(a) General Rules. Services for sewage are available to individuals having a premise that qualifies as a residence, commercial, or industrial setting as described in the Elmore Codified Zoning Ordinances. Such premises shall be considered for service when the premises is located within the corporation limits of the Village and where public sanitary sewer lines are installed within 200 feet of a building or structure foundation wall that is to be served on the premises.
The following rules are hereby established for the extension of water and sewer services:
(a) Rule 1. No water or sewer services shall be extended to any users outside the corporate limits of the Village except those water and sewer users as of March 28, 1995, or except under the conditions set forth in Rules 2 and 3.
(b) Rule 2. The Village may extend water and sewer service to land, which is not within the present corporate boundaries provided, however, that before such water and sewer service is extended the owner of such land must enter into an agreement with the Village to obtain annexation of his property including signing an annexation petition. However, the annexation agreement provisions of this Rule shall not apply to land which is owned by the State of Ohio or instrumentality of the State of Ohio, or any commission created by Ohio R.C. Chapter 5537.
(c) Rule 3. Those persons seeking water or sewer service installation or extension in accordance with Rule 2 above, will be required to bear the entire cost of such construction. All construction plans, specifications and installation shall be subject to the approval of and be under the direct supervision of the Village.
The sewer service line and tap shall be installed by the property owner at the property owner’s expense. The installation shall conform to the Villages standards and practices and be inspected upon installation. No sanitary sewer connection will be permitted until the tap charge has been paid in full to the Village.
Services for sewage are available to individuals having a premise that qualifies as a residence, commercial, or industrial setting as described in the Elmore Codified Zoning Ordinances. Such premises shall be considered for service when the premises is located within the corporation limits of the Village and where public sanitary sewer lines are installed within 200 feet if a building or structure foundation wall that is to be served on the premises.
The sewer service line and tap shall be installed by the property owner at the property owner’s expense. The installation shall conform to the Villages standards and practices and be inspected upon installation. No sanitary sewer connection will be permitted until the tap charge has been paid in full to the Village.
(b) General Provisions. The property owner shall install and maintain at property owner's expense, suitable metering equipment that will properly ascertain the quantity of sewage being discharged into the Village’s system; what is suitable equipment is in the sole discretion of the Village. The meter will be placed on the water service and metered appropriately.
The Village's applicable sewage charge and minimum charge will be applied to the metered
quantity in the manner specified in the rate schedule and the same minimum charge provisions shall apply.
The discharge into the Village's sewage system of industrial wastes of such character as to be detrimental to the normal operation of the treatment plant or to Village's sewage system, is hereby prohibited. The Village shall in any such case require preliminary treatment or rectification of such industrial wastes before discharge into the system so as to render them properly susceptible to the Village's standard sewage treatment without damaging the treatment plant processes or the
structures of the system.
When required by the Village, the property owner (from which processing or industrial waste is discharged into Village's sewage system) shall install a suitable control manhole on the sewage service line connected to the property to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the sewage. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with the plans approved by the Village. The manhole shall be installed by the property owner at property owner's expense and shall be maintained by such owner so as to be safe and accessible to Village at all reasonable times.
When required for the proper handling of certain wastes (i.e., grease, oil, sand) so that the normal operation of Village's sewage treatment or the Village's sewage system is not interfered with, there shall be installed grease, oil, and sand interceptors by the property owner at property
owner's expense, subject to inspection and approval by the Village. If required, such interceptors shall be operated and maintained on the premises at the property owner's expense when, in the opinion of Village, the same are necessary.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment process employed or are amenable to treatment only to such a degree that the wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having
jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters are prohibited.
Any water or wastes which, by interaction with other water or wastes in the public sewer system, release malodorous or noxious gases, form suspended solids which interfere with the collection system, or create a condition deleterious to structures and treatment processes are prohibited.
Subject to Ohio E.P.A. Regulations, sewage or waste discharged into the Village's sewage
system shall be considered detrimental to the normal operation of the Village's sewage treatment or Village's sewer system and are hereby prohibited if it contains or has any of the following characteristics or is any of the following monthly concentrations based on the arithmetic average of all determinations of daily concentrations made during any calendar month:
(1) A liquid or vapor sewage waste having a temperature higher than 150°F; or
(2) Sewage containing gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable explosive liquid, solid or gas; or
(3) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded; or
(4) Any commercial or industrial wastes, that prior to mixing with sanitary sewage will not meet the following concentration limits:
(a) Have a pH greater than 9.0 or less than 6.5;
(b) Contain cyanide greater than 0.02 ppm;
(c) Contain more than 1.00 ppm. hexavalent chromium;
(d) Contain more than 0.50 ppm. of trivalent chromium;
(e) Contain more than 5.00 ppm. of nickel as Ni;
(f) Contain more than 2.00 ppm. of zinc as Zn;
(g) Contain more than 50 ppm. of chloroform extractable substances;
(h) Contain more than 0.50 ppm. of copper as Cu;
(i) Contain more than 0.10 ppm. of cadmium as Cd;
(j) Contain more than 0.3 ppb. of mercury as Hg;
(k) Contain more than 0.02 ppm. of lead as Pb;
(l) Contain more than 7.0 ppm. of phosphorus as total P;
(m) Contain more than 10.0 ppm. of oil and grease;
(n) Contain more than 250 mg/l of suspended solids;
(o) Contain more than 200 mg/l of CBOD5 by weight; or,
(5) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to sewage flow in Village's sewage system or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works; or
(6) Any sewage or waste that contains a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant or to Village's public sewage system; or
(7) Any sewage or waste that contains suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at Village's sewage treatment plant; or
(8) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance discharged into Village's sewage system that is capable of creating a public nuisance.
(c) Billing. Utility bills are to be mailed before the 15th of every month. They are due on the 5th of the following month.
A contract for electricity will be considered a contract for all utilities being furnished and received; therefore, if all utility accounts of the customer are not so paid on the specified date as stated on the bill, the gross charge shall be paid. Such gross charge shall be the net charge as shown on such bill plus a delinquent charge of ten percent (10%).
Any time the due date falls on a weekend or holiday, consumers are extended a one-day period of grace before late charges are applied.
A returned check for payment due to non-sufficient funds or closed account check fee is twenty-five dollars ($25.00). After two (2) NSF checks, cash only or electronic payment through the Village of Elmore Online Payment portal will be accepted for payment.
In the event of the stoppage of or the failure of any meter to register the full amount of water consumed, the customer will be billed for such billing period on an estimated consumption basis which will be based upon customer’s normal use of water in a similar period during the time the meter was registering correctly. This will then be applicable to the sewage charge as required.
A customer may enter into an agreement with the Village of Elmore due to non-payment whereas the arrears may be paid on six (6) equal payments along with the current billing period for a period of six (6) months. If a customer fails to pay bills as rendered on the equal payment plan, the Village shall have the right to withdraw the plan with respect to such customer and to restore the customer to billing as provided for in the applicable schedules, in addition to any other rights which the Village may have under such schedules in case of arrearage in payment of bills.
Payment of utility bills by other than cash means, including but not limited to credit card payment, electronic payment, or Internet payment is authorized subject to implementation and acceptance by the Village of Elmore.
See Subdivision Rules and Regulations, “Sewer Extension Policy” for complete detail of installation of sewer piping.
Adjustments to the sewer for filling swimming pools will be made once per year providing, they are current with their utility bill. (9/2010)
(d) Responsibility of Bills by Property Owner. Upon the effective date of these Rules, in addition to other legal action allowed by law to collect unpaid charges, the Village is entitled to follow the below procedure:
All bills and other charges due customers who are owners and occupy the premises served by utility service, if not paid after same are due and payable, shall be certified to the Auditor of Ottawa County along with certification that the unpaid rents or charges have arisen pursuant to a service contract made directly with an owner who occupies the property served. Such shall be a lien on the property served, and the Auditor shall place same on the tax duplicate of the County, together with the interest and penalties allowed by law and to be collected by the County Treasurer. The lien shall be released only upon payment in full of the certified amount.
See Certification of Utility Charges Due to the Village of Elmore form to be used for these charges.
(e) Voluntary Termination of Service. Requests for voluntary disconnection of electrical service must be made, in writing, at the Village’s Public Works Department and shall be approved by the customer contractually obligated to pay charges incurred at the service premises.
A customer who intends to move from the service premises or discontinue the use of water
service or in any way terminate their liability hereunder, shall give the Village’s Public Works Department a notice of such intention not later than forty-eight (48) hours before moving and the
customer shall be liable for all applicable, water service, and meter charges that may be used upon the service premises until such notice is given and the Village’s Public Works Department has made the final meter reading.
(f) Nonpayment and Disconnection. The charge for reinstalling any meter taken out because of nonpayment of a bill is fifty dollars ($50.00). Meters will be reinstalled on the same day no later than 11:00 pm.
Consumers who are one month behind and/or a one hundred dollar ($100.00) balance shall be sent shut off notices ten (10) days prior to the proposed termination of service. The notice will include the date of the proposed termination, the reason for the termination and a statement that the resident can avoid the termination by paying the current balance. The notice will provide the address and business hours of the office at which payment of delinquent amounts are accepted.
Disconnections must be made on a day on which reconnection is available the following day. The person performing the disconnection should attempt to contact the occupants at the address to be disconnected by means such as knocking at the door. A notice should be delivered to the occupant and placed at the entrance to the service address. The notice should state the reason for the termination, the amount left unpaid and/or fee for reconnection, and the location and hours of the office. The municipal representative will be authorized to accept payment for past due amounts or may contact the office.
Disconnection of service for nonpayment will not occur when disconnect of service would be especially dangerous to health as certified pursuant to the certification provisions of this rule. Customer may, to avoid disconnect, enter into, and make payment in accordance with an extended payment plan.
No disconnect for residential service will occur for nonpayment at times when temperatures are below freezing on any given day; however, a limiter (when available) may be installed on your service.
When a Village resident changes address within the Village and has a balance at the “old” address, it must be paid in full before utilities can be put in their name at the “new” address.
(g) Sewer Rates.
INSIDE CORPORATION SEWER RATES | ||||||
Effective Date | 02/01/23 | 02/01/24 | 02/01/25 | 02/01/26 | 02/01/27 | 02/01/28 |
Usage Charge (first 200 cubic ft/per cf) | $0.0888 | $0.0959 | $0.1030 | $0.1101 | $0.1172 | $0.1243 |
Usage Charge (next 600 cubic ft/per cf) | $0.0648 | $0.0735 | $0.0787 | $0.0839 | $0.0891 | $0.0943 |
Usage Charge (Over 400 cubic ft/per cf) | $0.0606 | $0.0654 | $0.0702 | $0.0750 | $0.0798 | $0.0846 |
Usage Charge (Over 1200 cubic ft/per cf) | $0.0560 | $0.0605 | $0.0650 | $0.0695 | $0.0740 | $0.0785 |
Minimum Monthly Billing (includes first 200 cf) | $17.76 | $19.18 | $20.60 | $22.02 | $23.44 | $24.86 |
OUTSIDE CORPORATION SEWER RATES | ||||||
Effective Date | 02/01/23 | 02/01/24 | 02/01/25 | 02/01/26 | 02/01/27 | 02/01/28 |
Usage Charge (First 200 cubic ft/per cf) | $0.1334 | $0.1439 | $0.1545 | $0.1652 | $0.1758 | $0.1865 |
Usage Charge (next 600 cubic ft/per cf) | $0.0974 | $0.1103 | $0.1181 | $0.1259 | $0.1337 | $0.1415 |
Usage Charge (over 400 cubic ft/per cf) | $0.0908 | $0.0981 | $0.1053 | $0.1125 | $0.1184 | $0.1269 |
Usage Charge (over 1200 cubic ft/per cf) | $0.0842 | $0.0908 | $0.0975 | $0.1043 | $0.1110 | $0.1178 |
Minimum Monthly Billing (includes first 200 cf) | $26.67 | $28.77 | $30.90 | $33.03 | $35.16 | $37.29 |
(Ord. 24-23. Passed 11-27-23.)