(A) For the purpose of providing funds to meet the cost of operating and maintaining the sewer system, mains, the sewage disposal plant, and the facilities connected therewith, and to the payment of reasonable requirements for replacement and obsolescence thereof, the city will bill and collect through Utility Billing each lot, parcel of land, building, or premises having any connection with the public sewer systems of said city or otherwise discharging sewage, water, or other liquids directly or indirectly into the public sewer system of the city, sewage service charge payable as hereinafter provided and in the amount determined by the City Council.
(1) To help pay for the reserve capacity of the 1984 sewer improvement, each new sewer hookup will be charged and collected through Utility Billing procedures, $150 for each 5,000 cubic feet of water or portion of water used based on the first quarter usage. In addition, industries contributing effluent stronger than normal residential sewage will be charged in accordance with their design flow, BOD, and SS, as adopted at the time the city can determine the normal water usage of the dwelling or industry. The property owner will receive a statement generated through the Utility Billing Clerk for the amount owed. The connection fee to be set by resolution of City Council.
(2) The city will bill customers for any equipment provided by the city to enable the customer to connect to the sewer systems, which is not otherwise assessed or billed to the customer. The Council may change or modify the amount of the charges set forth above by resolution.
(B) The City Manager shall compute the amount due the city for sewage charges and render a statement thereof, either monthly or quarterly, as directed by the City Council, to the owner or occupant of any premises served, or to both. All amounts due hereunder shall be payable at the office of the City Manager.
(C) Any charges levied by and pursuant to this section and which has been properly billed to the occupant of any premises served, and not paid, may be recovered in a civil action by the city in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(D) The funds received from the collection of the charges or rentals authorized by this section shall be deposited, as collected, in a fund to be known as the Sewer Fund, and shall be disbursed:
(1) To meet the costs of operating and maintaining the sewage disposal plant and facilities.
(2) To be applied to capital charges represented by bonds or certificates of indebtedness.
(3) For the reasonable requirements of replacement and obsolescence.
(Ord. 62, passed 12-4-39; Am. Ord. 74, passed 9-21-53; Am. Ord. 93, passed 3-14-66; Am. Ord. 111, passed 4-12-76; Am. Ord. 119, passed 11-10-80; Am. Ord. 124, passed 3-12-84; Am. Ord. 125, passed 1-14-85; Am. Ord. 133, passed 1-9-89; Am. Ord. 197, passed 1-13-97)