Notwithstanding the rates and charges hereinabove provided, the following special charges are hereby established:
(A) In the case of any premise obtaining water, in whole or in part, from a source or sources other than the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the city, the base user charge for service shall be determined by applying a rate of $3.15 per 1,000 gallons for each class, as set out in § 51.66, above, to the total quantity of water used or consumed on such premise as a sewerage charge, and adding to the sum thus determined a base user charge of $3.10 per 1,000 gallons for water service to the quantity of water received from the city's system, if any. For the purpose of determining the total quantity of water used or consumed on such premise, the owner or occupant may install, at his or her own expense and subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Waterworks of the city, a separate meter to measure the quantities of water obtained from such private source. If no such meter is installed, or if the Superintendent shall not approve the method of installation or adequacy of such metering, then such Superintendent shall estimate the total quantity of water used or consumed on such premise in each bi-monthly period and charges shall be based on such estimated quantity of water consumed or used.
(B) In the case of any premise on which some of the water used or consumed thereon is not contaminated by human or industrial waste and is not returned or discharged into the sanitary sewers of said city the owner or occupant of such premise shall have the option of paying charges as hereinabove provided or to install, at his or her own expense, a suitable meter or meters to measure water used on such premise which is not so contaminated nor returned to the sanitary sewers. If the Superintendent of the city's Water and Sewer Department is satisfied that such method of metering accurately measures the quantity of water not returned to the sanitary sewers and that such water is not so contaminated, the base user charge for service to said premise shall be computed by applying a rate of $3.10 per 1,000 gallons for each user class, as set out in § 51.66, above, to the total quantity of water received from the city's system, as a charge for water, and adding thereto, as a base user charge for sewerage, a rate of $3.15 per 1,000 gallons, to the total quantity of water used on such premise less the amount ascertained not to have been returned to the sanitary sewers.
(C) In the case of any premise which receives water from the city's system but which does not discharge sewage, waste, or septic tank effluent of any nature into any public sewer, drain, tile, ditch, or stream located within the city, and which premise is located more than 200 feet distant, measured along public ways from the nearest point of land of such premise, from the location of an existing sanitary sewer, the base user charge for water used or consumed on such premise obtained from the city's system shall be a rate of $3.10 per 1,000 gallons for each user class, as set out in § 51.66, above.
(D) In any case where more than one premise receives water through a single meter, charges for water and/or sewerage service for each billing period shall be determined, as hereinabove provided in §§ 51.66 or 51.70, whichever may be applicable, and each premise so served shall be billed an equal share of the resulting total charge, but not less than the flat rate debt service charge provided for herein.
(E) The flat rate debt service charge for any bi-monthly period for any premises as to which any of the foregoing provisions of this section may be applicable shall be $34.75 provided, however, in the case of any premise for which no charge for water service is applicable or for which no charge for sewerage is applicable, such flat rate debt service charge shall be $34.75.
(F) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for each premise located outside the corporate limits of the city which receives water from said system, either directly or indirectly, or which discharges sewage or other domestic or industrial waste or septic tank effluent into any sewer, drain, or tile installed and maintained by the city, whether located within or outside the corporate limits of said city, or into any public stream or ditch located within such corporate limits, the charge for such service shall be 200% of the charge determined under the preceding provisions of this section.
(G) For all purposes of this section, the term "premise" is hereby defined to include each tract or parcel of land or house, apartment, room, building, or other structure or part thereof used or occupied, or suitable to be used or occupied, by a single family, housekeeping unit, business, or industry, and where more than one family, housekeeping unit, business, or industry uses or occupies a single tract or parcel of land, building, or other structure, such part used or occupied by each shall be regarded as a separate premise.
(H) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, an overstrength waste surcharge will be levied to all users whose wastewaters exceed the normal concentrations for BOD5 (225 mg/l) and SS (265 mg/l). The surcharge will be based on water usage as recorded by water meters and/or sewage meters for all wastes which exceed the 225 mg/l and 265 mg/l concentration for BOD5 and SS respectively. This overstrength waste surcharge will be $14.10 per 100 pounds of five day bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD5) and $12.14 per 100 pounds of suspended solids (SS), and will be in addition to all other charges determined.
(I) In each case where the owner or occupant of a premises shall request that water service to a premises be turned off, either temporarily or permanently, no charge shall be made for turning off the water service. In each case where the owner or occupant of a premises shall request that water service to a premises be resumed after having been previously discontinued, a charge, in the amount hereinafter set forth, shall be made, payable by the person making such request, in advance of the turning on of such service.
(1) The first time when the owner or occupant of a premises shall request water service to a premises be resumed within five years after having been previously discontinued, a charge of $25 shall be made.
(2) In the event that water service to a premises is turned off two or more times within five consecutive years and the owner or occupant shall request that water service be resumed for a second or greater time within five years, a charge of $50 shall be made.
(3) In the case where the owner or occupant of a premise shall request water service to a premises be resumed, and water service to said premises has been turned off for more than five consecutive years, a charge of $350 shall be made.
(Ord. 85-23, passed 6-10-85; Am. Ord. 93-32, passed 9-14-93; Am. Ord. 97-24, passed 11-10-97; Am. Ord. 03-34, passed 8-11-03; Am. Ord. 05-20, passed 6-20-05; Am. Ord. 05-28, passed 8-16-05; Am. Ord. 06-01, passed 1-9-06; Am. Ord. 07-28, passed 9-10-07; Am. Ord. 11-14, passed 6-13-11; Am. Ord. 17-18, passed 5-9-17)