(a) Classes of Users. The classes of users of the Village wastewater system shall be as follows:
(1) The domestic class shall include all single or multiple until residential accounts with domestic-type sewage only, (i.e. wastes from water closets, lavatories, sinks, bathtubs, showers, household laundries, cellar floor drains and other sources associated with domestic households). A residence which includes a commercial establishment shall be considered a domestic account if the sewage produced is primarily domestic in nature and the flow contributed by the commercial activities of the establishment is a secondary flow of the sewer connection and does not exceed the standards for standard strength sewage.
(2) The commercial class shall include all nonresidential accounts that are not required to be in the industrial class. Transient residences shall be commercial accounts.
(3) The industrial class shall include all accounts with nondomestic-type sewage, the account meeting the criteria of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-500) as interpreted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency Rules and Regulations published in the Federal Register (Vol. 38, No. 161) on Tuesday, August 21, 1973, as follows:
Sec. 35.905-19. Industrial User. Any nongovernmental user of a publicly owned treatment works identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions:
A. Division A. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
B. Division B. Mining
C. Division D. Manufacturing
D. Division E. Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services
E. Division I. Services
A user in the Divisions listed may be excluded if it is determined that it will introduce primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences. The Village Administrator shall have the authority to determine the class of each user.
(b) Billing Dates. Charges for wastewater service within the Village shall be charged and paid quarterly in January, April, July and October, at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer, at the same time as the charges for water services are paid, and shall be included on the same invoice as the charge for water service for the same period.
(c) Charges; Penalty; Disconnection of Service.
(1) The scheduled charges to be made by the Village for wastewater service and for the maintenance, administration and operation of the sewerage system shall be as follows:
In Village | Outside Village | |
First 6,000 gallons at | $6.00 per 1,000 gallons | $9.00 per 1,000 gallons |
Next 94,000 gallons at | $6.00 per 1,000 gallons | $9.00 per 1,000 gallons |
Excess over 100,000 gallons at | $4.00 per 1,000 gallons | $6.00 per 1,000 gallons |
The minimum wastewater charge per quarter for 6,000 gallons or less shall be thirty-six dollars ($36.00) in the Village or fifty-four dollars ($54.00) outside the Village per dwelling unit.
(2) A ten percent penalty shall be added to all bills not paid by the fifteenth day of the month in which such payment is due, and all unpaid accounts shall be charged interest at the rate of 1.5% per month on the unpaid balance beginning on the thirtieth day after the due date of such bill.
(3) An additional charge in an amount equal to the expenses incurred by the Village in disconnecting any sewerage service, because of nonpayment of a sewer bill, shall be levied against the defaulting consumer. The Clerk-Treasuer shall give the defaulting consumer ten days notice of the intention to discontinue service prior to any shutoff of the sewerage service. Such notice shall be given by certified mail, return receipt requested. Such notice shall be mailed within eighty days after the due date of such bill, and such service shall be discontinued not later than ninety days after the due date of such bill.
(4) All charges for users situated outside the Village shall be 150 percent of the charges provided in paragraph (c)(1) hereof.
(d) Determination of Charges to Metered Users. If a lot, parcel of land, building or other premises discharging sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the Village sewerage system is a metered user of water, the quantity of water used as measures by a water meter acceptable to the Village shall be used to determine the sewer charge or rental as provided in this section.
(e) Determination of Charges to Nonmetered Users and Users Outside the Village. If a lot, parcel of land, building or other premises discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the Village sewerage system is a user of water and the quantity of water used is not measured by a water meter or is measured by a water meter not acceptable to the Village, then the owner or other interested party shall, at his or her own expense, install and maintain a water meter acceptable to the Village, and the quantity of water used, as measured by the meter, shall be used to determine the sewer charge or rental as provided in this section. This subsection shall also be applicable to a user in any class outside of the Village.
(f) Meters. Upon the consumer's request, the Village may determine that additional metering may be installed to measure water usage that does not enter the sanitary sewerage system. The cost of additional meters and all installation costs shall be paid by the consumer. All such meters shall be installed to the specifications of the Village and shall be located as near as practical to the regular service meter. The Village may require the relocation of the regular service meter for its convenience prior to approval of this type of installation. Such meters shall be treated as separate services, with current published water rates applicable.
(g) Exemptions from Charges. In the event a lot, parcel of land, building or premises discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the Village sewerage system is an industry and it can be shown by such user, to the satisfaction of the Village, that a portion of the water, as measured by the water meter, does not and cannot enter the sewerage system, that portion not entering the sewerage system may be exempt from the sewer charge or rental. The Village shall make the final determination of any portion of water not entering the sewerage system and not subject to sewer charge or rental.
(h) Users of Cistern Water; Wastewater Capital Improvement Fund.
(1) A cistern water treatment charge shall be imposed by the Village on each residence or household using a cistern, which charge shall be as follows:
A. Zero dollars ($0) per quarter for any dwelling unit which is in compliance with the Backflow Prevention Program;
B. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month for any dwelling unit which is not in compliance with the Backflow Prevention Program.
This cistern water treatment charge shall be over and above the charges for water and sewer for each quarter.
(2) All cistern users are also subject to the rules and regulations of the Village of Coldwater's Backflow Prevention Program as per Charter Ordinance Number 1676 or the latest charter ordinance pertaining to the Backflow Prevention Program. Failure to comply with said ordinance can result in the disconnection of both water and sanitary services, and or additional charges.
(Ord. 1072. Passed 12-9-85; Ord. 1079. Passed 3-10-86; Ord. 1083. Passed 6-23-86; Ord. 1116. Passed 7-27-87; Ord. 1129. Passed 2-8-88; Ord. 1182. Passed 7-9-90; Ord. 1196. Passed 2-25-91; Ord. 1309. Passed 3-25-96; Ord. 1366. Passed 10-26-98; Ord. 1417. Passed 5-22-00; Ord. 1453. Passed 12-27-01; Ord. 1495. Passed 12-29-04; Ord. 1514. Passed 1-17-05; Ord. 1537. Passed 10-23-06; Ord. 1587. Passed 7-11-11; Ord. 1619. Passed 5-12-14; Ord. 1684. Passed 3-25-19.)