All rates and charges for municipal utilities, including, but not by way of limitation, rates for service, permit fees, deposit, connection and meter testing fees, disconnection fees, reconnection fees, including penalties for nonpayment, if any, shall be fixed, determined and amended by ordinance of the Council, which shall be uniformly enforced. For the purpose of fixing the rates and charges, the Council may categorize and classify under the various types of service; provided, that the categorization and classification shall be included in the ordinance authorized by this section.
(1998 Code, § 3.02)