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RATES AND CHARGES
(A) There is hereby established and imposed the following sewer user service charges to be assessed all persons who are billed for water usage in the city.
Water Used per Quarter (in Cubic Feet) | Charge |
First 800
| $2 (minimum quarterly charge)
|
Next 4,200
| $.15 per 100 cu. ft.
|
All in excess of 5,000
| $.125 per 100 cu. ft.
|
(B) Water meter readings are to be made to the nearest 100 cubic feet.
(C) The imposition of the sewer user service charge shall terminate on November 30, 1997, as to sewer usage made after the date and the collection of the sewer user service charge based upon water usage after the date shall cease.
('88 Code, § 50.45) (Ord. 1986-18, passed 10-20-86; Am. Ord. 1998-1, passed 3-2-98)
(A) The sewer user service charges shall be billed and collected under the terms of an agreement between the city and the Sanitation District No. 1 of Campbell and Kenton Counties, and all collection, charges, discounts, methods and manners of payment shall be in accord with the procedures and policies of the Sanitation District No. 1 of Campbell and Kenton Counties.
(B) The City Administrative Officer, or other officer or agent of the city in charge of the sewer system, shall cause to be discontinued or shut off the water service to the premises served when the sewer charges herein imposed are not paid and become delinquent as determined by the Sanitation District No. 1 of Campbell and Kenton Counties. Water service shall not be reinstated until the entire gross bill for the service is paid in full.
('88 Code, § 50.46) (Ord. 1986-18, passed 10-6-86)
(A) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $500 for each offense. ('88 Code, § 50.99)
(B) Any violation of this chapter is hereby classified as a civil offense, pursuant to Chapter 41 and KRS 65.8808, and such classification is intended, and shall be construed, to provide an additional or supplemental means of obtaining compliance with the applicable code sections, and nothing contained herein or in Chapter 41 shall prohibit the enforcement of this chapter by any other means authorized by law.
(C) If a citation for a violation of this chapter is not contested by the person charged with the violation, the civil fine to be imposed for each offense shall be $50 for the first offense, $90 for the second offense, and $210 for the third, and thereafter, offense.
(D) If a citation is contested and a hearing before the Code Enforcement Board is required, the maximum civil fine which may be imposed at the discretion of the Board shall be from $20 to $200 for the first offense, from $60 to $600 for the second offense, and from $180 to $1,800 for the third, and thereafter, offense.
(E) Each section of the ordinance violated shall be considered a separate fineable offense. If two or more sections of the ordinance are violated, the fines shall be cumulative and be enforced under the same citation. Each day a violation exists shall be considered a separate offense upon issuance of a separate citation.
(Ord. 1999-13, passed 8-17-99)
Cross-reference:
Code Enforcement Board, see Chapter 41