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1. User Charge. Each customer shall pay sewer service charges for the use of and for the service supplied by the municipal sanitary sewer system based upon the amount of water consumed as follows:
Rates for Inside City Limits
Start Dates | Monthly Flat Service Rate | Flat Rate/100 CF | Monthly Flat Industrial Service Rate | Industrial Rate/100 CF |
7/1/10 | $3.00 | $7.97 | $300.00 | $4.57 |
7/1/23 3% | $3.09 | $8.21 | $309.00 | $4.71 |
7/1/24 3% | $3.18 | $8.46 | $318.27 | $4.85 |
7/1/25 3% | $3.28 | $8.71 | $327.82 | $5.00 |
Rates for Outside City Limits
Start Dates | Monthly Flat Service Rate | Flat Rate/100 CF | Monthly Flat Industrial Service Rate | Industrial Rate/100 CF |
7/1/10 | $3.00 | $8.85 | $300.00 | $5.07 |
7/1/23 3% | $3.09 | $9.12 | $309.00 | $5.22 |
7/1/24 3% | $3.18 | $9.39 | $318.27 | $5.38 |
7/1/25 3% | $3.28 | $9.69 | $327.82 | $5.54 |
“Industrial User” means “significant industrial user” and is defined in §96.04(27).
2. Surcharge. A customer who discharges any water or wastes in excess of (i) a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than two hundred parts per million by weight, or (ii) containing more than two hundred-forty parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or (iii) containing more than one hundred parts per million by weight of grease and oil shall, in addition to the user charge, pay a surcharge as follows:
Start Dates | BOD | SS | Grease and Oil |
7/1/10 |
$.86/lb. | $.39/lb. | $1.43./lb. |
7/1/23 3% | $.89/lb. | $.40/1b. | $1.47/lb. |
7/1/24 3% | $.95/lb. | $.41/lb. | $1.51/lb. |
7/1/25 3% | $.95/lb. | $.42/1b. | $1.56/lb. |
3. Effective beginning July 1, 2026 and annually on the 1st day of July each year thereafter the above rates shall be increased 2% unless the Boone City Council has passed a resolution to change this automatic 2% increase.
(Section 98.02 – Ord. 2284 – Dec. 23 Supp.)
Where, in the judgment of the Superintendent, special conditions exist to the extent that the application of the sewer charges provided in Section 98.02 would be inequitable or unfair to either the City or the customer, a special rate shall be proposed by the Superintendent and submitted to the Council for approval by resolution.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)
Customers whose premises are served by a private water system shall pay sewer charges based upon the water used as determined by the City either by an estimate agreed to by the customer or by metering the water system at the customer’s expense. Any negotiated, or agreed upon sales or charges shall be subject to approval of the Council.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)
All sewer service charges are due and payable under the same terms and conditions provided for payment of a combined service account as contained in Section 92.03 of this Code of Ordinances. Sewer service may be discontinued in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 92.04 if the combined service account becomes delinquent, and the provisions contained in Section 92.07 relating to lien notices shall also apply in the event of a delinquent account.
The owner of the premises served and any lessee or tenant thereof shall be jointly and severally liable for sewer service charges to the premises. Sewer service charges remaining unpaid and delinquent shall constitute a lien upon the premises served and shall be certified by the Clerk to the County Treasurer for collection in the same manner as property taxes.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)
No statement in these chapters shall be construed as preventing a special agreement, arrangement or contract between the Council, and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted subject to special conditions, rate and cost as established by the Council.