(A) Generally.
(1) The sewage rates and charges shall be based on the quantity of water used on or in the property or premises subject to such use, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Sewage service rates, based upon the amount of water used, shall be as follows.
(a) Metered rates.
Phase I | Phase II | Phase III | |
First 3,000 gallons | $7.05 | $7.64 | $8.22 |
Next 6,000 gallons | $6.34 | $6.87 | $7.39 |
Next 12,000 gallons | $5.64 | $6.10 | $6.57 |
Next 29,000 gallons | $4.93 | $5.34 | $5.74 |
Next 150,000 gallons | $3.88 | $4.20 | $4.52 |
Over 200,000 gallons | $2.47 | $2.68 | $2.88 |
(b) Minimum charge; meter size. The minimum charge for sewage service, where the user is a metered water consumer, shall be based upon the meter size as follows:
Meter Size | Phase I | Phase II | Phase III |
Meter Size | Phase I | Phase II | Phase III |
5/8 - 3/4 inch meter | $21.15 | $22.92 | $24.66 |
1 inch meter | $63.79 | $69.08 | $74.33 |
1-1/4 inch meter | $85.09 | $92.15 | $99.15 |
1-1/2 inch meter | $120.48 | $130.48 | $140.39 |
2 inch meter | $226.61 | $245.42 | $264.07 |
3 inch meter | $353.97 | $383.35 | $412.48 |
4 inch meter | $566.34 | $613.35 | $659.96 |
6 inch meter | $1,058.68 | $1,146.56 | $1,233.69 |
(2) Phase I shall commence on the first full billing period following the date of adoption of the ordinance implementing these rates and remain in effect until 12-31-2018. Phase II shall commence 1-1-2019 and remain in effect until 12-31-2019. Phase III shall commence 1-1-2020 and remain in effect thereafter.
(3) Customers of the sewage works located outside the corporate boundaries of the town shall pay a surcharge of 50% in addition to the schedules of rates set forth above.
(Prior Code, Title V, Ch. II, Art. II, § 30)
(B) Flat rate.
(1) There shall be a flat rate charge for residential sewage service where the user is not a metered water consumer of:
(a) $28.20 in Phase I;
(b) $30.54 in Phase II; and
(c) $32.86 in Phase III (such phases occurring during the periods set forth in division (A) above).
(2) Customers of the sewage works located outside the corporate boundaries of the town shall pay a surcharge of 150% in addition to the flat rate charge.
(Prior Code, Title V, Ch. II, Art. II, § 31)
(C) Contract customers; unit and other charges. In the event the town consummates a contract to serve a regional treatment plant or any other municipality or private sewage utility, either contiguous to the town or in its environs, said contract shall provide for the following unit charges.
(1) Volume charge (cents per 100 cu. ft.)
Treatment | $20 |
Capital charge | $13 |
$33 |
(2) Variable charge (cents per 100 cu. ft.). A variable charge for conveyance and collection costs attributable to the portion of the conveyance system and operating costs associated therewith used by the contract customer shall be computed by the town and added to the volume charge.
(3) Flat charge. In addition to the foregoing charges based on volume of sewage treated and conveyed each contract customer will pay a monthly billing charge of $0.60 and a monthly surveillance charge of $90.
(4) Excess strength-of-wastes surcharge. In the event a contract customer contributes waste having a strength in excess of domestic waste characteristics, as herein before defined, a surcharge based on the following unit process charge will be in effect for all waste found to be in excess of limitations:
Cents Per Pound | |
Ammonia - (NH3) | $0.12 |
Biochemical oxygen demand - (BOD) | $0.10 |
Chemical oxygen demand | $0.10 |
Phosphorus - (P) | $0.42 |
Suspended solids - (SS) | $0.05 |
(5) Capital surcharge. In the event contract customer delivers sewage for treatment to town for a period of 90 consecutive days which is in excess of base MGD contracted for, then customer will be subject to an additional capital charge computed at the capital charge (per 100 cubic foot) then in effect times the excess percentage of MGD represented by dividing actual MGD by contracted MGD.
(6) Other provisions. In the event sewage received pursuant to any contract entered into under this section exceeds any of the limitations imposed by this chapter, the town shall have the right to impose all charges, limitations and penalties applicable to any non-contract user by the town. Each contract entered into by the town pursuant to the foregoing rate shall agree to enact and maintain a sewer use ordinance and user charge system acceptable to the town and in conformance with the town’s obligations under § 204(b)(1) of Pub. Law No. 95-217, as amended and supplemented, and guidelines and regulations promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and 40 C.F.R. §§ 35-905-8, 35-928-1, 35-928-2 and 35-935-13.
(Prior Code, Title V, Ch. II, Art. II, § 32) (Ord. 14, 1992, passed - -1992; Ord. passed 4-12-2006; Ord. 5, passed 8-2-2017)