(A) The adoption of this subchapter is necessary for the protection of the public health and welfare of the inhabitants of the District and the safeguarding of the property within the District and the passage of this subchapter is of public utility and benefit.
(B) The monthly storm water utility and user fee will be $9.75 for each town residential and business water user.
(C) The Town Clerk-Treasurer is hereby empowered to collect the storm water utility fees and segregate the money so collected into a separate and segregated account. The storm water utility fees collected shall be used to fund the state mandated compliance with Commission Rule 13 costs to the town, all costs necessary for reasonable and proper operation and maintenance of the utility and any others uses as set forth under I.C. 8-1.5-1 et seq.
(D) The sections, paragraphs, sentences, causes, phrases and words of this subchapter are separate and severable, and if any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph of section of this subchapter shall be declared unconstitutional, invalid or unenforceable by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionally, invalidity, or unenforceability shall not affect any of the remaining words, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this subchapter.
(E) The rates and charges approved in this resolution are effective upon passage of this subchapter by the Town Council and the rates and charges authorized herein in accordance with I.C. 36-9-23-1 et seq. The rates and charges shall be billed on the first billing cycle of the town’s water and sewage utilities after approval of such ordinance by the Town Council.
(Ord. 05-04, passed 7-11-2005; Ord. 2013-02, passed 1-14-2013; Am. Ord. 2022-07, passed 8-22-2022)