(A) All users of the system shall pay a bill calculated on rates and charges that are based on 1 of 3 sewage charge classes.
(B) These classes are defined as follows.
(1) Class 1. Class 1 rates and charges shall be billed to all residential users. Residential users are defined in § 52.01.
(2) Class 2. Class 2 rates and charges shall be billed to all non-residential users that are not being billed Class 3 rates and charges.
(3) Class 3.
(a) Class 3 rates and charges shall be applied to the readings of any individual meter (or at the discretion of the Town Council any combination of individual meters that share a common owner) where water consumption exceeds the level of 1,000,000 gallons per month.
(b) If sewage flows are being measured instead of water consumption, a method of imputing the water consumption that created the sewage flows shall be devised by the Town Manager.
(c) This method shall then be used to determine if the user is to be billed Class 3 rates and charges.
(d) Class 3 rates and charges will commence to be billed in any month that consumption exceeds the aforementioned level and will continue to be billed in all subsequent months.
(C) (1) If a user is billed Class 3 rates and charges and has not exceeded the consumption level set out in Class 3 above, for 3 consecutive months, the user may petition the Town Council for resumption of Class 2 billing status.
(2) The Town Council shall decide, based upon its judgement and experience, whether to grant or deny the petition.
(3) A user may not petition the Town Council for resumption of Class 2 billing status any more frequently than once every 3 months.
(1996 Code, § 9-68)