Rates and charges for sanitary sewer service are hereby established as follows:
(a) Schedule A: Rates and charges shall be as follows:
(1) This schedule shall apply to users whose sewage originates solely from the result of human habitation in dwelling units which are individually metered for water service, defined herein to be a room or suite of two (2) or more rooms that is designed for, or is occupied by, one (1) family doing its own cooking therein and having only one (1) kitchen; however, "dwelling unit" shall not include a boardinghouse, motel or hotel as defined in the zoning ordinance. Residential users whose sewage originates solely from the result of human habitation in dwelling units as defined herein shall be charged the rate of seven dollars and one cent ($7.01) effective July 1, 2019, and seven dollars and thirty six cents ($7.36) effective July 1, 2020, for any amount between zero and the first one hundred (100) cubic feet (one (1) unit, equivalent of seven hundred and forty-eight (748) gallons) of incoming water used per residential unit per month for the first unit of incoming water per month.
(2) For all amounts in excess of one (1) unit of usage, users shall be charged at the following unit cost, as established by the commissioner of environmental quality, in accordance with the provisions of this Code:
Flow per one (1) unit of incoming water:
Effective July 1, 2019 $5.28
Effective July 1, 2020 $5.54
(b) Schedule B: Rates and charges shall be as follows:
(1) Users, other than those users charged under schedule A of this section, whose parameter loadings are established by the commissioner of public works in accordance with the provisions of this Code, shall be charged the rate for each parameter according to the following:
Flow per unit of incoming water for any amount between zero and the first unit:
Effective July 1, 2019 $8.51
Effective July 1, 2020 $8.94
Flow per unit over one (1) unit:
Effective July 1, 2019 $6.43
Effective July 1, 2020 $6.75
Plus
Suspended solids discharged per pound in excess of 250 ppm:
Effective July 1, 2019 0.957
Effective July 1, 2020 1.005
Ammonia nitrogen discharged, per pound in excess of 25 ppm:
Effective July 1, 2019 2.907
Effective July 1, 2020 3.052
Biochemical oxygen demand discharged, per pound in excess of 250 ppm
Effective July 1, 2019 1.157
Effective July 1, 2020 1.215
(2) The urban county government will permit the installation of a separate water meter for those users as defined under schedule B. The installation of meters will be at the expense of the customer. This meter will measure the amount of water used that does not go into the sewer system and can then be excluded from the billing.
(3) Applications for a billing credit for water that does not go into the sanitary sewer system shall be made in writing to the compliance and monitoring manager, division of water quality, on a form provided by the division. Provided satisfactory evidence is provided with the application a credit for water excluded from the sewer system shall be granted for a period not to exceed six (6) months prior to the application date. No further credit shall be granted without a monthly application for credit with sufficient supporting evidence. The administration of these credits shall be under the division of revenue and the division may prescribe such regulations, policies, or guidelines consistent with the provisions of this section as deemed necessary or appropriate to carry out the intentions stated herein.
(c) Any user subject to schedule A who is the legal title/leaseholder/renter of the benefited property who is age sixty-five (65) or older or who is receiving social security disability benefits and whose annual household income (as defined in section 16-59.1 below) is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or less, said amount of income to be adjusted annually in accordance with the Social Security Administration's cost of living adjustment, can apply for a discount. Upon acceptance for the discount, said user's bill shall be decreased by thirty (30) percent of the billing amount or the amount of the rate for the first unit of usage, whichever is greater.
(Ord. No. 126-83, § 1, 7-21-83; Ord. No. 242-83, § 2, 12-15-83; Ord. No. 164-84, § 1, 9-20-84; Ord. No. 35-86, § 2, 3-18-86; Ord. No. 50-92, § 1, 4-28-92; Ord. No. 23-2001, § 1, 2-8-01; Ord. No. 87-2001, § 4, 4-19-01; Ord. No. 34-2008, §; 3, 2-21-08; Ord. No. 84-2008, § 1, 4-24-08; Ord. No. 85-2012, § 3, 7-5-12; Ord. No. 22-2015, § 3, 3-17-15 ; Ord. No. 72-2015, § 1, 6-18-15 ; Ord. No. 34-2019 , § 3, 6-6-19)
Note(s)—Formerly, § 16-57.