(a) All fees shall be per the current City of Oxford Fee Ordinance.
(b) The most current Fee Ordinance shall apply to all owners of improved property within the corporate limits for which sewer service is available whether or not such property is connected to the system; provided, however, that where water not requiring treatment is used by the owner of property located within the corporate limits and such water is not discharged into the sanitary sewer system, upon application made by such user to the Service Director and proof of such condition is provided satisfactory to the Director, the Director may authorize the installation of a separate meter to measure and charge for the water so used without adding the sewer system charge. Such installation shall be made solely at the expense of the applicant property owner.
(c) Connections. A connection charge shall be made for all connections based on guidelines in the City of Oxford Water and Sanitary Sewer Specifications Manual and the current Fee Ordinance.
(d) Service. All wastewater service furnished by the City through its wastewater system to its inhabitants and other uses shall be billed and paid in accordance with the provision of this chapter and no free service shall be furnished to any user.
(e) Surcharges of Extra Strength Wastes. In order that the rates and charges may be justly and equitably adjusted to the service rendered, the City shall have the right to base its charges not only on volume but also on strength and character of the wastes which it is required to treat and dispose of. The City shall have the right to measure and determine the strength and content of all wastes discharged, either directly or indirectly, into the City's wastewater system, in such manner and by such method as it may deem practicable in the light of the conditions and attending circumstances of the case in order to determine the proper charge.
(f) Extra charges or surcharges based on the strength of the liquid wastes shall be made on the following basis: For suspended solids in excess of two pounds for each 1,000 gallons of wastes, an additional charge shall be made at the rate of four cents per 1,000 gallons for each such excess pound. For five-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand in excess of one and 75/100 pounds for each 1,000 gallons of wastes, an additional charge shall be made at the rate of four cents per 1,000 gallons for each excess pound.
(g) For ether solubles, such as oil and grease, in excess of 50 parts per million, on an average basis, or 100 parts per million on a peak or catch sample basis, an additional charge shall be made at the rate of four cents per 1,000 gallons for each excess pound.
(h) No waste containing chromium or cyanide compounds shall be discharged into the sanitary sewer system.
(i) To determine the strength of wastes, samplings and analyses may be made from time to time whenever it is deemed desirable by the City. After charges have been established, based upon the strength of the wastes, the owner may request reconsideration of these charges by the City submitting, if requested, analyses of composite samples of the wastes, certified by a registered engineer or a graduate chemist, subject to such charges. The City may then adjust the charges to the chapter rates required by such analysis or may recheck the findings by additional sampling and analysis. Requests for rate adjustment may be submitted no more often than once every 12 months.
(j) The determination of suspended solids and five-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand contained in the waste shall be in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for Examination of Water, Wastewater and Industrial Wastes", as published by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Federation of Wastewater and Industrial Wastes Association.
(k) The foregoing charges are minimum charges, not maximum charges, and the City reserves the right and is obligated to increase the same at any time should the revenues of the sewer system prove insufficient to pay the operating and maintenance expenses and the debt service charges of the first mortgage revenue bonds issued to pay the cost of extending and improving such system, and to refund outstanding mortgage revenue bonds.
(Ord. 3261. Passed 12-17-13.)