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It is hereby declared necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience of the inhabitants of the City to levy and collect charges upon all premises served by, or having connection with, the City's sanitary sewer system.
(Ord. 508. Passed 1-10-57.)
(a) The charges enacted under this section shall be determined in accordance with the following: the "Rate Schedule" charges established under Columbus City Code, 1959, Section 1147.11b "Rate Schedule, Charges Outside Corporate Limits", as amended to the effective date of this section, or as hereafter amended in the most recent edition.
(b) There is hereby levied and assessed upon each lot, parcel of land, building or premises having any sewer connection with the City's sanitary sewer system, or otherwise discharging sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids either directly or indirectly into the system, a sewage service charge.
(c) Sewer charges for any building or premises shall be based on the water consumption for the building. Sewer rental charges are hereby established for all residential, commercial and industrial users, effective January 1, 2023 at the rate of ten dollars and two cents ($10.02) per thousand gallons.
(Ord. 127-94. Passed 10-10-94; Ord. 148-97. Passed 11-10-97; Ord. 125-2000. Passed 11-13-00; Ord. 117-04. Passed 11-22-04; Ord. 121-05. Passed 12-19-05; Ord. 88-06. Passed 12-11-06; Ord. 76-08. Passed 11- 24-08; Ord. 93-09. Passed 12-14-09; Ord. 110-10. Passed 12-13-10; Ord. 62-11. Passed 12-19-11; Ord. 90-12. Passed 12-10-12; Ord. 94-14. Passed 11-24-14; Ord. 119-15. Passed 12-21-15; Ord. 127-16. Passed 11-28-16; Ord. 148-17. Passed 12-11-17; Ord. 118-18. Passed 12-10-18; Ord. 134-19. Passed 12-9-19; Ord. 100-2020. Passed 12-7-20; Ord. 143- 2021. Passed 12-6-21; Ord. 150-2022. Passed 12-5-22.)
Residential, commercial and industrial users who have their own wells or other sources of supply of water shall be required to install and maintain an improved type of metering system satisfactory to the City. Charges for such water as will then enter the sewer system shall be on the basis of the rates stipulated in Section 945.02.
(Ord. 508. Passed 1-10-57.)
(a) Charges for sewer use shall be billed for one quarter of a year, however, the City reserves the right to bill on a pro-rata monthly basis when necessary. Charges are due and payable when rendered. If charges are paid after the twentieth day from the billing date, a penalty of ten percent (10%) shall be assessed. In the event any consumer's bill remains unpaid for a period of thirty-five days from billing date, a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be assessed; if the bill is unpaid for fifty days, a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be assessed. Charges for water and sewer may be billed on the same statement
(b) When premises are not served by the waterworks system, sewerage charges shall be billed and collected quarterly at the same time as water bills are billed and collected. Any premises making connection with the sewage system and using the same after the beginning of the billing period, shall be charged a per diem pro rata amount, based upon the quarter year minimum charge, from the time such connection is made or such discharge into the sewage system is begun, until the commencement of the next following billing period applicable to the premises, except that if the measured service exceeds the minimum charge, the measured rate shall be charged.
(Ord. 40-81. Passed 5-26-81.)
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