(a) On and after January 1, 1976, there is hereby levied and assessed upon each lot, parcel of land, building or premises having any sewer connection with the sanitary sewer system of the City or otherwise discharging sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly into the City wastewater treatment system, a charge or rental.
(b) The users of the system shall be divided into classes. Classes shall be groups of users for which the wastewater characteristics are approximately equal and services provided are essentially the same. There shall be established seven classes of users, as follows:
(1) Residential;
(2) Multi-tenant residential;
(3) Commercial;
(4) Industrial;
(5) Governmental;
(6) Municipal;
(7) Institutional.
The Director of Utilities may recommend additional classes as determined to be necessary.
(c) Charges for wastewater treatment service shall be paid by each user connected to the system and shall be computed in accordance with the probable demand a user places on the system and the quantity of water discharged to the system, as measured by the City water meter installed thereon or by a sewage meter installed on the discharge pipe therefrom, or as estimated by the City, in accordance with the charge schedule hereinafter set forth.
(d) When a considerable amount of water delivered to any premises is not returned to the City's sewage disposal system, the Director may establish a special basis upon which the sewage disposal charges to such premises will be computed, or upon a determination by either the Director or the customer that the use of direct metering of sanitary sewage flow is necessary or is a more equitable method of determining sewage disposal charges, the Director shall order the installation of wastewater meters.
(Ord. 175-91. Passed 7-8-91; Ord. 246-21. Passed 10-25-21.)