Rates to be charged for service furnished by the sanitary sewage disposal system shall be as follows.
(A) Sewer use charges. A sewer use charge to each premises served by the system will include a commodity charge and a maintenance charge by meter size in accordance with the following schedule which may be amended from time to time by resolution of the City Council:
Lead Size | Charge |
3/4 inch | $17.50/month |
1 inch | $45.00/month |
1-1/2 inch | $87.50/month |
2 inch | $140.00/month |
3 inch | $280.00/month |
4 inch | $437.50/month |
Empty lots | $10.00/month |
Commodity charge | $2.60 per 1,000 gallons |
(B) Tap charge. Each premises tapping into the system and securing therefrom sewer service shall pay, in cash, at the time of application for the tap, the sum of $1,000 or the sum of the cost for time and materials necessary to install the tap, whichever is greater. Any change in the tap charge may hereafter be established by resolution of the City Council. Such amounts shall be sufficient to compensate the city for the cost of making and inspecting the tap.
(C) Special rates. Special rates shall be established by resolution of the City Council for temporary, miscellaneous, or special services.
(D) Billing. Bills will be rendered monthly at the same time as the water bill, and penalty and payment provisions shall be the same as are established for water billing.
(E) Enforcement. Charges for services provided by the sanitary sewage disposal system are hereby made a lien on all premises served unless written notice is given that a tenant is responsible for such charges; and whenever any such charges against any piece of property shall be delinquent for six months, the city official or officials in charge of the collection thereof shall certify annually, on March 1 of each year, to the tax assessing officer of the city the fact of such delinquency, whereupon such charge shall be by him or her entered upon the next tax roll as a charge against such premises and shall be collected, and the lien thereof enforced in the same manner as general city taxes against such premises are collected and the lien thereof enforced; provided, however, where written notice is given that a tenant is responsible for such charges as required by § 21, Public Act 94 of 1933, being M.C.L.A. §§ 141.101 through 141.138, as amended, no further service shall be rendered such premises until a cash deposit in an amount established by resolution of the City Council shall have been made as security for payment of such charges and services.
(F) Discontinuance of service. In addition to the foregoing, the city shall have the right to discontinue either the water service or the sewer service, or both, to any premises for which charges for sewer services are delinquent, and such service shall not be reestablished until all delinquent charges and penalties, together with a reconnection fee, have been paid. Further, such charges and penalties may be recovered by court action.
(Ord. 93, passed - -)