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SEWER USE CHARGES
§ 52.130 SEWER USE CHARGE IMPOSED.
   Sewer use charges or rentals for the use of the POTW, sewers, sewerage system and sewage treatment works of the city shall be imposed upon the owners of property served thereby.
(Ord. 1433, passed 7-1-2002)
§ 52.131 SEWER RATES; RATE CHANGES.
   (A)   The applicable sewer rentals or use charge rates shall be set forth by separate city ordinance from time to time.
   (B)   The city may increase or decrease such sewer rates as it deems necessary.
(Ord. 1433, passed 7-1-2002)
§ 52.132 PAYMENT SCHEDULE; LATE PENALTY.
Publisher's Note: This Section has been AMENDED by new legislation (Ord. 1656 , adopted 12-16-2024). The text of the amendment will be incorporated below when the ordinance is codified.
   (A)   Payment schedule. The city shall establish a payment schedule whereby sewer charges collected by the city shall be billed and paid monthly.
   (B)   Late charges. If the bill for sewer services is not paid by the fifteenth day of the month a penalty of 10% will be added, with a minimum penalty of $.10 for any one bill. If the fifteenth day of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, bills may be paid without penalty on the next business day.
(Ord. 1433, passed 7-1-2002; Ord. 1588, passed 12-17-2018; Ord. 1600 , passed 12-2-2019; Ord. 1607, passed 12-7-2020; Ord. 1614, passed 12-20-2021; Ord. 1628, passed 12-19-2022)
§ 52.133 PROPERTIES USING OTHER THAN CITY WATER.
   (A)   For a property which uses water, all or part of which is from a source or sources other than the city’s water supply system, there shall be a sewer rental, separate from and in addition to any sewer rental based on the consumption of water from the city’s water supply system. Such separate or additional sewer rental shall be measured by the quantity of water from the source or sources other than the city’s water supply system which is discharged into the city’s sewers from such property.
   (B)   The owner of such property shall install, without cost to the city, a meter or meters to measure the quantity of water received from other than the city’s water supply system and deposited into the city’s sewers. No meter shall be installed or used for such purpose without the approval of the city, and the sewer use charge or rental based upon water received from other than the city’s water supply system shall be subject to the same sewer rates as are required to be paid by the owner of a metered property receiving the same quantity of water from the city’s water supply system.
   (C)   Until the owner of the property installs an approved meter or meters, the city shall make an estimate of the amount of water from sources other than the city’s water supply system which is discharged into the city’s sewers from the property, and the property owner shall pay the applicable rate of sewer rental based upon such estimate.
(Ord. 1433, passed 7-1-2002)
§ 52.134 SEWER FUND.
   All monies received by the city as a result of sewer use charges or rentals shall be deposited in a special city fund designated as the Sewer Fund.
(Ord. 1433, passed 7-1-2002)
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