(a) To pay a part of the cost and expense of operating, maintaining and improving the wastewater system and the wastewater treatment plant of the City of Geneva, there is hereby levied, upon each lot and premises on which there is located any building which has installed thereon any wastewater connection with the wastewater system, a direct charge as follows:
(1) Premises located within corporate limits of City or within a Joint Economic Development District (JEDD).
A. For premises within the corporate limits or within a JEDD discharging wastewater or industrial wastes, either directly or indirectly, into the wastewater system, there shall be charged, based on cubic feet of water consumption per month, to be paid in accordance with divisions (e) through (g) of this section, the following:
Effective Date | First 200 cubic feet (minimum) | Each 100 cubic feet thereafter |
Effective Date | First 200 cubic feet (minimum) | Each 100 cubic feet thereafter |
July 1, 2016 | $11.30 | $5.65 |
January 1, 2017 | $11.75 | $5.88 |
January 1, 2018 | $12.22 | $6.11 |
January 1, 2019 | $12.71 | $6.36 |
January 1, 2020 | $13.22 | $6.61 |
January 1, 2021 | $13.75 | $6.87 |
January 1, 2022 | $14.30 | $7.15 |
The minimum monthly charge shall be as indicated per month or part thereof.
B. The sewer charge for a mobile home park shall be determined by multiplying the number of units located within the park by the minimum rate as indicated above. The volume shall be determined by multiplying 200 cubic feet times the number of units within the mobile home park, and all usage in excess of this amount shall be computed in accordance determined. This total shall constitute the monthly billing.
(2) Premises located outside corporate limits of City but not within a Joint Economic Development District (JEDD):
A. For premises outside the corporate limits but not within a JEDD discharging wastewater or industrial wastes, either directly or indirectly, into the wastewater system, there shall be charged, based on cubic feet of water consumption per month, to be paid in accordance with divisions (e) through (g) of this section, the following:
Effective Date | First 200 cubic feet (minimum) | Each 100 cubic feet thereafter |
Effective Date | First 200 cubic feet (minimum) | Each 100 cubic feet thereafter |
July 1, 2016 | $16.95 | $8.48 |
January 1, 2017 | $17.63 | $8.82 |
January 1, 2018 | $18.33 | $9.17 |
January 1, 2019 | $19.07 | $9.54 |
January 1, 2020 | $19.84 | $9.92 |
January 1, 2021 | $20.63 | $10.31 |
January 1, 2022 | $21.45 | $10,73 |
B. The sewer charge for a mobile home park shall be determined by multiplying the number of units located within the park by the minimum rate as indicated above. The volume shall be determined by multiplying 200 cubic feet times the number of units within the mobile home park, and all usage in excess of this amount shall be computed in accordance determined. This total shall constitute the monthly billing.
(Ord. 2582. Passed 11-10-97; Ord. 2735. Passed 12-17-01; Ord. 2953. Passed 12-10-07; Ord. 3190. Passed 5-23-16.)
(b) In case of a discontinuance of actual occupancy and use of the building or premises possessing the wastewater connection, for any period of time during a monthly billing period, the final bill shall be based on the measured service, except that in no case shall the final bill be less than the minimum monthly rate.
(c) In case a building or premises discharging into the wastewater system either wastewater or industrial wastes, or both, either directly or indirectly, is not a user of City water and is not in possession of a water meter, then in such case, the amount of water consumption on such premises should be otherwise measured or determined by the Director of Public Service in order to determine the rental charge provided for in this section.
(d) In case a building or premises discharging into the wastewater system either wastewater or industrial wastes, or both, either directly or indirectly, is a user of City water of which a portion is used in product manufacturing and does not enter the wastewater system, then in such case, the amount of wastewater usage entering the system shall be otherwise measured or determined by the Director of Public Service in order to determine the rental charge as provided for in this section.
(e) The charge or rent levied by this section shall be payable in twelve monthly payments in each year, payable monthly, at the Municipal Building, City Manager's office or the City's financial collection agencies, on or before the fifteenth calendar day from the billing date. The new rate schedule shall become effective July 1, 2016.
(f) The rates (including minimum charges) set forth in this section are net rates and apply only with respect to bills paid within fifteen days after the billing date. The gross rates which are the above rates plus fifteen percent apply to all bills not so paid within fifteen days.
(g) Each charge or rental levied by or pursuant to this section is hereby made a lien upon the corresponding building or premises served by such connection and, if not paid within thirty days, shall be collected in the same manner as are City taxes.
(h) The City will pass on to the wastewater customer any and all initial service and final read charges made to the City by the water company or by Ashtabula County Department of Environmental Services.
(Ord. 2461. Passed 7-24-95; Ord. 2735. Passed 12-17-01; Ord. 2794. Passed 4-14-03; Ord. 2953. Passed 12-10-07; Ord. 3190. Passed 5-23-16.)