It is hereby determined that the most accurate and feasible method of ascertaining and measuring the use of the facilities and services of the sanitary sewer system, and of requiring compensation for such use, is by basing sanitary sewer service rates and charges upon the quantity of water supplied to the premises of the respective users, as shown by periodic meter readings of the party supplying water service; and the urban county government's rates and charges for such use and service are established on such basis. It being realized that all such water supplied may not be discharged into the sanitary sewer system, for those users, as defined in schedule A of Code of Ordinances section 16-59, the urban county government will utilize low water usage months, determined to be the calendar months of November, December, January, February, March and April, for purposes of calculating an average for use in the remaining months of the year if such averaging will result in a bill based on a lower consumption than the actual consumption during those remaining months. A zero-month reading, that is, a month in which no water is consumed, will not be used in computing averages. Those new customers who do not have an established use history of three (3) or more months of low water usage will be billed at a rate of ninety (90) percent of actual usage until the low water usage months begin.
(Ord. No. 126-83, § 1, 7-21-83; Ord. No. 242-83, § 1, 12-15-83; Ord. No. 164-84, § 1, 9-20-84; Ord. No. 52-97, § 1, 4-3-97)
Note(s)—Formerly, § 16-56.