Council finds that the City has heretofore installed a system of sewerage for public use in the City. Council further finds that it is necessary to provide for the cost of the management, maintenance, operation and repair of the sewerage system above-mentioned by the establishment and collection of a rate or charge of rents for those purposes and an additional charge of rents for meeting the obligations imposed by the Clean Water Act for improving the sewerage system as required by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Council further finds that a rate of one hundred seventeen dollars and fifty cents ($117.50) per year for each lot or parcel of land on which is situated a single-family residence having a connection to a sanitary sewer, except as herein provided, is a just and equitable charge or rate to be paid to the City for the use of the system of sewerage above- mentioned, and said rate and charge are hereby established. In the case of a two-family residence and multiple dwellings, a charge of one hundred seventeen dollars and fifty cents ($117.50) per year for each living unit, as determined by the Commissioner of Buildings in accordance with the definitions and standards provided in the Zoning Code, shall be made. In the case of retail, office building and commercial property, a charge of sixty five dollars ($65.00) per year for each commode or urinal shall be made, with a minimum charge of one hundred seventeen dollars and fifty cents ($117.50). For churches and schools, the annual charge shall be thirty eight dollars and seventy five cents ($38.75) per year for each urinal or commode in said buildings.
(Ord. 2023-55. Passed 8-7-23.)