(a) “Residential” customers have been defined to include only the following:
(1) Single-family dwellings;
(2) Duplexes, apartment buildings, condominiums, and townhouses;
(3) Retirement hotels (permanent guests);
(4) Mobile homes and mobile home parks, if any; or
(5) Housing projects.
(b) “Nonresidential” customers have been defined to include all industrial, commercial, agricultural, governmental, and miscellaneous services, plus the following that have been specifically excluded from the above definition of residential customers:
(1) Military bases (excluding housing units);
(2) Convalescent homes and sanitariums;
(3) Hotels, motels, resorts, camps, lodges, and guest ranches (transient guests);
(4) School dormitories and fraternity houses; or
(5) Boardinghouses.
(c) Any customer with both residential and nonresidential usage and a common meter shall be charged as follows: The department shall determine the percentage of the total number of units that are nonresidential and the percentage of the total number of units that are residential. The department shall then apportion the total monthly water usage for the customer between residential and nonresidential units based on these percentages. The customer’s bill shall be computed by charging all residential units the applicable residential sewer service charges, and by charging the nonresidential units the applicable nonresidential sewer service charges. The charges shall be from Column 1 or Column 2 of Appendix 43-A, whichever applies. The means of determining the amount to charge a customer with both residential and nonresidential usage established by this subsection shall not preclude any customer from apportioning all or any portion of the charge among the various users on any other basis.
(Sec. 11-6.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 14, Art. 6, § 14-6.3) (Am. Ords. 89-80, 03-32)