There is hereby established a system of periodic service charges and fees for the use of, and for service available and rendered by, the sewer system and sewage disposal facilities of the city, which said service charges and fees shall be based upon the service available and the volume and content of liquid effluent discharged into the sewer system of the city, and which charges and fees shall be uniform as to the different classes of property served by the sewer system and sewage disposal facilities, and each user of the system shall pay his proportionate share of the cost of the system under the laws of the city. The rates, charges and fees provided by this chapter are hereby levied and assessed against each lot having any connection with the sewer system of the city or intercepting sewers, or otherwise discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastewater or other liquids, directly or indirectly, into the sewer system of the city, which charges and fees shall be set by resolution of the city council.
A. Domestic Users:
1. The monthly sewer customer fee shall be based on: a) the volume and content of effluent discharged into the sewer system; and b) the costs and expenses of operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of the sewer system, such charges having been determined to be the benefit derived by each building, structure or customer being charged. All domestic users served by the city sewer system shall be obligated to pay their proportionate share of the cost of maintaining said system.
2. A "domestic user" is also known as "equivalent dwelling unit" or EDU and defined as any single-family dwelling or each unit of a multiple-family dwelling and each apartment or mobile home.
B. Industrial Users Fees And Rates: Upon the industrial user's request, monthly sewer service rates may be based on a contractual arrangement between the industry and the city, which shall be designated as an industrial user's rate agreement. The contract shall set the discharge limits, waste strength and rate schedule for the industry and may be reviewed at intervals specified in the contract. No industrial discharge shall be accepted into the sewer system without an industrial user's rate agreement being in effect.
C. Commercial Users: All commercial sewer users shall be obligated to pay their proportion of the cost for sewer service based on the quantity (volume) and quality of the sewage discharged into the sewer system, which volume shall be determined by the type, the type of user, water connection size, and volume of water used per month, which shall form the basis of the Council setting the rates by resolution.
D. Other Sewer Users: Owners or occupants of all premises now served by sanitary sewer of the City and all premises to be furnished sewer service by the sewage collection system shall pay the rates specified by the City and set by resolution. The monthly charges for sewer service shall be as follows:
1. The minimum charge for all sewer users shall be the same as charged domestic users.
2. The charge for all sewer users not specifically covered herein shall be based on: a) the volume and content of effluent discharged into the sewer system; and b) the costs and expenses of operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of the sewer system, such charges having been determined to be the benefit derived by each building, structure or customer being charged and shall be set by resolution.
3. The charge for schools shall be calculated as follows:
a. Each twenty (20) persons, or fraction thereof, including students, faculty, and full time support staff required for normal operation of the school will be counted as one equivalent dwelling unit ("EDU"), and shall be subject to the calculated charges and fees set by resolution by the City Council.
b. The EDU equivalent shall be calculated as of the first day of each year and the number of units established shall continue until the first day of the next succeeding year.
c. Each EDU equivalent shall pay the established rate per month for twelve (12) months of each year. (Ord. 553, 3-18-2015)