A. Declaration Of Policy:
1. It is hereby declared that the city owns and operates a municipal sewer system and that the sewer system has been expanded and a wastewater treatment plant constructed. It is the policy of the city to operate the sewer system for the benefit of the residents of the city.
2. Additionally, due to the integral nature of the requirement of water to operate the sewer system, violation of the sewer provisions may require termination of water service and to efficiently enforce these sewer provisions, such water termination is specifically authorized and is the policy of the city.
a. In the case of private water systems, the sewer may be cut and capped at the user's expense. Return to service must be completed by a licensed contractor.
B. Purpose: It hereby is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive to and for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the public and inhabitants of the city, and for the purpose of controlling the use and connection to and for providing an equitable distribution of the costs and expenses of maintenance, operation, upkeep and repair of the entire sewerage system which includes the sewer collection system and sewage disposal facilities of the city:
1. To charge and collect service charges or fees upon all lots, lands, property and premises served or benefited by the sewerage system of the city, which system and facilities consist generally of all pipelines, conduits, catch basins, manholes, cleanouts, sewer mains, intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, lift stations, pumps, structures, mechanical equipment and facilities for the treatment and disposal of sewage or sewage byproducts;
2. To provide for industrial cost recovery from all industrial users; and
3. To provide for the control, use and administration of the installation of private sewage disposal systems where a public sanitary sewer is not available. (Ord. 2122, 5-6-2014)