(A) Every person whose premises are served by the city sewage works shall be charged for the service provided. These charges shall be established for each user class so that the sewage works 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 shall be levied to defray the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement of the treatment works. User charges shall be uniform in magnitude within a user class.
(B) User charges shall be subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, published in the Federal Register on September 27, 1978, (43 C.F.R. part 44022). Replacement costs, which are recovered through the system of user charges, shall be based upon the expected service life of the sewage works plant and equipment.
(C) The various classes of sewage treatment work users are:
Class I: | 1. Commercial |
2. Governmental | |
3. Industrial | |
4. Institutional | |
5. Residential | |
6. Wholesale residential |
(1986 Code, § 36-9-23-1) (Ord. 8-1957, passed 6-13-1957; Ord. 10-1957, passed 7-25-1957; Ord. 15-1957, passed 11-14-1957; Ord. 1-1961, passed 6-8-1961; Ord. 2-1961, passed 6-22-1961; Ord. passed 11-26-1963; Ord. 1-1973, passed 5-23-1973; Ord. 1-1981, passed 7-22-1981; Ord. 6-1981, passed 10-14-1981; Ord. 1-1984, passed 3-13-1984; Ord. 2-1984, passed 3-27-1984; Ord. 3-1984, passed 3-27-1984)