(A) Certain rates and fees of the Sewer Department are hereby adjusted and set as follows:
Sewer inspection fee | |
Residential | $170 |
Commercial | $110 |
Industrial | $230 |
Sanitary sewer assessment | $21 per foot |
Sauder Museum Pump Station Service | $50 per month, plus any extra labor |
Industrial wastewater laboratory testing fee | $200 |
(Ord. 07-32, passed 6-4-2007; Am. Ord. 13-38, passed 6-3-2013)
(B) (1) It is hereby determined and declared to be necessary for the due protection of the public health, safety and welfare of the village to establish and collect revised charges for the use of the system upon all lots, lands and premises served by or having connection with the system.
(2) The funds received from the collection of the rates and charges hereinafter provided shall be deposited as received with the Director of Finance, who shall keep the same in a separate fund designated “Wastewater Revenue Fund”. Subject to the provisions of any ordinance or indenture of mortgage authorizing the issuance of and securing mortgage bonds for the system, moneys in the fund shall be used for the payment of the cost and expense of operations, maintenance, repair and management of the system and any surplus in the fund over and above the requirements hereinbefore mentioned may be used for the enlargements of, and replacements to, the system and parts thereof.
(3) For the purposes provided in division (B)(2) of this section, there is hereby levied and charged upon each lot, parcel of land or premises having a connection with the system, or otherwise discharging sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, whether directly or indirectly into the system, sewer charges payable as hereinafter provided and in amounts to be determined as follows:
(a) Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, sewer charges at the rates provided in this division (B)(3) with respect to any premises shall be based upon the water consumption on the premises for the billing period applicable to the premises. “Water consumption” shall mean the amount of water consumed upon such premises, whether from the municipal system or otherwise, including private sources, during the applicable sewer charge billing period, as measured by a water meter acceptable to the Village Administrator, or if the Village Administrator determines that measurement by water meter is not feasible, then in such manner as shall be determined by the Village Administrator.
(b) The monthly charge to each user shall be computed on the following schedule:
First 1,000 gallons | $12.25 (Minimum monthly charge)* |
Next 50,000 gallons | $3.05 per 1,000 gallons |
Next 249,000 gallons | $2.29 per 1,000 gallons |
Next 700,000 gallons | $1.53 per 1,000 gallons |
All Over 1,000,000 gallons | $1.09 per 1,000 gallons |
The monthly charge for each unmetered user shall be $19.90 | |
* Where one meter is permitted to serve more than one dwelling unit and/or business unit, each such unit shall be deemed a separate user for the purpose of exacting a minimum charge.
(c) The Village Council also directs the Village Administrator and Utility Staff to meet with the village’s largest water and wastewater user at a minimum of one time after the first of each calendar year. This annual review will also likewise review the rates regarding BOD rates.
(d) In the event any user of the system shall discharge thereto wastes stronger than 200 mg/l of BOD, there shall be added a monthly surcharge to such user, in addition to the monthly charges, at the rate of $0.21 per pound of BOD in excess of 200 mg/l. The excess BOD shall be determined by the village's wastewater laboratory personnel via a standard five day BOD test from composite samples collected by each user at such time and in such manner requested by the Village Administrator. No less than two samples per month shall be collected. Billing of surcharges to a user for excess BOD, where possible, shall be computed on the basis of the average of excess of BOD found in all samples collected and tested during the previous month.
(4) Industrial waste, which is trucked to the treatment plant, will be determined by a BOD factor based upon pounds of BOD plus gallonage as follows: $12.25 per 1,000 gallons; $0.21 per pound of BOD.
(5) The sewer rates charged sewer users outside the village limits shall be the same as those charged to the same class of users within the village, plus an additional 200%.
(6) The sewer charges levied, at the rates established herein, shall take effect for the billing period beginning March 1, 2010, and shall be billed monthly. All sewer charges shall be payable within ten days after billing. In every case of failure to pay any bill for sewer charges when due, a penalty of 10% of such charges shall be added to and collected as a part of such bill.
(7) Each sewer charge levied pursuant to this section is hereby made a lien upon the premises charged therewith, and if the same is not paid within 30 days after it shall be due and payable, it may be certified to the Auditor of Fulton County, who shall place the same on the tax duplicate, with interest and penalties allowed by law, and be collected as other municipal taxes are collected.
(8) The discharge of unacceptable industrial wastes, as hereinafter defined, into the system, whether directly or indirectly, is hereby prohibited. Where investigation reveals the presence in the system of unacceptable industrial wastes emanating from any lot, land, building or premises, located within or without the corporate limits of the village, the owner, lessor, lessee or occupant of such lot, land, building or premises shall be required to treat, neutralize, or in other ways prepare the noxious substance therein, to the satisfaction of the Village Administrator, in order to convert the same into acceptable industrial wastes.
(9) The Village Administrator shall make and enforce such rules and regulations as he or she may deem necessary for the enforcement of the provisions hereof, for the proper determination and collection of the rates and charges herein provided, and for the safe, efficient and economical management of the system; and such rules and regulations, when not repugnant to existing ordinances of the village or laws of the state, shall have the same force and effect as an ordinance of Council.
(10) For the purposes of this chapter, the terms "sanitary sewage", "acceptable industrial wastes" and "unacceptable industrial wastes" shall be defined as follows:
ACCEPTABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Liquid organic waste materials not containing toxic or explosive elements or other substances injurious to sewers or sewage treatment processes, which result from any commercial, manufacturing or industrial operation or process.
SANITARY SEWAGE. The waste from water closets, urinals, lavatories, sinks, bath tubs, showers, household laundries, cellar floor drains, bars, soda fountains, cuspidors, refrigerator drips and drinking fountains, and any other water-borne waste not constituting an industrial waste.
UNACCEPTABLE INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Liquid wastes in which are incorporated minerals, oil, acid, toxic, metallic, chemical or explosive substances, resulting from any commercial, manufacturing or industrial operation or process and all wastes determined by the Village Administrator to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process or require attention and expense at the sewage treatment plant beyond that contemplated by the schedule of charges levied herein.
(11) The village shall reserve the right, but has no obligation, to negotiate a contract specifying different rates than those contained in this division (B) with any industrial or commercial customer who uses more than an average of 1,000,000 gallons per month.
(Ord. 06-59, passed 11-20-2006; Am. Ord. 09-74, passed 12-7-2009)