A. 
All occupants of places and premises which are connected to the sanitary sewer system of the city are liable for the sewer use charges imposed by this chapter.
B. 
Sewer use charges shall be billed to each utility customer receiving beneficial use of the sewer system. The sewer use charge shall be comprised of both a fixed monthly charge, based on the estimated minimum amount necessary to recover the city's fixed costs associated with wastewater system operations and maintenance; and a usage charge, based on metered water. For purposes of this Chapter 13.40, "metered water" means water that flows through a customer's water meter. The fixed monthly charge shall be associated with each electric meter and applied to every utility account having a charge for electrical use. The fixed monthly charge may, upon the discretion of the director of public works, be limited to a single electric meter account at a single location where multiple electric meters exist for one customer. The usage charge shall be associated with each water meter and applied to every utility account having a charge for water use. In cases where the amount of metered water is wholly used for irrigation or other non-sewer purposes, such usage charge shall not be associated with a water meter account. The usage charge may be based on wintertime metered water for single family residential customers pursuant to Section 13.30.435. "Wintertime" for the purposes of this chapter, means the wintertime metered water study period extending between the beginning of December through to the end of March the following year or for any other period to be determined by the director of public works.
C. 
In the case of premises containing more than one dwelling unit or place of business, or both, which are served by a single electric or water meter, sewer use charges may be billed to the landlord. The landlord may collect such charges from any occupant and remit the same to the city. The landlord shall be liable to the city for the payment of such charges.
(Prior code § 25-33; Ord. 5222 § 1, 1999)
In determining the sewer use charges for industrial, commercial or multi-family dwelling places and premises, the director of public works may use industry averages for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and suspended solids (SS) loading values. Based on such loading values for BOD and SS, the director of public works may classify such occupants by user groups. Such user groups classifications shall be used to establish the sewer use charges. A listing of said classifications of sewer users into user groups is on file in the office of the director of public works.
(Prior code § 25-34; Ord. 5222 § 2, 1999)
A. 
Usage charges for single-family residential dwellings may be calculated annually upon water metered during wintertime in combination with industry averages for biochemical oxygen demand and suspended solids loading values.
B. 
New owners or occupants of single-family residences who have not had an active water service account during a full wintertime metered water billing cycle, shall be charged a usage charge based on the average single-family metered water amount derived from the most recent wintertime metered water study period. Such usage charges may be updated during the next subsequent wintertime metered water consumption study period.
C. 
The director of public works may adjust the calculation of usage charges for single-family residences to reflect actual wastewater discharge amounts where such amounts are substantially different from the assigned or calculated values and which reflect changes in conditions for new or existing utility accounts.
(Ord. 5222 § 3, 1999)
Usage charges shall apply to all water introduced into the sanitary sewer system from any source, including but not limited to wastewater, water from private wells or rainwater. In the case of water supplied for irrigation or industry, which water does not enter the sanitary sewer system, there shall be no usage charge if the occupant thereof has installed, in accordance with law and at the occupant's own expense, meters which measure the amount of water supplied the premises which does not enter the sanitary sewer system.
(Prior code § 25-35; Ord. 5222 § 4, 1999)
Fees for the collection, treatment and disposal of residential, commercial and industrial wastes entering the sewer system shall be established or modified by resolution of the city council. The schedule of sewer use charges shall be on file in the office of the director of public works. The director of public works shall, with the approval of the city manager, recommend revisions to the city council when changes in the cost to provide sewer services make revision appropriate.
(Prior code § 25-36)
The charges imposed by this chapter may be billed by adding same to the utility bills of the public service department.
(Prior code § 25-37)
All public agencies other than the public service department of the city which provide water to customers within the city, shall provide the public service department with a list of all of their Glendale customers who fall within the category designated under Section 13.40.420 the amount of water used by each of such customers during the period covered, and submit such list within ten days of that public agency's billing of such customers.
(Prior code § 25-38)
The charge imposed by this chapter shall be a civil debt owing to the city from the occupant of all places and premises in the city connected to the sanitary sewer system or from the owner thereof, as the case may be.
(Prior code § 25-39)
The director of finance and administrative services is authorized and directed to create a special activity fund to be known as the "sewer fund" to cover the costs of sewer maintenance, repair and construction; sewage disposal, and operating costs necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter; and is further directed to deposit the charges received pursuant to this article in such fund.
(Prior code § 25-40)