(A) Sewer service charges shall be charges levied on all users who discharge, cause or permit the discharge of sewage into the public sewage treatment system.
(B) Sewer service charges shall be comprised of a system of user charges, excessive strength surcharges, and a system of charges for debt service.
(C) Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
"BOD. (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)." The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation or organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at 20oC, expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
"NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER." Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than 300 mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of not more than 300 mg/l and an ammonia-nitrogen concentration of not more than 25 mg/l and oil/grease concentration of not more than 100 mg/l.
"OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE." Those functions that result in expenditures during the useful life of the treatment works for materials, labor, utilities and other items which are necessary for managing and for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement as defined below.
"REPLACEMENT." Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
"RESIDENTIAL USER." Any contributor to Flemingsburg's treatment works whose lot, parcel or real estate, or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes only.
"COMMERCIAL USER." All retail stores, restaurants, office buildings, laundries, and other private business and service establishments.
"INDUSTRIAL USER (IU)." A source of indirect discharge which does not constitute a "discharge of pollutants" under regulations issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water Act.
"INSTITUTIONAL USER." Includes social, charitable, religious, and educational activities such as schools, churches, hospitals, nursing homes, penal institutions and similar institutional users.
"GOVERNMENTAL USER." Includes legislative, judicial, administrative, and regulatory activities of Federal, State and Local governments.
"SHALL." The act referred to is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
"SS (SUSPENDED SOLIDS)." Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
"TREATMENT WORKS." Any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal wastewater, domestic wastewater or liquid industrial wastes. These include intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, wastewater collection systems, pumping, power, and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof, elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works, including site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment (including land for composting sludge, temporary storage of such compost and land used for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment systems before land application); or any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing of municipal waste or industrial waste, including waste in combined storm water and sanitary sewer systems.
"USEFUL LIFE." The estimated period during which a treatment works will be operated.
"USER CHARGE." The total wastewater service charge which is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance, replacement and debt service expenses of the wastewater treatment works.
"WATER METER." A water volume measuring and furnished and/or installed by a user and approved by the city.
"DEBT SERVICE." Charges levied on users of the wastewater treatment works to support the annual debt service obligations of the system.
(D) Excessive strength surcharges shall mean charges levied on users of the sewage treatment system whose contribution contains biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids (SS), or ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) or other pollutants in concentrations which exceed limits specified herein for such pollutants and who are permitted to make such contributions to the system in accordance with the Sewer Use Ordinance.
(E) Charges for debt service shall mean charges levied on users of the sewage treatment system to support the annual debt service obligations of the system.
(Ord. 3-94-1, passed 3-7-94)