The rates as provided for in section A20.07.074 of the fee schedule in appendix A to this code shall be charged for sanitary sewer service by the city for the users within and outside the corporate limits of the city.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.2801)
(a)
Regardless of an agreement between the owner and occupant, charges
for sewer service shall be billed against and collected from the person
using such sewer service. Sewer service shall be deemed to be used
for any sewer fixture of any nature capable of being drained into
the city sewer system, at all times during which such fixture is connected
directly or indirectly to the sewer mains of the city sewer system
at all times during which there is a water connection to the fixture
thus connected to the sewer system. A sewer fixture is declared not
to be in use at such times that the water service is disconnected
from such fixture, but if such fixture is used at any time or in any
manner during the month it shall be deemed in use.
(b)
Charges on sewer service or rentals shall be made on a monthly basis.
Such charges shall appear on the statement of the utility account
for the current month of the user and shall be chargeable as a lien
or legal charge against the deposit made for the security of payment
of the water bill.
(c)
On a failure to pay sewer charges when due, the city by and through
its administrative officers is authorized to order a physical disconnection
of the sewer lines of the defaulting user, and thereafter no sewer
connection which has been disconnected for nonpayment of charges shall
be again reconnected for the same user, until all costs incurred in
the actual physical disconnection and reconnection have been paid
to the city. Such costs shall consist of the actual cost of labor
and material required for the disconnection and reconnection and shall
include all delinquent sewer charges due from the delinquent user.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.2802)
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any individual, any association or corporation, for himself or for another, to make any tap or connection with or to the sanitary sewer system of the city or to establish or maintain any sanitary sewer pipeline service in connection with such sanitary sewer system without first having obtained the consent in writing from the director of the department of public works of said city. The city, by and through the sanitary sewer division of the department of public works, shall construct and maintain such sanitary sewer service connections, and it shall be unlawful for any individual, association or corporation to connect with such system for sewer service without first paying the appropriate charge for such connection. The rates to be charged for such connections shall be in accordance with the schedule in section A20.07.073 of the fee schedule in appendix A to this code. If a manhole is required, the charges shall be the actual cost of labor and materials at the time of installation.
(b)
For all sanitary sewer service connections installed and maintained outside the corporate limits of the city by the sanitary sewer department, the sum as provided in section A20.07.073 of the fee schedule in appendix A to this code shall be charged in addition to the charges hereinabove prescribed.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.3201)
(a)
Scope.
The rates in this section are prescribed for
service by the sanitary sewer system to the city for the users thereof
within and without the corporate limits of the city.
(b)
All customers.
The rates for all customers shall be as set forth in section A20.07.074 of the fee schedule in appendix A to this code.
(c)
(Reserved)
Editor’s note–Former subsection (c)
which pertained to “metering of water furnished for construction
work; sewer service improvement fee” was deleted at the request
of the city. This subsection derived from the 1990 Code, sec. 8.3202.
(e)
Customers electing alternate method of discharge.
A customer that has elected an alternate method of measuring discharge as provided by section 20.07.076 of this division shall remain subject to the customer charge and shall be charged for one hundred percent (100%) of the discharge at the prevailing sewer rate. Any metering device installed by the customer shall be located as close as possible to the city’s sewer main, and access to said device shall not be restricted in any manner. No wastewater charge shall be assessed for a water meter that measures water that is not discharged into the sanitary sewer system and that meets the requirements of section 20.07.076 of this division.
(f)
Surcharge rates for excess waste strength.
Surcharge
rates shall be applied to the commercial and industrial discharges
for excess waste strength above domestic levels for defined parameters.
The rate shall be established annually by the director of water utilities.
(g)
Decision on acceptable service and rates.
The decision
of the city manager as to the type of service or substances not acceptable
for service or drainage into the city sewer system shall be appealable
only to the city council. The schedule of sanitary sewer rentals and
charges fixed hereby is intended to cover the particular type of service
designated, and in the event no rate is fixed for any type of connection
now made or to be hereafter made, the rate for such service shall
be fixed by the city manager with the approval of the city council.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.3202)
Alternate methods of measuring the discharge to the sanitary
sewer system of the city may be used when such discharge is in compliance
with the industrial waste ordinances and are as follows:
(1)
A residential or commercial customer inside the city may receive
separate bills for water service and sewer service if he or she installs
and maintains at his or her expense accurate meters to measure water
not discharged into the sanitary sewer system, including water used
in activities involving evaporation, irrigation or water consumed
in products, as illustrated by, but not limited to, cooling towers,
boilers, watering systems or food products.
(2)
Industrial users.
(A)
Any industry providing for the measurement of the wastewater discharge from said industry in accordance with the requirements of the current industrial waste ordinance of the city may apply to the city manager to have said measured wastewater discharge be subject to the user charge as provided in section A20.07.075 of the fee schedule in appendix A to this code in lieu of the billed water through the potable water metering service. Such wastewater metering does not exempt the industry from any industrial waste surcharge the industry may create in discharging under the industrial waste ordinance of the city; or
(B)
Any industry may receive separate bills for water service and sewer service if the industry installs and maintains at its expense accurate meters to measure water not discharged into the sanitary sewer system, including water used in activities involving evaporation, irrigation or water consumed in products, as illustrated by, but not limited to, cooling towers, boilers, water systems or food products. The water billed to the customer through said meter shall not be subject to the sewer user charge as provided in section A20.07.075 of the fee schedule in appendix A to this code.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.3203)
Alternate methods of measuring the discharge to the sanitary
sewer system of the city may be used when such discharge is in compliance
with the industrial waste regulations and are as follows:
(1)
A residential or commercial customer inside the city may receive
separate bills for water service and sewer service if he or she installs
and maintains at his or her expense accurate meters to measure water
not discharged into the sanitary sewer system, including water used
in activities involving evaporation, irrigation or water consumed
in products, as illustrated by, but not limited to, cooling towers,
boilers, watering systems or food products.
(2)
Industrial users.
(A)
Any industry providing for the measurement of the wastewater discharge from said industry in accordance with the requirements of the current industrial waste ordinance of the city may apply to the city manager to have said measured wastewater discharge be subject to the user charge as provided in section A20.07.075 of the fee schedule in appendix A to this code in lieu of the billed water through the potable water metering service. Such wastewater metering does not exempt the industry from any industrial waste surcharge the industry may create in discharging under the industrial waste ordinance of the city; or
(B)
Any industry may receive separate bills for water service and sewer
service if the industry installs and maintains at its expense accurate
meters to measure water not discharged into the sanitary sewer system,
including water used in activities involving evaporation, irrigation
or water consumed in products, as illustrated by, but not limited
to, cooling towers, boilers, water systems or food products. The water
billed to the customer through said meter shall not be subject to
the sewer user charge.
(C)
Any consumer desiring to use sewer metering equipment shall install
only properly approved equipment and shall operate and maintain that
equipment in a manner as prescribed by city personnel. It shall be
kept in good repair at all times.
(1990 Code, sec. 8.2900)
