For the purposes provided for herein, there is hereby levied a charge or rental to be paid by every person, firm, organization or corporation whose lots, lands and premises are served by or have access to a connection to the sanitary sewerage system or who otherwise discharge sanitary sewage and industrial waste, either directly or indirectly, into the City sanitary sewage system, payable and collectible as hereinafter provided and in an amount determinable as follows:
(a) Sewer service charges or rentals shall be based upon the water consumed on the premises served by or having access to a connection, either directly or indirectly to the sewerage system as measured by the water meters used thereon, except as follows:
(1) In the event water used upon any such premises is derived from a source in addition to the municipal water supply, measurement or estimation thereof and a determination of the percentage of the water which is self-produced or otherwise obtained, and which is discharged into the sanitary sewer system, shall be made by the City Manager and shall be the basis of computing the sewer service charge hereinafter provided. In case of a disagreement as to the amount, the owner or other interested party may, at his own expense, install and maintain a meter acceptable to the City Water Treatment Department for such purpose.
(2) In the event that premises or lots and lands are served by both the City water supply and a properly metered self-producer’s supply, the rates of charges shall be computed by combining the consumption of both sources of supply.
(3) In cases where industrial wastes or other liquids are discharged into the sanitary sewer system, either directly or indirectly, and are not susceptible to metered measurement, such wastes or other liquids shall be measured or estimated in such manner as shall be determined by the City Manager in order to establish the sewer rental or charges therefor.
(4) In the event that water supplied from the City water system to consumers is used for such purposes that it is not returned to the sanitary sewerage system, such portion not returned shall be exempt from the sewer charges or rentals, provided the user, at his own expense, furnishes, installs and maintains a suitable metering device or devices, acceptable to the City Water and Service Departments, for the determination of the same.
(Ord. 49-93. Passed 5-10-93.)
(b) Sewer charges or rentals shall be charged by the City for water passing through a City water meter, or for sewage flow measured as provided in subsection (a)(4) hereof, and for premises being supplied from sources in addition to the Municipal water supply, the amount which would have been charged for water consumed and discharged into the sanitary sewerage system if such water had been supplied by the City, measured as herein provided, subject to the following charges in subsection (c) below.
The following are hereby fixed as the fair, proportional and reasonable rates for user charges based on the meter consumption of water. All users discharging waste to the sewerage collection system shall be billed for wastewater treatment services including governmental or institutional users such as schools, municipal utilities or other public buildings.
(c) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (c) was deleted by Ordinance 119-21, passed December 20, 2021. All sewerage charges will be listed in Section 110.09 of the Codified Ordinances.)
(d) The charge or rental provided for in this chapter shall be payable at the Municipal Building and shall be billed jointly and combined with the charges for water service. (Ord. 125-16. Passed 12-19-16.)