(A) Every person whose premises are served by the Wastewater Utility shall be charged for the services provided. These charges are established for each user class in order that the Wastewater Utility shall recover from each user and user class revenue which is proportional to its use of the treatment works in terms of volume and load. User charges are levied to defray the cost of operation and maintenance, including replacement, of the treatment works. User charges shall be uniform in magnitude within a user class.
(B) User charges are subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Replacement costs, which are recovered through the system of user charges, shall be based on the expected service life of the Wastewater Utility plant and equipment.
(1) Class I, nonindustrial:
(a) Single-family residential;
(b) Multiple-family dwellings (on a single meter);
(c) Commercial;
(d) Governmental;
(e) Institutional; and
(f) Wholesale residential.
(2) Class II, industrial.
(D) Inspection fees. Any entity or individual requesting an inspection and/or testing fee for sanitary sewer mains, manholes, lift stations, laterals, or any other portion of a residential sewage collection system and any facilities associated therewith, shall pay an inspection fee before the inspector’s report and/or release approving said infrastructure shall be issued as follows:
(1) A sum equal to the inspector’s total hourly rate of pay, plus benefits, for all hours devoted to the inspection process, which shall be invoiced to the person or entity requesting the inspection and/or testing services at the end of the process;
(2) In addition, should the inspector be at the job site for more than seven hours in any given day to conduct the inspection and/or testing of the subject infrastructure, the applicant shall pay the inspector’s overtime rate of pay, plus benefits, for all such time devoted on any day in excess of seven hours, which sum shall be invoiced to the applicant requesting the inspection and/or testing at the end of the process;
(3) In addition, the applicant shall pay the inspector’s vehicle charges of $25 per day for all or part of any day the inspector devotes to inspection and/or testing of the subject infrastructure, which shall be invoiced at the end of the inspection and/or testing process;
(4) Inspection and/or testing requested to be conducted on a weekend or holiday by the applicant is dependent upon the inspector’s availability as these days are not part of the inspector’s normal work week and all such time devoted by the inspector shall be paid at the end of the inspector’s overtime rate of pay, plus benefits, which shall be invoiced to the applicant at the end of the inspection and/or testing process, except for the provisions of division (D)(5) below; and
(5) Any inspection and/or testing of an individual lateral or for non-testing inspections, which are requested to be done and which are performed on a weekend other than those inspections and/or testings set forth in division (D)(4) above, shall be invoiced to the applicant and paid by the applicant in the amount of $100 for each trip necessary to the site.
(E) When deemed necessary by the Wastewater Utility Manager or foreperson, a designee of the Wastewater Utility must be on-site as an “installation inspector” to assure city standards are upheld by the contractor.
(1) The “installation inspector” shall remain on-site until the Wastewater Utility Manager and Foreperson deems the contractor to be aware of, able, and committed to following the guidelines set forth in the city approved construction documents.
(Ord. 1977-20, passed 11-10-1977; Ord. 2008-38, passed 12-10-2008; Ord. 2010-9, passed 6-23-2010; Ord. 2019-25, passed on 5-13-2020)