For the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare, the City will collect charges from all users who contribute wastewater to the City's sewage facilities.
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The user charge system shall generate annual revenues to pay costs of operation and maintenance, including replacement and costs associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated with financing the sewer 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 sewer system, shall be established as approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of fees maintained in the Finance Department.
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Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on their use of the collection and treatment facilities as determined by water meters acceptable to the City.
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For residential contributors, monthly user charges will be based on monthly water usage.
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For industrial and commercial contributors, user charges shall be based on water 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 or separate water meters. Any meters shall be City-owned installed and connected at the expense of the owner of the premises served, and remain the property of the City for maintenance, repair and/or replacement upon being placed in service. The City shall have right of access for billing, inspection, maintenance, testing, repairs, and/or disconnection of such meter at all times.
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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 service until such bill is paid.
Application for sanitary sewer service shall be made to the City 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 sanitary sewer collection facilities. The City Council may prescribe a connection fee, as approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of fees maintained in the Finance Department, and shall 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.
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It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to tamper or destroy any sewage facility or to make any connection without written permission from the City or to reconnect service when service had been disconnected for nonpayment of bill. Upon conviction or a plea of guilty, any person, firm or corporation violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to the penalty provisions provided for in Section 100.220 of the City Code.
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The City will review the user charge system every year 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.
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The City will notify each user, at least annually, in conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate being charged for operation, maintenance including replacement of the facilities.