(a) It is hereby declared to be necessary to fix and collect charges for the use of the County Sanitary Sewage Treatment Plant and Interceptor Sewer by every person whose premises are served by a connection, either directly or indirectly, to the same.
(b) The funds received from the collection of the charges hereinafter provided for shall be deposited as received by the Director of Finance who shall keep the same in a separate and distinct fund. Moneys in such fund shall be used for the payment of the cost of the management, maintenance and operation of the sewers for the use of which such charges are made. Any surplus thereafter remaining in such fund may be used for the extension or replacement of such sewers and treatment plant.
(Ord. 1972-94. Passed 6-13-72.)
(c) For the purposes provided in subsection (b) hereof, there is hereby fixed and charged to each person whose premises have a connection with the aforesaid sewers, or otherwise discharge sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly, into such sewers or treatment plant, a sewer charge payable as hereinafter provided and in an amount to be determined as follows:
(1) For premises supplied by metered public water supply the following rates shall apply, effective with bills rendered after January 1, 1993, to be computed on the basis of water consumption as measured by such water meter: ten dollars and thirty-five cents ($10.35) per 1,000 cubic feet or major fraction thereof of water consumption, together with such amount as is charged to the City per bill for the billing and collecting of such sewer charge by the City of Cleveland. If less than 1,000 cubic feet of water has been consumed during the chargeable period, a minimum charge of ten dollars and thirty-five cents ($10.35) plus that amount charged by the City of Cleveland for billing and collecting shall be made.
(Ord. 1976-188. Passed 11-23-76; Ord. 1992-116. Passed 11-10-92.)
(2) Properties making a direct connection to the trunk sewers, being purchased from the County, shall pay a tap-in charge of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each single-family residence and seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each living unit of a multiple dwelling structure. Commercial properties or factories shall pay a tap-in charge of forty dollars ($40.00) per employee at full operating potential for facilities without showers, with a minimum of one thousand dollars ($1,000). Commercial properties or factories shall pay a tap-in charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) per employee at full operating potential for facilities with showers, with a minimum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) .
Tap-in charges must be paid in cash before a permit to connect to sewers shall be issued. (Ord. 1988-47. Passed 8-9-88.)
(3) For premises supplied otherwise than by metered public water supply, the City Engineer, based on a consideration of similar premises and uses, engineering factors and other relevant matters, may estimate the quarterly amount of water to provide adequate water service and pressure to the premises for the purpose and period for which nonmetered water is consumed and, based on such estimate, the charges set forth in the preceding paragraphs of this subsection shall be made.
If the owner of such premises or other interested party elects to do so, he may install at his expense water meters satisfactory to the City Engineer to the extent necessary to measure all such supplies of water and the quantity of water consumed on such premises shall be deemed to be the aggregate amount disclosed by such meters and charges shall be imposed as aforesaid.
(4) In the event that the City Engineer is satisfied that a portion of the water from any source consumed upon any premises does not and cannot enter the aforesaid sewers or treatment plant, then the owner or other interested party may, at his expense, install and maintain such separate metering devices as demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City Engineer that portion of the water so consumed which is discharged into the aforesaid sewers or treatment plant. Such portion shall be the basis for measuring the sewer charge under this subsection.
(5) No free service of any kind shall be rendered to any user.
(d) The charges hereby fixed shall be effective for the quarterly billing period commencing February 1, 1976 and thereafter, and until amended by Council. The sewer charges hereby fixed shall be due and payable on the quarterly bills issued by the Cleveland Water Department subsequent to this date and shall thereafter be billed and become due and payable in the following manner: Charges levied with respect to premises served by the Cleveland waterworks system shall be included in the Cleveland water bill and shall be billed quarterly in accordance with the billing period for the Cleveland water furnished to such premises. Charges levied with respect to premises not served by the Cleveland waterworks system shall be billed quarterly by the Director of Public Service at the same time as Cleveland water bill are redeemed. Any premises becoming subject to sewer charges on a date between such quarterly billing periods shall be charged a per diem pro rata amount, based upon the quarter-annual charge from such date until the commencement of the next following billing period applicable to such premises.
(Ord. 1975-209. Passed 11-11-75.)
(e) When any changes are not paid when due and it is necessary to certify the same to the County Auditor for placement upon the real property tax list, a twenty percent penalty shall be added to such charges prior to certification.
(f) When any charges and penalties are not paid, they shall be certified to the County Auditor who shall place them upon the real property tax list and duplicate against the property served by such connection. Such charges and penalties shall be a lien on such property from the date the same are placed upon the real property tax list and duplicate by the County Auditor and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes.
(Ord. 1972-94. Passed 6-13-72.)