The rates for use of the sewer system shall be as follows for all users of the system, whether inside or outside of the Village limits:
(a) Sewage Disposal Charge. A quarterly charge for sewage disposal shall be made to each premise connected to the Village of Franklin Sewage Disposal System in the amount of three hundred dollars and eighty-one cents ($300.81) per residential equivalent unit (REU) quarterly or as may be established from time to time. All residential customers with simplex grinder pump installations will be assigned a value of 1 REU. All residential customers with duplex or centrifugal pump installations will be assigned a value of 1.5 REUs. REU assignments for all nonresidential customers will be based on the current Schedule of Unit Assignment factors, as set forth in Section 1042.14
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(b) Grinder Pump Alarm Installation Charge. For any customers who elected not to pre-pay for grinder pump alarm installations, the quarterly charge will be eighty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents ($82.89) per REU, and sixty-six dollars and thirty-one cents ($66.31) per REU for those who installed their grinder pump alarm panel after December 31, 2014.
(c) Service Fee. A fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per service call shall be charged for all customer-related grinder pump repairs or replacements due to system misuse, excessive water discharge, customer power interruptions, non-grinder pump odors, internal plumbing issues, sump pumps, well problems and other issues not directly related to the actual operation of the grinder pump. A customer may appeal the assessment of a service fee to the Village Administrator who may waive the fee upon determining the customer was not negligent or at fault for the service call.
(d) Industrial Surcharge. An industrial surcharge shall be levied against industrial and commercial customers contributing sewage to the system with concentrations of pollutants exceeding the levels described as follows:
275 milligrams per liter (mg/l) of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
350 milligrams per liter (mg/l) of total suspended solids (TSS)
12 milligrams per liter (mg/l) of phosphorus (P)
100 milligrams per liter (mg/l) of fats, oils and grease (FOG)
Amount of Industrial Surcharge | Total Charge Per Pound of Excess Pollutants |
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) | $ 0.361 |
Total suspended solids (TSS) | 0.496 |
Phosphorus (P) | 6.629 |
Fats, oils and grease (FOG) | 0.115 |
It is assumed that normal domestic customers do not contribute sewage with concentrations of pollutants exceeding the above levels. Therefore, the industrial surcharge will not apply to domestic customers. Further, restaurants shall also be exempt from industrial surcharge per Federal Court Order “Second Interim Order,” dated July 10, 1981.
(e) Industrial Waste Control (IWC). Each nonresidential user will be billed for industrial waste control based on an assigned water meter size from the following size schedule and the following charge schedule.
SIZE SCHEDULE
Units Assigned in Accordance with the Current Oakland County Water Commissioner’s Schedule of Unit Assignment Factors | Assigned Water Meter Size (inches) |
Units Assigned in Accordance with the Current Oakland County Water Commissioner’s Schedule of Unit Assignment Factors | Assigned Water Meter Size (inches) |
1 - 4 | 5/8 and¾ |
5 - 10 | 1 |
11 - 20 | 1½ |
21 - 32 | 2 |
33 - 64 | 3 |
65 - 100 | 4 |
101 - 200 | 6 |
CHARGE SCHEDULE
Meter Size (inches) | Monthly Industrial Waste Control (IWC) Charge |
Meter Size (inches) | Monthly Industrial Waste Control (IWC) Charge |
5/8 | $ 3.64 |
¾ | 5.46 |
1 | 9.10 |
1½ | 20.02 |
2 | 29.12 |
3 | 52.78 |
4 | 72.80 |
6 | 109.20 |
8 | 182.00 |
10 | 254.80 |
12 | 291.20 |
14 | 364.00 |
16 | 436.80 |
18 | 509.60 |
“Non-residential users” shall be defined as users other than single-family houses, apartment buildings, condominiums, townhouses, mobile homes, schools, churches and municipal buildings.
(Ord. 2000-64. Passed 6-12-00; Ord. 2001-4. Passed 8-13-01; Ord. 2002-5. Passed 8-12-02; Ord. 2003-2. Passed 6-9-03; Ord. 2004-03. Passed 6-14-04; Ord. 2005-09. Passed 6-13-05; Ord. 2006-02. Passed 6-12-06; Ord. 2007-03. Passed 6-11-07; Ord. 2008-05. Passed 6-9-08; Ord. 2009-04. Passed 6-8-09; Ord. 2009-10. Passed 12-14-09; Ord. 2010-07. Passed 6-14-10; Ord. 2011-05. Passed 6-13-11; Ord. 2012-03. Passed 6-11-12; Ord. 2013-05. Passed 6-10-13; Ord. 2014-04. Passed 6-9-14; Ord. 2016-02. Passed 11-14-16; Ord. 2017-03. Passed 6-12-17; Ord. 2018-02. Passed 7-9-18; Ord. 2019-03. Passed 5-13-19; Ord. 2020-04. Passed 5-11-20; Ord. 2021-01. Passed 6-14-21; Ord. 2022-04. Passed 7-11-22; Ord. 2023-06. Passed 7-12-23.)