3-12-010 Fund established.
3-12-020 Charge for sewer service and use of sewerage system.
3-12-030 Unified statement of charges.
3-12-035 Past due accrued charges.
3-12-040 Delinquent charges to be lien on premises.
3-12-050 Senior citizens exempted when.
3-12-060 Charges to nonresident users.
3-12-070 Late payment penalty.
3-12-080 City's authority not limited.
A separate fund is hereby established designated the sewer revenue fund which shall be supported by sewer usage fees established from time to time by the city council. The revenues of the sewer revenue fund shall be reserved and utilized exclusively for the operation, maintenance, rehabilitation or reconstruction of the sewer system of the City of Chicago.
For the purposes of this chapter, the sewer system of the City of Chicago includes (a) all city-owned sewers, sewer structures, and drains in any public way or public place in the city; and (b) any private drain, house sewer, or other sewer structure connected to a residential building of four or fewer units, from the point where the private drain, house sewer or other sewer structure crosses the property line to the point where it connects to the city-owned sewer.
(Prior code § 185.1-1; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-01, p. 75777, § 6.1)
(a) A charge for sewer service and use of the sewerage system of the City of Chicago is hereby established. The charge shall be an amount equal to the percentage set forth in the below Table, of the amount charged for water service pursuant to Chapter 11-12 of this Code, whether such water service is metered or otherwise. Provided, however, that:
(1) property of the State of Illinois which is exempt from payment of a water service charge pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of Section 11-12-540 shall be exempt from payment of the first $500.00 charge for sewer service per semiannual billing period;
(2) property of the City of Chicago which is exempt from payment of a water service charge pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of Section 11-12-540 shall be exempt from payment of 100% of the charge for sewer service;
(3) property of the Chicago Public Schools which is exempt from payment of a water service charge pursuant to subsection (a)(3) of Section 11-12-540 shall be exempt from payment of 100% of the charge for sewer service;
(4) property of the City Colleges of Chicago which is exempt from payment of a water service charge pursuant to subsection (a)(4) of Section 11-12-540 shall be exempt from payment of the first $500.00 charge for sewer service per semiannual billing period;
(5) property of hospitals which is exempt from payment, in whole or in part, from payment of a water service charge pursuant to subsections (a)(5) or (a)(6) of Section 11-12-540 shall be exempt from payment of the first $500.00 charge for sewer service per semiannual billing period;
(6) property of public museums which is exempt from payment of a water service charge pursuant to subsection (a)(7) of Section 11-12-540 shall be exempt from payment of the first $500.00 charge for sewer service per semiannual billing period; and
(7) Property of not-for-profit organizations which is exempt from payment of a water service charge pursuant to subsection (a)(8) of Section 11-12-540 shall be exempt from payment of the first $500 charge for sewer service per semiannual billing period.
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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A late payment penalty assessed at a monthly rate of one and one-quarter percent shall be imposed on all sewer usage fees billed after November 1, 1991 for which payment in full is not received within 24 calendar days from the date the bill therefor was sent, as shown by the records of the department of finance. Where the correctness of a bill is disputed and where complaint of such incorrectness has been made prior to the time the usual penalty would be imposed, and where the adjusting of such complaint requires additional time, the penalty may be held in abeyance up to and including the tenth day succeeding the resending of such bill.
The late payment penalty established pursuant to this section shall not be imposed upon persons who are 65 years or older, who own and reside in their own residence and who have a separate water meter or water assessment.
(b) Those furnished with sewer service only and not connected with, or supplied with water from, the city water supply system shall pay an annual sewer service fee based upon a calculated estimate of the volume of use at the rate established in subsection (a) hereof.
(c) Those furnished with water service only and not connected with or supplied with sewer service by the city's sewer system shall pay only the water rates and charges established by Chapter 11-12 of this Code.
(d) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to limit the authority of the City of Chicago to negotiate or fix rates, by contract, for users of sewer service outside the City of Chicago.
(e) The commissioner of water management is authorized to waive any sewer usage fee and accrued late payment penalty assessed or charged against any property owned or leased by the City of Chicago but only to the extent and duration of the city's use of the sewer connection.
(Prior code § 185.1-2; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-84, p. 9023; 12-12-84; 7-9-85, p. 18646; 5-11-88, p. 13418; 4-26-89, p. 425; 6-28-91, p. 2475; 6-23-93, p. 34793; 12-15-93, 43732; 11-15-95, p. 11995; Amend Coun. J. 11-10-99, p. 14998, § 5.1; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-99, p. 17487, § 5.1; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-01, p. 75777, § 6.2; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.6; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 15814, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-2-09, p. 78837, Art. 5, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 3; Amend Coun, J, 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. VIII, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 14596, Art. III, § 1)
(a) The rates and charges calculated and applied to the billed party shall be added to and separately recited upon a unified statement of charges. The unified statement of charges shall be prepared and sent to the billed party in such time periods as established by the Comptroller and shall be subject to Section 11-12-480. All revenues received in payment of sewer use rates, charges and penalties shall be deposited to the sewer revenue fund. The Comptroller shall enforce the provisions of this section. Pursuant to Section 2-106-040, the Commissioner of the Department of Water Management shall maintain the power and duties over the sewerage system of the City of Chicago.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, "unified statement of charges" has the same definition ascribed to that term in Section 11-12-010.
(Prior code § 185.1-3; Amend Coun. J. 11-10-99, p. 14998, § 5.1; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-99, p. 17487, § 5.1; Amend Coun. J. 12-2-09, p. 78837, Art. 5, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 12062, Art. IX, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-20-22, p. 50569, § 2)
An accrued past due sewer service liability in excess of $10,000.00 may subject the owner of the subject property to an additional penalty, to be imposed in a separate hearing, in an amount not less than $50.00 and not more than $500.00 for the delinquency. Each day that a past due service liability exceeds $10,000.00 shall constitute a separate delinquency. In determining whether to impose this additional penalty, the hearing officer may consider all reasons for the failure to make timely payment. The amount of this additional penalty does not include the delinquent amount owed for sewer service and any applicable late payment penalties, nor does it affect any other remedies, including right to a lien on the subject property.
(Added Coun. J. 3-28-01, p. 55444, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 5-2-01, p. 57409, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.6; Amend Coun. J. 12-2-09, p. 78837, Art. 5, § 3)
Charges for sewer service shall be a lien upon the premises served pursuant to the law thereto pertaining. When such charges have been delinquent for a period of 60 days the comptroller may cause a statement of lien to be recorded against the premises served and delinquent in the form and manner provided by law. The failure to record such a lien or to mail notice thereof shall not affect the right of the city to foreclose or adjudicate such lien, by an equitable action in accordance with the statutory requirements therefor and in the same manner as provided for water service in Section 11-12-490 et seq. The comptroller shall execute releases of such liens on behalf of the city upon receipt of payment thereof.
(Prior code § 185.1-4; Amend Coun. J. 12-2-09, p. 78837, Art. 5, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 3)
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