A sewage service charge schedule shall be used for deriving revenues for financing and maintaining sewage collection and treatment facilities. The funds derived from these charges shall be used for all municipal expenses associated with constructing, improving, operating or maintaining the wastewater treatment facilities, including engineering planning, constructing, reconstruction of sewers and sewage treatment works and all necessary appurtenances thereto, including pumping stations, extension, enlargement, replacement or additions to the sanitary or stormwater sewer system or the preliminary or other studies and surveys relative thereto and for the acquisition of land or rights-of-way for any of the capital improvements.
A. 
The sewer service charge shall be levied to owners of properties located within the corporation limits of the City of Ogdensburg who contribute wastes to the municipal sanitary system.
B. 
Separate sewer service charges shall be levied for industrial wastes and sanitary wastes.
C. 
Annual user charges for significant industrial users shall be based on all factors which significantly influence the operation and maintenance costs of the treatment facilities. These factors shall include flow, BOD and suspended solids. The amount of the annual industrial user charge required shall be calculated by the City utilizing the user charge formula for industrial wastes. However, in no case shall those charges be less than the charge for an equivalent discharge from a nonsignificant industrial user plus the cost to operate the Industrial Pretreatment Management Program divided by the number of significant users.
[Amended 11-25-1991]
D. 
Annual user charges for commercial and light industrial establishments shall be based on volume only, since wastewater characteristics of sanitary wastes are similar. The amount of the annual commercial and light industrial establishments user charge required shall be calculated by the City utilizing the user charge formula for sanitary wastes. Volume of wastewater shall be determined by metered water consumption.
E. 
Measurement of volume, if necessary, and sampling of industrial wastes shall be accomplished once every three months by the City Engineer's office for a particular user, and the data obtained shall be utilized to calculate the user's normal charge for said three-month period. If a particular user requests more frequent measurement and sampling such additional measurement and sampling will be carried out by that user by approved standard methods and the costs of metering and sampling shall be borne by said user.
[Amended 11-25-1991]
Where:
USI
=
User's share of annual operation and maintenance costs for industrial wastes.
OM
=
Annual operation and maintenance costs for treatment facilities.
OQ
=
Percentage of operation and maintenance costs attributable to flow (Q).
OB
=
Percentage of operation and maintenance costs attributable to BOD5.
OS
=
Percentage of operation and maintenance costs attributable to suspended solids.
QIA
=
Actual average daily flow rate (mgd) of industrial discharge.
BIA
=
Actual average daily BOD5 loading (pounds per day) of industrial discharge.
SIA
=
Actual average daily suspended solids loading (pounds per day) of industrial discharge.
QA
=
Actual average daily flow rate (mgd) at wastewater treatment facilities.
BA
=
Actual average daily BOD5 loading (pounds per day) at wastewater treatment facilities.
SA
=
Actual average daily suspended solids loading (pounds per day) at wastewater treatment facilities.
IPP
=
Annual cost to operate Industrial Pretreatment Management Program.
SIU
=
Number of Significant Industrial Users.
The City Council of the City of Ogdensburg reserves the right, from time to time, to change sewer service charges originally or previously assigned to any property owner.
[Amended 2-10-2003 by Ord. No. 3-2003]
A. 
A charge will be levied against all property owners who tap in on municipal sanitary sewers or replace existing laterals to municipal sanitary sewers. Such charge will reimburse the City for salary and benefits of Department of Public Works Operators, plus the actual cost of materials utilized.
B. 
The cost of constructing the lateral from the public sewer to the property line will be covered by the above connection charge, and the work will be performed by the City of Ogdensburg. The property owner shall be responsible to construct the lateral from the property line to the waste piping within the building.
Any unpaid sewer service or installation charges shall be, like other taxes of the City of Ogdensburg, a lien upon the lots and buildings against which the same are chargeable.