[Code 1993, § 13.06(1); amended 4-12-2010 by Ord. No. 04-2010]
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience of the Village to levy and collect charges, rentals or rates of service upon all the lands, lots and premises served by having connections with the Village sanitary sewerage system and additions, and served by having connections available with the sanitary sewerage system and additions. The proceeds of such charges, rentals or rates of service shall be used and set aside in separate funds as directed in the ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of $1,500,000 sewerage system mortgage revenue bonds of the Village and providing for the payment of such bonds and other details with respect thereto, dated November 9, 1960, and the certain supplement to an ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of $1,500,000 sewerage system mortgage revenue bonds of the Village, and providing for the payment of such bonds and other details with respect thereto, dated November 9, 1960, and in accordance with the provisions of Wis. Stats. §§ 66.0621, 66.0821, and the certain agreement made and entered into on January 1, 1977, by and between the city and the Village.
[Code 1993, § 13.06(2); amended 11-22-2010 by Ord. No. 05-2010; 12-12-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011; 11-25-2013 by Ord. No. 06-2013]
(a) 
Unit assessments.
(1) 
Users of the sewerage system within the Village and additions thereto shall be assessed upon the basis of the following units:
Type of User
Charge Units
Single-family dwellings
1
Two-family dwellings
2
House trailers
1
Multiple-family dwellings (three families or more):
One-bedroom units, each
75% of 1
Two-bedroom units, each
80% of 1
Three- or more bedroom units, each
90% of 1
(2) 
Water meters for private water systems measuring cubic feet shall be purchased, installed, maintained by and remain the property of the sewer utility district no. 1, and shall have outside registers so as to permit accessibility for reading the meters by all business, commercial, industrial and public buildings.
(b) 
Metered water consumption. For the users not falling within any of the categories set forth in Subsection (a)(1) of this section, charges will be made according to metered water consumption. However, there shall be a minimum charge of two residential units for each metered user.
[Code 1993, § 13.07; Ord. No. 12-02, 11-25-2002; Ord. No. 11-03, 10-27-2003; Ord. No. 11-2004, § 13.07, 11-22-2004; Ord. No. 1-2006, 1-23-2006; Ord. No. 10-2006, 11-27-2006; Ord. No. 15-2008, 11-13-2008]
(a) 
Method of determination. Customers in the Village shall be billed quarterly, in an amount sufficient to pay the local sewer operating and maintenance costs, including debt service, if any, and the wastewater treatment charges from the city wastewater treatment plant. In addition, the quarterly billings shall generate sufficient revenue for an equipment replacement fund and a replacement fund for the operation and maintenance of the wastewater collection facilities as required under Subsection (e)(2) of this section. Unmetered customers shall be billed at a flat rate based on flow contribution for the user classification. Metered customers shall be billed a flat rate customer service charge and a volumetric charge based on meter readings. Pollutant surcharges billed to the Village from the city wastewater treatment plant shall be passed on directly to the specific user. The method for determining the user charge is given in the report entitled, Sewer Service Charge and Industrial Cost Recovery System for Wastewater Collection Facilities and Treatment Services, July 1979. Pertinent sections of the report are included as attachment A, included as part of Ordinance No. 1-93, which is adopted in this section by reference, and is available in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer.
(b) 
Category A. Category A includes sanitary sewer users who discharge normal domestic strength wastewater with concentrations of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) no greater than 200 mg/l, suspended solids no greater than 250 mg/l and phosphorus no greater than six mg/l. The sewer service charge for category A wastewater is as follows:
[Amended 11-9-2020 by Ord. No. 15-2020; 11-8-2021 by Ord. No. 26-2021; 9-26-2022 by Ord. No. 33-2022; 11-13-2023 by Ord. No. 26-2023]
(1)
Customer Service Charge
2024
Total customer service
$13
(2)
Volume Charge
Charge Unit Customer
Metered Customers
Total volume charge
$132
$5.11/1,000 gallons
Total user charge
$145/quarter
$3.82/100 cubic feet
(c) 
Category B. Category B includes sanitary sewer users who discharge wastewater with concentrations in excess of 200 mg/l of BOD, 250 mg/l of suspended solids or six mg/l of phosphorus. Users whose wastewater exceeds the concentrations for any one of these parameters shall be in category B. The sewer service charge for category B wastewater is as follows:
[Amended 11-9-2020 by Ord. No. 15-2020; 11-8-2021 by Ord. No. 26-2021; 9-26-2022 by Ord. No. 33-2022; 11-13-2023 by Ord. No. 26-2023]
(1) 
Customer service charge: $13 per quarter.
(2) 
Volume charge:
Customers
Metered
Total volume charge
$4.25/1,000 gallons
$3.18/100 cubic feet
(3) 
Surcharges:
a. 
BOD = $288.20/1,000 pounds.
b. 
Suspended solids = $357.75/1,000 pounds.
c. 
Phosphorus = $2,830.04/1,000 pounds.
The foregoing surcharges are those charges presently made by the City of Racine; hereafter, such surcharges will be identical to the surcharges established from time to time by the City of Racine.
(d) 
Reassignment of sewer users. The approving authority will reassign sewer users into appropriate sewer service charge categories if wastewater sampling programs and other related information indicate a change of categories is necessary.
(e) 
Operation, maintenance and replacement fund accounts.
(1) 
The annual replacement revenues shall be maintained in a separate account by the Village to be used solely for the purpose of purchasing replacement parts and equipment. Funds may be withdrawn from the account for such uses only with the approval of the approving authority.
(2) 
All revenues collected for the replacement fund and the operation and maintenance of the wastewater collection facilities must be used solely for the replacement fund and operation and maintenance of the wastewater collection facilities.