(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 |
86% | 89% | 92% | 96% | 100% |
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)