(a) Except as provided in Section 1040.42, the rates and charges for service furnished by the wastewater system of the Village shall be levied upon each lot or parcel of land, building or premises having any sewer connection with such system, on the basis of the Table of Equivalent Unit Factors provided in Appendix I at the end of this chapter, except that in cases where the character of the sewage from a manufacturing or industrial plant, building or premises is such that unreasonable additional burden is placed upon the system, greater than that imposed by the normal domestic sewage delivered to the system plant, the additional cost of treatment created thereby shall be an additional charge over the regular rates hereinafter set forth, or the user may be required to pretreat such sewage prior to discharge into the sewage disposal system.
(b) The rate to be billed for use of the system within the Township shall be the same as the rates charged for sanitary sewer service within the Village, except as otherwise provided herein:
(1) User charge. Sewer use charges to each single-family residential premises served by the system shall be in a flat amount per month as set forth in the Village Schedule of Charges and Fees. Each premises, other than a single-family residence, shall pay the monthly charge multiplied by a factor representing a ratio of sewage use by such class of premises to normal single-family residential sewage use, as provided in the Table of Equivalent Unit Factors provided in Appendix I at the end of this chapter, which Table may, from time to time, be amended.
(2) Surcharges. A surcharge rate for the following substances shall be established per Council resolution and set forth in the Village Schedule of Charges and Fees on file with the Clerk:
A. BOD for wastewater;
B. Suspended solids;
C. Phosphorus;
D. TKN; and
E. FOG for wastewater.
There shall be an additional charge for laboratory testing of wastewater samples. The laboratory charge shall be for the cost thereof and will be determined for each user.
The above charges are user charges to pay for the operation, maintenance and replacement of the sewage works. They are the same for customers located inside or outside the Village and the equality of rates shall exist in any future modifications.
(Ord. 97-4. Passed 9-8-97.)