(a) For the purposes provided in Sections 1044.14 and 1044.15, there is hereby charged to each lot, parcel of land, building or premises situated within the City, having any active sewer connection with the sanitary sewers of the City, which, through such connections, or otherwise, discharges therein sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquid, to be discharged therefrom into, transported, pumped and treated by the sewerage system and sewage treatment works of the City of Columbus, a sewer charge, payable as hereinafter provided, which charge shall be based upon the quantity of water used on or in such lot, parcel of land, building or premises as the same is measured by a water meter there in use, as hereinafter described. Such charge shall be as determined from time to time by Council.
(b) In the event a lot, parcel of land, building or premises discharging sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquid into the City sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, is a user of water supplied by the Water Department of the City and the quantity of water used is measured by a water meter acceptable to the Mayor, then in each such case the quantity of water used, as measured by such meter, shall be used to determine the sewer charge as provided in this section.
(c) In the event a lot, parcel of land, building or premises discharging sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquid into the City sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, is a user of water supplied by the Water Department of the City and the quantity of water used is not measured by a water meter or is measured by a water meter not acceptable to the Mayor, then in each such case the owner or other interested party shall, at his or its own expense, install and maintain a water meter acceptable to the Mayor, and the quantity of water used, as measured by such meter, shall be used to determine the sewer charge as provided in this section.
(d) In the event a lot, parcel of land, building or premises discharging sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquid into the City sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, is not a user of water supplied by the Water Department of the City, and the water used thereon or therein is not measured by a water meter or is measured by a water meter not acceptable to the Mayor, then in each such case the owner or other interested party shall, at his or its own expense, install and maintain a water meter acceptable to the Mayor, and the quantity of water used, as measured by such meter, shall be used to determine the sewer charge as provided in this chapter.
(e) In the event a lot, parcel of land, building or premises discharging sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquid into the City sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, is a user of water supplied by the Water Department of the City and, in addition, uses water from another source which is not measured by a water meter or is measured by a water meter not acceptable to the Mayor, then in each such case the owner or other interested party shall, at his or its own expense, install and maintain water meters satisfactory to the Mayor on all supplies, and the quantity of water used to determine the sewer charge shall be the sum of the quantities of water measured by the several meters.
(f) In the event a lot, parcel of land, building, premises, municipal corporation or other political subdivision discharges sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquid into the City sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, and it can be shown by such party, to the satisfaction of the Mayor, that a portion of the water as measured by the water meter does not and cannot enter the sewerage system, then the Mayor may determine in such manner and by such method as he may find practical the percentage of metered water entering the sewerage system, and the quantity of water used to determine the sewer charge shall be that percentage, so determined, of the quantity of water measured by the water meter, or the Mayor may require or permit the installation of additional meters at such party's expense and in such a manner as to determine the quantity of water actually entering the sewerage system, in which case the quantity of water used to determine the sewer charge shall be the quantity of water actually entering the sewerage system, as so determined. In the event such additional meters are installed, a charge of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) shall be made to cover the cost of reading and computing the flow of each such meter, and such charge shall be added to each bill rendered for sewer service as otherwise herein described.
(g) The sewer charge provided in this section shall be payable at the office of the Water Department and, at the option of the Mayor, may be made payable at the same time as the water bill is payable for the lot, parcel of land, building, premises, municipal corporation or other political subdivision in question.
(h) The Mayor may require that the City shall be furnished, upon request, with information and data as to all sources of water supply other than the Water Department of the City, which may be in existence or may later be developed within the confines of the premises covered in such agreement, such data and information, in the case of wells, to include the location, size, capacity and depth thereof. (Ord. 23-54. Passed 9-14-54.)