Water customers within the village shall pay the following charges for water usage to the village:
(A) Subject to the provisions of subsection (B) of this section, effective May 1, 2012, each water customer within the village shall pay eight dollars forty eight cents ($8.48) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons of water used by that water customer; effective May 1, 2013, each water customer within the village shall pay nine dollars seventy six cents ($9.76) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons of water used by that water customer; effective May 1, 2014, each water customer within the village shall pay eleven dollars twenty three cents ($11.23) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons of water used by that water customer; effective May 1, 2015, each water customer within the village shall pay twelve dollars ninety two cents ($12.92) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons of water used by that water customer. (Ord. 2012-06, 4-10-2012)
(B) Each water customer in the village who or which uses less than three thousand (3,000) gallons of water per month shall pay a minimum billing charge for such usage equal to the charge for the use of three thousand (3,000) gallons of water during the applicable month. This minimum billing charge shall be paid regardless of the actual amount of water used by each such water customer who or which uses less than three thousand (3,000) gallons of water per month, provided, that this minimum billing charge shall be waived for water used by a water customer who is sixty five (65) years of age or older at his or her residence, upon the following conditions: 1) a water customer sixty five (65) years of age or older shall be entitled to such a waiver after his or her submission of reasonably acceptable proof of his or her age and residence to the village employee designated by the village president to receive such documentation; and 2) upon the submission of such documentation by the residential customer who is sixty five (65) years of age or older, he or she shall pay for the actual amount of water used at his or her residence at the rate set forth in subsection (A) of this section.
(C) For purposes of this chapter, the terms "water customer", "water user", "user", "water consumer" and "consumer" shall have the same meaning given to the term water "customer" in section 5-2A-1-1 of this title. (Ord. 2008-03, 1-22-2008)