99.01 Purpose | 99.08 Payment of Bills |
99.02 Definitions | 99.09 Late Payment Penalty |
99.03 Rates and Charges | 99.10 Lien For Nonpayment |
99.04 Notification of User Charge Rate | 99.11 Application of Sewage Treatment Works User Charges |
99.05 Determination of Concentration of Wastes | 99.12 Special Rates |
99.07 Metered Water Which Does Not Enter Sewer System | 99.13 Records |
The purpose of this chapter is to enable the collection of the costs of operation and maintenance of the sewage treatment works in the City from all customers in proportion to the contribution of each to the total sewage loading of the treatment works; to recover sufficient revenue to equal the cost of all treatment works operation and maintenance, including replacement; and to enable collection of revenue at least sufficient to provide for amortization of and payment of interest on indebtedness incurred in the construction of the sewage treatment works.
1. “Commercial user” means a customer discharging wastes into the sanitary sewer system who cannot be classified as a residential user or an industrial user.
2. “Dwelling” means a house, an apartment, or a portion of a house or building divided from the remainder of the house or building so as to be a private living section and containing a kitchen or cooking facilities.
3. “Industrial Class A User” means an industrial user discharging wastes into the sanitary sewer system with a B.O.D. concentration of less than 100 mg/l and a Total Suspended Solids concentration of less than 100 mg/l.
4. “Industrial Class B User” means an industrial user discharging wastes into the sanitary sewer system with a B.O.D. concentration of 100 mg/l or more or a Total Suspended Solids concentration of 100 mg/l or more.
5. “Industrial user” means a customer discharging waste into the sanitary sewer system who is required by the State of Iowa or the United States Environmental Protection Agency to execute an Operation Permit Treatment Agreement with the City.
6. “Residential user” means a customer discharging wastes into the sanitary sewer system from two (2) or fewer dwelling units of the same building.
1. Rates and Charges.
A. User Charges. The user charge for all classifications shall be an amount of money per thousand gallons of potable water delivered to customers during a billing period, as measured by the potable water system meter or other reliable means. It shall be computed for each individual user by multiplying the volume of potable water delivered to said user by the appropriate classification user rate, plus the minimum bill. There shall be no minimum usage. Such rates are as follows:
(1) Residential Users - $6.00 per 1,000 gallons
(2) Commercial Users - $8.15 per 1,000 gallons
(3) Industrial Class A Users - $7.00 per 1,000 gallons
(4) Industrial Class B Users - $7.00 per 1,000 gallons
(5) High Volume Rate - $7.00 per 1,000 gallons
(Paragraph A – Ord. 680 – Dec. 24 Supp.)
B. Minimum. The minimum fees for each classification shall be as follows:
(1) Residential Users - $43.00
(2) Commercial Users - $50.00
(3) Industrial Class A Users - $100.00
(4) Industrial Class B Users - $100.00
C. Nonmetered Industrial Class B Domestic Rate: $2.50/employee
(Subsection 1 – Ord. 657 – Jan. 24 Supp.)
2. Surcharge. (Repealed by Ordinance No. 680 – Dec. 24 Supp.)
3. Determination of Level of Charges. From time to time, the City Clerk and/or City Administrator shall assess the costs for: (i) operation and maintenance including billing, collection, and administrative costs; (ii) the cost of replacements for the sewage treatment works of the City so as to recover said operation and maintenance costs, and to maintain an adequate reserve for replacements; and (iii) the cost of debt service. The fraction of the charges dedicated to replacements shall not be less than twenty percent of the total of other operation and maintenance costs unless analysis of replacement experience indicates the need for an increase or reduction in this fraction, provided, however, that this fraction shall be such as to always provide adequate revenues to meet the replacement needs of the treatment works over its service life. The Superintendent shall assist in this assessment, and engineering assistance may be employed as well.
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