[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
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Charge Units
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Single-family dwellings
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1
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Two-family dwellings
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2
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House trailers
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1
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Multiple-family dwellings (three families or more):
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One-bedroom units, each
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75% of 1
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Two-bedroom units, each
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80% of 1
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Three- or more bedroom units, each
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90% of 1
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(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)
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Customer Service Charge
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2024
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Total customer service
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$13
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(2)
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Volume Charge
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Charge Unit Customer
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Metered Customers
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Total volume charge
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$132
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$5.11/1,000 gallons
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Total user charge
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$145/quarter
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$3.82/100 cubic feet
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(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
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Metered
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Total volume charge
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$4.25/1,000 gallons
$3.18/100 cubic feet
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(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.
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(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.