There shall be and are established for sewer service, connection fees or tapping fees for residential or commercial service in amounts prescribed in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code, which fees shall be charged and collected by the town.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12)
(a)
Generally.
Except for the monitored group class, a monthly service charge for sanitary sewer service shall be charged to all customers in the amounts therefor prescribed in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code.
(b)
Multiple units.
In all cases where more than one living
or business unit is supplied water through a water meter or meters
and a sanitary sewage service charge is made in connection therewith,
at least a minimum charge for such service shall be made for each
unit supplied water through such meter or meters and all additional
sanitary sewage service charges above the minimum for each unit shall
be based upon the quantity of water passing through such meter or
meters, regardless of source, divided by the number of units and charged
for as set forth in the applicable rate schedule.
(c)
Volume charge for residential customers.
The monthly
volume charges for the residential customer class will be based on
the individual customer’s monthly water use, as established
in section A10.005(a). Where no meter reading is available, the town
shall estimate a volume to be used for this monthly volume charge;
such estimated volume shall not be less than 3,000 gallons nor exceed
65% of estimated water usage. This percentage will be used in lieu
of the winter month average (section A10.005(a)).
(d)
Volume charge for commercial and industrial customers.
The monthly charges to commercial and industrial class customers
will be based on total water use as measured by appropriate meters,
with the provision that if a customer can show, to the satisfaction
of the town, that a significant portion of the metered water usage
does not enter the sanitary sewers, the customer will be charged for
only that volume entering the sewers, as determined by a method approved
by the town; i.e. water used for production or manufacturing.
(e)
Inspections of customer’s property.
An initial
inspection of the customers’ property would be required to determine
a method for measuring or estimating, whichever is most practical,
the volume of sewage entering the sewers, and periodic inspections
may be necessary to ensure that water usage requirements have not
changed.
(f)
Material and labor costs.
All associated material and
labor costs shall be borne by the customer.
(g)
Customers outside town limits.
Charges to sewer customers
outside the town limits shall be one and one-half times the rate(s)
charged to town residents.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12; Ordinance 16-784, sec. 1, adopted 4/25/16)
(a)
The town shall establish a monitored group class, consisting of those customers whose wastewater strength is, in its judgment, abnormally high or low, and charges to customers in this class shall be computed in accordance with the rate schedule contained in appendix A of this code, consisting of the following five factors:
(b)
The monitoring charge shall consist of all costs for personnel, material,
and equipment used to collect and analyze samples from the customer
wastewater to determine the strength of the wastewater produced.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12)
All customers connected to the sanitary [sewer system] who have
a source of water supply that is in addition to, or in lieu of, the
town water supply must have a meter approved and tested by the town
on that source of water supply, and the volume charge as set forth
hereinbefore shall be based on the sum of the volumes delivered by
all sources of supply. Such method of volume determination will not
be applicable if the customer installs a meter approved by the town
on the wastewater produced by the customer before it enters the sanitary
sewer system.
(Ordinance 12-671 adopted 1/23/12)
