(A) The charges made for sewage service rendered to each lot, parcel of real estate, or building having any connection with the sewer system or otherwise discharging sewage into that system either directly, shall be based upon the quantity of water entering the public sewers after being used in or on the property, as the quantity is measured by the water meter or meters in use by the water utility except as herein provided.
(B) Where the property obtains any part or all of the water used from source other than the city’s water utility, the owner or the tenant may be required by the utility to install and maintain at his or her own expense a meter or meters acceptable to the utility for the purpose of measuring the quantity of water obtained from these other sources or the utility may determine the quantity of such water by whatever means and methods it may find practicable, the property owner, in the event of a pulled meter, will be billed the minimum usage of sewage, zero to 500 gallons (water).
(C) The utility may require an owner, tenant, or business to install and maintain at their expense an approved device to directly measure the quantity of waste discharged to the sewerage system if these quantities cannot otherwise be determined from the metered water consumption records. Stormwater would be considered as an undetermined source. The utility shall inspect and approve such installation and no such metering device, once installed, shall be removed without the approval of the utility.
(Ord. 2-2002, passed 4-23-2002)