(A) Sewer billings and invoices shall be rendered and collected approximately monthly.
(B) The Council shall make and enforce all bylaws and regulations which it deems necessary for the regulation, collection, rebating, and refunding of the sewer charges prescribed by this subchapter.
(C) Major contributors with a flow in excess of 50,000 gallons per average work day shall have billing determined on the basis of wastewater discharged as monitored per § 54.041(A), with the following exception.
(D) At its option, the city may accept monitoring data and information from such a major contributor to substantiate billing determination on a more frequent basis than as established in § 54.041(A). That allowance, however, shall not exempt the major contributor from the surveillance survey fee set by the city to offset the costs of monitoring performed by the city.
(E) If there is a difference in analytical results that is not explainable by normal variation in the testing procedure, the user may, within 30 days of billing, appeal to the Council.
(F) (1) So that domestic and residential users of sewage service shall not be penalized for sprinkling lawns during the months of July, August, and September, the billing for sewage service for residential and/or domestic users for those months of July, August, and September shall be based upon the water usage for the previous months of January, February, and March. If the water usage for those previous months of January, February, and March is greater than the water usage of those months of July, August, and September, then the billing for sewage service shall be computed on the actual water used in the month for which the sewage service bill is being rendered.
(2) Domestic and/or residential sewage service as applicable to the sprinkling rate shall apply to each lot, parcel of real estate, or building which is occupied and used as a residence. This sprinkling rate shall not apply to any premises which are partially or wholly used for commercial or industrial purposes. If a portion of those premises shall be used for commercial or industrial purposes, the owner shall have the privilege of separating the water service so that the residential portion of the premises is served through a separate water meter, and in that case, the water usage as registered by the water meter serving that portion of the premises used for residential purposes shall qualify for the sprinkling rate.
(Prior Code, § 36-9-23-1-5.8) (Ord. 2-1981, passed 2-24-1981; Ord. 3-1982, passed 7-6-1982)