9-2-1: PURPOSE:
It is hereby determined and declared to be necessary and conducive to and for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the public and inhabitants of the City, and for the purpose of controlling the use and connection to and for providing an equitable distribution of the costs and expenses of maintenance, operation, upkeep and repair of the entire sewerage system which includes the sewer collection system and sewage disposal facilities of the City, to charge and collect service charges or fees upon all lots, lands, property and premises served or benefited by the sewerage system of the City, which system and facilities consist generally of all pipe lines, conduits, catch basins, manholes, cleanouts, sewer mains, intercepting sewers, lift stations, pumps, structures, mechanical equipment and facilities for the treatment and disposal of sewage or sewage byproducts; to provide for industrial cost recovery from all industrial users. (Ord. 183, 10-24-1984)