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) Monthly charges. Users of the sewerage system, located within the city who are furnished metered water service by the city, and/or obtain water from other sources, shall pay monthly sewer rentals or charges in accordance with the following schedule of rates based on monthly water consumption:
Base charge for each meter: | $29.21 flat rate |
0-2,500 gallons of water per month | $0.0058 per gallon |
2,501 and over gallons of water per month | $0.0055 per gallon |
(B) Minimum charge. The minimum monthly charge for sewer service shall not be less than $33.54.
(C) Senior citizen rate. Each residential dwelling unit in which all occupants residing therein have passed their 65th birthday shall, upon making proper application with the city, receive a discount in the amount of $4 per month from their sewer service charge.
(D) Residential unit multiplier.
(1) A structure serviced by a single water meter which supplies water to multiple residential dwelling units shall be charged a multiple of the base fee established per this section.
(2) Examples.
(a) A duplex would be billed two times the base fee in addition to the sewer usage rate.
(b) A structure containing 25 individual residential dwelling units would be billed 25 times the base fee in addition to the sewer usage rate.
Editor’s Note:
See also city’s fee schedule