. The proceeds of such charges so derived
will be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining and retiring
the debt for such public wastewater treatment works.
[Ord. No. 4.037 Art. II, 1-14-2008]
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/l).
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
two hundred seventy (270) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration
of not more than three hundred twenty (320) mg/l.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
All expenditures during the useful life of the treatment
works for materials, labor, utilities and other items which are necessary
for managing and maintaining the sewage works to achieve the capacity
and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
REPLACEMENT
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation
and maintenance" includes replacement.
RESIDENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR
Any contributor to the City's treatment works whose lot,
parcel of real estate or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes
only.
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.
TREATMENT WORKS
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, improvements, 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; 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 a treatment works will
be operated.
USER CHARGE
That portion of the total wastewater service charge which
is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation,
maintenance and replacement of the wastewater treatment works.
WATER METER
A water volume measuring and recording device furnished and/or
installed by the City of Weston or furnished and/or installed by a
user and approved by the City of Weston.
[Ord. No. 4.037 Art. III, 1-14-2008]
A. The
user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to pay
costs of annual operation and maintenance including replacement and
costs associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated
with financing the treatment works which the City may by ordinance
designate to be paid by the user charge system. That portion of the
total user charge which is designated for operation and maintenance
including replacement of the treatment works shall be established
by this Chapter.
B. That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for operation and maintenance including replacement purposes as established in Section
715.040 shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund and will be kept in two (2) primary accounts as follows:
1. The Operation and Maintenance Account shall be an account designated
for the specific purpose of defraying operation and maintenance costs,
excluding replacement of the treatment works. Deposits in the Operation
and Maintenance Account shall be made daily from the operation and
maintenance revenue received.
2. The Replacement Account shall be an account designated for the purpose
of ensuring replacement needs over the useful life of the treatment
works. Deposits in the Replacement Account shall be made monthly from
the replacement revenue in the amount of sixteen thousand one hundred
seven dollars eighty cents ($16,107.80) annually. (See Appendix B
to this ordinance for calculation as same is held on file in the City
offices.)
C. 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 purposes
than those designated for these accounts. Monies which have been transferred
from other sources to meet temporary shortage in the Operation, Maintenance
and Replacement Fund shall be returned to their respective accounts
upon appropriate adjustment of the user charge rates for operation,
maintenance and replacement. The user charge rate(s) 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. 4.037 Art. IV, 1-14-2008]
A. Each
user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on his/her
use of the treatment works as determined by water meter(s) acceptable
to the City.
B. For
residential contributors, monthly user charges shall be based on water
used during the current month.
If a residential contributor uses water which is not returned
to the wastewater collection system, the monthly user charge may be
based on the 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.
Billing for a residential contributor in this manner shall be by written
request, and renewed by April thirtieth (30th) of each year, by the
contributor.
For industrial and commercial contributors, user charges shall
be based on water used during the current month. If a commercial or
industrial contributor has a consumptive use 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(s) or separate water meter(s) installed and maintained at the
contributor's expense and in a manner acceptable to the City.
C. (Reference is made to Appendix A of this ordinance, same is held
on file in the City offices.) The minimum charge per month shall be
twenty-two dollars sixty-three cents ($22.63). In addition, each contributor
shall pay a user charge for operation and maintenance including replacement
of seven dollars forty-six cents ($7.46) per one thousand (1,000)
gallons of water (or wastewater) and fifty-nine dollars ninety-three
cents ($59.93) per five thousand (5,000) gallons of water (or wastewater)
as determined in the preceding Section.
[Ord. No. 4.038 §1, 4-11-2011; Ord. No. 4.039 §1, 3-19-2012; Ord. No. 4.040§ 1, 4-8-2013; Ord. No.
4.041 §1, 2-10-2014; Ord. No. 4.042 §1, 9-8-2014; Ord. No. 4.043 §1, 4-13-2015; Ord. No. 4.044, 4-8-2019; Ord. No. 4.046, 8-26-2020]
D. (Reference is made to Appendix A, paragraph 7 of this ordinance;
same is held on file in the City offices.) For those contributors
which 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 for operation and maintenance,
including replacement, is:
[Ord. No. 4.038 §1, 4-11-2011; Ord. No. 4.039 §1, 3-19-2012; Ord. No. 4.040 §1, 4-8-2013; Ord. No.
4.041 §1, 2-10-2014; Ord.
No. 4.042 §1, 9-8-2014; Ord. No. 4.043 §1, 4-13-2015; Ord. No. 4.044, 4-8-2019; Ord.
No. 4.046, 8-26-2020]
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$0.40 per pound of BOD
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$0.12 per pound of 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
treatment works, or any user which discharges any substance which
singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable
increases in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of
the treatment works, shall pay for such increased costs. The charge
to each user shall be as determined by the responsible plant operating
personnel and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
F. The
user charge rates established in this Chapter apply to all users of
the City's treatment works, regardless of the user's location.
[Ord. No. 4.037 Art. V, 1-14-2008]
A. All
users shall be billed monthly. Billings for each month shall be made
within thirty (30) days after the end of that month. Payments are
due by the tenth (10th) day of each month. Any payment not received
by the tenth (10th) day of each month shall be delinquent.
B. A late
payment penalty of fifteen percent (15%) of the user charge bill will
be added to each delinquent bill for each thirty (30) days of delinquency.
When any bill is not paid by the twenty-fifth (25th) day of each month,
rendition of water and/or sewer service to such premises shall be
discontinued until such bill is paid following due notice and opportunity
of hearing.
[Ord. No. 4.037 Art. VI, 1-14-2008]
A. The
City shall review the user charge system annually and revise user
charge rates as necessary to ensure that the system generates adequate
revenues to pay the costs of operation and maintenance, including
replacement, and that the system continues to provide for the proportional
distribution of operation and maintenance, including replacement costs,
among users and user classes.
B. The
City will notify each user at least annually, in conjunction with
a regular bill, of the rate being charged for operation and maintenance,
including replacement, of the treatment works.
[Ord. No. 4.702 Art. I, 10-19-2009]
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 charges from all users who use the City's water
system. The proceeds of such charges so derived will be used for the
purpose of operating, maintaining and retiring the debt for such public
water system.
[Ord. No. 4.702 Art. II, 10-19-2009]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
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 system was designed and constructed.
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 such works
were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance"
includes replacement.
RESIDENTIAL USER
Any user of the City's water system whose lot, parcel of
real estate or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes only.
SHALL
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
USEFUL LIFE
The estimated period during which the treatment works will
be operated.
USER CHARGE
That portion of the total water service charge which is levied
in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance
and replacement of the water system.
WATER METER
A water volume measuring and recording device furnished and/or
installed by the City of Weston or furnished and/or installed by a
user and approved by the City of Weston.
WATER SYSTEM
Any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling,
transmission and distribution of water. These include transmission
and distribution lines, individual systems, pumping, power and other
equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling,
additions and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a
reliable water supply such as standby treatment units and any works,
including site acquisition of land, that will be part of the treatment
process.
[Ord. No. 4.702 Art. III, 10-19-2009]
A. The
user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to pay
the costs of annual operation and maintenance including replacement
and cost associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated
with financing the water system, which the City may by ordinance designate
to be paid by the user charge system. That portion of the total user
charge which is designated for operation and maintenance including
replacement of the water system shall be established by this Article.
B. That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for the operation and maintenance including replacement purposes as established in Section
715.100 shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund and will be kept in two (2) primary accounts as follows:
1. The Operation and Maintenance Account shall be an account designated
for the specific purpose of defraying operation and maintenance costs
(excluding replacement) of the water system. Deposits in the Operation
and Maintenance Account shall be made from operation and maintenance
revenue.
2. The Replacement Account shall be an account designated for the purpose
of ensuring replacement needs over the useful life of the water system.
Deposits in the Replacement Account shall be made monthly from the
replacement revenue in the amount of thirty-eight thousand two hundred
twenty-five dollars and seventy cents ($38,225.70) annually.
C. Fiscal
year-end balances in the Operation and Maintenance Account and the
Replacement Account shall be carried over to the same accounts in
each subsequent fiscal year and shall be used for no other purposes
than those designated for these accounts. Monies which have been transferred
from other sources to meet temporary shortages in the Operation, Maintenance
and Replacement Fund shall be returned to their respective accounts
upon appropriate adjustment of the user charge rates for operation,
maintenance, and replacement. The user charge rate(s) 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. 4.702 Art. IV, 10-19-2009]
A. Each
user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on their
use of the water system as determined by water meter(s) acceptable
to the City.
B. All
monthly user charges will be based on monthly water usage.
C. (Reference is made to Appendix A of this ordinance, same is held on file in the City offices.) The monthly charges are as set out in Section
700.090 of this Title.
D. The
user charge rates established in this Section apply to all users of
the City's system, regardless of the user's location.
[Ord. No. 4.702 Art. V, 10-19-2009]
A. All
users shall be billed monthly. Billings for each month shall be made
within thirty (30) days after the end of that month. Payments are
due when billings are made. Any payment not received within twenty-five
(25) days after the billing is made shall be delinquent.
B. A late
payment penalty of fifteen percent (15%) of the user charge bill will
be added to each delinquent bill for each thirty (30) days of delinquency.
When any bill is twenty-five (25) days in default, water service to
such premises shall be discontinued until such bill is paid following
due notice and opportunity for hearing. Reconnection fees shall be
paid by the customer.
[Ord. No. 4.702 Art. VI, 10-19-2009]
A. The
City shall review the user charge system annually and revise user
charge rates as necessary to ensure that the system generates adequate
revenues to pay the costs of operation and maintenance including replacement
and that the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution
of operation and maintenance including replacement costs among users
and user classes.
B. The
City will notify each user at least annually, in conjunction with
a regular bill, of the rate being charged for operation and maintenance
including replacement of the treatment works.