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USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS
(A) Any new construction which contributes storm water inflow to the combined sewer system shall be designed to minimize or delay the contribution of storm water inflow into the combined sewer system.
(B) All new construction in areas served by a combined sewer system shall be designed such that the domestic waste connection is separate and distinct from any sources of storm water inflow. The domestic waste line shall be connected to the combined sewer system. The storm water shall be outlet onto the ground, into the street, or into a natural drainage way.
(C) All existing sources of storm water inflow connected to an existing combined sewer shall be removed and connected to a dedicated storm sewer system within 90 days notice if a dedicated storm sewer connection is made available.
(D) Owners of combined sewer systems tributary to the city's sewer system shall be required to establish procedures to comply with requirements of this section and the city's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
(Ord. 91-4653, passed 3-5-91; Am. Ord. 2012- 5349, passed 4-3-2012)
(A) No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
(B) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the city. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval of the State EPA, to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
(Ord. 87-4536, passed 4-7-1987) Penalty, see § 50.999
(A) Route 45 storm sewer. No person shall discharge any sanitary sewage or industrial waste water into any storm sewer constructed by the state to drain such four-lane paved highway which extends in a northerly direction from the north side of Prairie Avenue to the south side of DeWitt Avenue in the city.
('68 Code, § 9.15) (Ord. 3884, passed - - )
(B) Route 17 storm sewer. No person shall discharge any sanitary sewage or industrial waste water into any storm sewers constructed by the state to drain such dual 24-foot pavement on Charleston Avenue extending in an easterly direction from Sixth Street to the east city limits and on Logan Street extending in a northerly direction from Charleston Avenue to Broadway Avenue and on Broadway Avenue extending in an easterly direction from Logan Street to the east city limits of the city.
('68 Code, § 9.16) (Ord. 3895, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 50.999
(C) Route 16 and Lerna Road storm sewer. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to connect or cause to be connected any drain carrying or to carry any toilet, sink, basement, septic tank, cesspool, industrial waste or any fixture or device discharging polluting substances into any storm sewer constructed as part of this improvement.
(Ord. 2009-5270, passed 1-20-2009) Penalty, see § 50.999
RATES AND CHARGES; BILLINGS
The city’s Public Works Director and/or Treasurer shall annually estimate the funds required for the next fiscal year operation and maintenance requirements and billing and collection expenses. The applicable amounts of moneys for depreciation and re placement reserves shall be included in the estimate as well as the applicable debt service requirements. This estimate shall be made in a form of a recommendation to the City Council as an annual revision of the sewer charge rates consisting of the user charge, debt service charge and billing and collection charge.
(Ord. 2021-5442, passed 6-1-2021)
Effective May 1, 2024 the rates for sewer service shall be:
(A) For sewer service inside the city limits for each billing period:
(1) A billing fee of $2.03 per bill shall be charged for all users.
(2) A rate of $7.22 per 100 cubic feet of potable water use shall be charged for all domestic level users as defined in § 50.002.
(3) Users, other than domestic level users, shall be billed according to the following:
(a) A user fee of $4.95 per 100 cubic feet.
(b) A debt service fee of $2.27 per 100 cubic feet.
(c) A surcharge of $0.68 per pound of BOD in excess of 200 mg/l.
(d) A surcharge of $1.06 per pound of SS in excess of 250 mg/l.
(B) For sewer service outside the city limits for each billing period:
(1) A billing fee of $2.03 per bill shall be charged for all users.
(2) A rate of $10.25 per 100 cubic feet of potable water use shall be charged for all domestic level users as defined in § 50.002.
(3) Users, other than domestic level users, shall be billed according to the following:
(a) A user fee of $4.96 per 100 cubic feet.
(b) A debt service fee of $5.28 per 100 cubic feet.
(c) A surcharge of $0.68 per pound of BOD in excess of 200 mg/l.
(d) A surcharge of $1.06 per pound of SS in excess of 250 mg/l.
(Ord. 2022-5442, passed 6-1-2021; Am. Ord. 2021-5443, passed 6-1-21021; Am. Ord. 2022-5452, passed 4-19-2022; Am. Ord. 2023-5463, passed 4-18-2023; Am. Ord. 2024-5480, passed 4-16-2024)
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