A.
Schedules of connection fees, impact fees, guaranteed deposits and rates for sewage usage shall be set by the City Commission by ordinance or in the manner otherwise provided by law and shall be kept on file in Appendix Chapter A198 of the City Code.
[Amended 11-26-1996 by Ord. No. 96-17; 11-8-2016 by Ord. No.
2016-08]
B.
If a commercial or business establishment, multiple-family
dwelling, apartment house, motel, hotel, trailer court or other unit
or account which is not a single-family residence is not being served
by metered water, such account shall be charged for sewer usage for
such gallonage which is estimated by the city to be disposed of through
the sanitary sewers of the city by the account holder. An approved
method of measuring gallonage must be established and maintained at
the expense of the account holder.
A.
Larger users. Nothing in this chapter referring to
sewer service charges shall restrict the Commissioners' authority
to establish charges by special contractual agreement to serve major
institutional, commercial or industrial establishments, or a major
complex of such users, or other governmental agencies, provided that
such charges are not in conflict with local, state or federal requirements.
B.
Abnormal strength wastes.
(1)
General discharge into public sewer of certain waters
or wastes is prohibited or limited under the provisions of this chapter.
The term "abnormal strength wastes," as used herein, shall refer to
the degree of concentration of permissible wastes material per unit
volume of sewage by the customer. A surcharge may be imposed upon
customers discharging abnormally high-strength sewage.
(2)
Abnormal strength wastes defined. "Abnormal strength
wastes" shall be wastes containing a biochemical oxygen demand above
250 milligrams per liter and/or suspended solids exceeding 300 milligrams
per liter and/or chlorides above 500 milligrams per liter and/or sulfides
exceeding 0.5 milligram per liter.
(3)
Surcharge for abnormal strength wastes. A surcharge
shall be imposed where the wastes from any lot or parcel of land upon
which there is located any institutional, commercial or industrial
plant, building or premises contain an abnormally high biochemical
oxygen demand or suspended solids concentration. The surcharge in
dollars shall be computed as follows:
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Basic surcharge rate, in dollars
(SR):
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SR
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=
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V1 x R1 + V1 x R2
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Where:
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V1
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=
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Volume of sewage per one million (1,000,000)
gallons.
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R1
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=
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Six hundred fifty dollars ($650.).
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V2
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=
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Volume of sewage per one million (1,000,000)
gallons during the month of the maximum flow during the immediately
preceding nine (9) months.
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R2
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=
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Two hundred three dollars ($203.).
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Actual total surcharge, in dollars (ST):
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ST
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=
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SR .09125 (BOD5 - 250)
+ SR .091(S/S - 300) + SR .01 (CL2 - 500) +
SR .01 (S - 0.5)
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Where:
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BOD5
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=
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Biochemical oxygen demand, five-day, in milligrams
per liter.
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S/S
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=
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Suspended solids, in milligrams per liter.
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CL
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=
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Chlorides, in milligrams per liter.
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S
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=
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Sulfides, in milligrams per liter.
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Note: All of the above surcharge rate is based
upon the treatment surcharge as levied upon the city by the City of
St. Petersburg for sewage treatment, as contained in the St. Petersburg
Ordinance § 28-45, as amended and passed August 28, 1980,
and as effective October 1, 1980.
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C.
Laboratory charges.
(1)
Sample collection. Routine sample collection practiced
by the city forces shall include the discharge from sewer customers
known and/or suspected of producing abnormal strength wastes. Such
collection may include grab or composite sampling taken manually or
by the use of special automatic sampling equipment. Institutional,
commercial and industrial customers may be required to install such
suitable automatic sampling equipment at the discretion of the city,
such installations to be accessible only to those designated employees
of the city.
(2)
Laboratory analytical work will normally be done by
the St. Petersburg Sewer Department laboratory forces at the St. Petersburg
Pollution Control Laboratory. Should the city's facilities not be
equipped for any special test, or should the customer or the City
of South Pasadena request analysis by an independent private laboratory,
such tests shall be made and the cost thereof directly assessed to
the customer involved. Institutional, commercial and industrial customers
discharging abnormally high strength or unacceptable wastes may be
assessed charges for sampling and laboratory analysis up to once weekly;
provided, however, that such costs shall not be accessible if the
sampling and laboratory tests indicate consistent normal strength
and acceptable wastes for a reasonable period of time. Charges for
sampling and laboratory analysis may be assessed daily so long as
such tests indicated unacceptable wastes detrimental to the system
or the treatment process.
(3)
Sampling and laboratory charges. A schedule of charges
to apply to sampling and laboratory work required in connection with
sewer customers discharging unusual wastes into the system shall be
established and maintained by the city administration.
(4)
Determination of abnormal strength waste. The city
may cause the sampling and testing of wastewater or institutional,
commercial or industrial users at least once per year and more frequently
at its discretion, which sampling and testing shall be at the expense
of the user. Additional sampling and testing will be conducted on
the request and at the expense of the user. The strength of the wastewater
determined as a result of the sample shall be averaged with the results
of the last sample and test to determine the surcharge for high-strength
wastes, and the results of the average samples shall be presumed to
be the strength of the waste until the next sample. Where continuous
sampling and testing (more frequently than once per month) is used,
the results of the sampling and testing for a three-month period shall
be averaged to determine the strength of the waste for the three-month
period, and the surcharge for high strength wastes shall be based
on such results.
