For the use of and the service rendered by the town, rates and charges shall be collected from the owners of each and every lot, parcel of real estate or building that is connected with the town’s sanitary sewer system or otherwise discharges sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly, into the sanitary sewer system of the town, which rates and charges shall be payable as hereinafter provided and shall be in an amount determinable as follows.
(A) Except as herein otherwise provided, sewage rates and charges shall be based on the quantity of water used on or in the property or premises, subject to such rates and charges as the same is measured by the water meter there in use, plus a charge for administrative costs.
(B) Sewer rates beginning on the August 2020 sewer billing are as follows.
Rate Type |
Rate
| |
Flat rate | Administrative flat rate | An amount as set by the Town Council from time to time |
Sewer pump electric flat rate | ||
Metered rate | Metered per 1,000 gallons | |
Unmetered rates (2 or fewer occupants) | Well user flat rate (based on 5,000 gallons) | |
Discounted well user flat rate (based on 3,000 gallons) | ||
(C) (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) below, the monthly charge (exclusive of any surcharges) for unmetered single-family residential users and any unmetered commercial/institutional users not generating, or not expected to generate, flows greater than a single-family residential user (5,600 gallons per month) shall be an amount as set by the Town Council from time to time.
(2) If an unmetered single-family residential user submits to the Town Clerk-Treasurer, on a form prescribed by the town, an affidavit fully executed by the user swearing and affirming that not more than two persons reside at the single-family residential user’s residence, and that said residence is served by water from a private well system only and is not connected to the waterworks of the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility Department or any other municipal waterworks system, and if such affidavit is approved by the Town Clerk-Treasurer, said unmetered single-family residential user shall be deemed to generate flows equal to 4,000 gallons per month with a monthly charge (exclusive of any surcharges) in the amount as set by the Town Council from time to time.
(3) Such affidavit described under division (C)(2) above must be submitted to and received by the Town Clerk-Treasurer by December 15 to be effective for the first monthly billing cycle of the calendar year immediately following such date, unless rejected or revoked. Once filed, such affidavit will remain in place for a period of four years (“affidavit period”) unless the terms of the affidavit become no longer accurate, or unless such affidavit is rejected or revoked. Such affidavit can be renewed so long as such affidavit is submitted and received by the Town Clerk-Treasurer by December 15 of the fourth calendar year of the affidavit period. Failure to timely submit such affidavit, irrespective of any changes in household occupancy or otherwise, shall subject such nonmetered single-family user to the monthly charge described in division (C)(1) above.
(4) The Town Clerk-Treasurer may approve or reject an affidavit described under division (C)(2) above after investigation of the same for truthfulness and completeness.
(5) In the event that an unmetered single-family residential user who has submitted an approved affidavit under division (C)(2) above acquires knowledge during the affidavit period that the contents of the affidavit are no longer accurate due to a change in occupancy or otherwise, such user shall notify the Town Clerk-Treasurer that the contents of the affidavit are no longer accurate within 15 days after the user acquires such knowledge, and the Town Clerk-Treasurer shall revoke the approval of such affidavit, and such user shall be subject to the monthly charge described in division (C)(1) above.
(6) Submission of an inaccurate or fraudulent affidavit under division (C)(2) above or failure to properly notify the Town Clerk-Treasurer pursuant to division (C)(5) above shall result in all sums that would have been otherwise due and payable had such affidavit not been treated as effective becoming due and payable immediately upon the determination of the Town Clerk-Treasurer of the existence of such inaccuracy, fraud or failure of notification, and the Town Clerk-Treasurer shall revoke the approval of such affidavit.
(D) The monthly charge (exclusive of any surcharges) for any nonresidential users generating or expected to generate flows greater than a single-family residential user (5,830 gallons per month) shall be computed on the basis of the rates set forth in division (B) above. In the case of unmetered users, the amount of flow for each case will be determined as set forth in § 51.05(A) of this chapter.
(E) Where two or more users are connected to a pumping unit, there will be a surcharge for those users for electrical service of an amount as set by the Town Council from time to time per month.
(F) Users which are connected during the construction of the town sanitary sewer system will have a surcharge of an amount as set by the Town Council from time to time per month for 160 months (deferred connection fee to the City of Evansville).
(G) The user charge schedule and electrical service surcharge hereinabove set forth shall be reviewed annually and revised if necessary.
(H) If the town is charged or is required to pay a surcharge for the treatment of any wastewater having a strength greater than normal strength sewage, said surcharge shall be paid by the user or users responsible for the excessive strength.
(Ord. 1987-2, passed 3-12-1987; Ord. 1988-7, passed 11-10-1988; Ord. 1992-1, passed 7-14-1992; Ord. 2000-9, passed 12-12-2000; Ord. 2002-4, passed 1-14-2003; Ord. 2003-1, passed 12-9-2003; Ord. 2006-1, passed 5-9-2006; Ord. 2007-1, passed 2-27-2007; Ord. 2007-4, passed 10-9-2007; Ord. 2009-1, passed 1-13-2009; Ord. 2020-6, passed 7-14-2020)