(A) For the use of service rendered by the sewage disposal works, rates and charges shall be collected from the owners of each and every lot, parcel of real estate or building that is connected to the town’s sanitary sewage system or otherwise discharges sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly. Rates and charges shall, except as expressly provided, be based on water consumption attributable to the lot, parcel of real estate or building, and are payable, and shall be in an amount determinable, as follows.
(1) The schedule of monthly rates measured by water consumption metered according to town specifications for individuals is as follows:
(a) The first 2,000 gallons is included in a monthly minimum charge of $59.82;
(b) The rate per 1,000 gallons for the next 1,300 gallons is $4.60;
(c) The rate per 1,000 gallons for the next 2,700 gallons is $2.77;
(d) The rate per 1,000 gallons for the next 1,000 gallons is $2.35;
(e) The rate per 1,000 gallons for the next 1,500 gallons is $1.84; and
(f) The rate for 1,000 gallons over 8,500 gallons is $1.59.
(2) A minimum charge for mobile home parks, apartments, and multiple non-residential users of one line will be calculated by multiplying the number of users (family units or businesses) served by the line, by $59.82 per month.
(B) Provisions dealing with quantity and quality surcharges shall be as set forth by future ordinance or resolution.
(C) (1) Users of the town’s sanitary sewage system who (which) discharge material quantities of water, which was not acquired from this town’s water utility into this town’s sanitary sewage system, shall install at that user’s source for that water and at that user’s expense, a water meter furnished and owned by this town. The installation shall be in accordance with town specifications and at a location which permits reasonable access by town personnel for all proper purposes, including reading that meter for data to be used to determine the sewer utility charges to that user as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(2) Further, as required by the town from time to time, particular users of the town’s sanitary sewage system shall install and maintain metering and/or monitoring devices and/or access points at the user’s expense, all to the reasonable satisfaction of the town, so that accurate accounts can be maintained of the amount, strength and/or character of each user’s discharges into the system.
(3) In addition to other available remedies, non-compliance by any user with the applicable provisions may result in the disconnection of any user from the sanitary sewer system without further notice.
(D) Any industrial user may, at its own expense and subject to prior approval by the town of all equipment and meters installed, install outfall meters or other measuring devices to more accurately determine effluent delivered to the town’s sanitary sewage system by the industrial user. Measurement so obtained shall be subject to all the volume charges, surcharges, minimums and other conditions hereinbefore set forth.
(E) For the services rendered to the town, the town shall be subject to the same rates and charges as hereinbefore provided, or to rates and charges established in harmony therewith.
(F) Any special condition not covered by the above rates shall be determined in a manner as the Council may direct.
(G) (1) In order that the rates and charges may be justly right to base its charges on the strength and character of the sewage and waste which it is required to treat and dispose of.
(2) The town shall have the right to measure and determine the strength and content of all sewage and waste discharged, either directly or indirectly, into the town’s sanitary sewage system in a manner and by a method as may be deemed practical in the light of the conditions and attending circumstances of the case, in order to determine the proper charge.
(H) (1) Any and all commercial and industrial installations shall be so controlled and/or treated as to the sewage strength that their effluent discharged to the town’s sewers shall have a BOD not to exceed 350 parts per million and suspended solids not to exceed 350 parts per million at any time, which provisions are in general agreement with the recommendations contained in Manual No. 3 of the Federation of Sewage Works Association, entitled Municipal Sewer Ordinances - 1949.
(2) The town is authorized to prohibit the dumping of wastes into the town’s sewage system which, in its discretion are deemed harmful or detrimental to the operation of the sewage lagoon of the town, or to require methods of pretreatment of the wastes to reduce the characteristics of the waste satisfactory to the town.
(Prior Code, § 53.06) (Ord. 2-62, passed - -1962; Ord. 1993-1, passed 3-16-1993; Ord. 1993-3, passed 9-21-1993; Ord. 1994-6, passed 9-6-1994; Ord. 2006-10, passed 6-6-2006; Ord. 2008-3, passed 7-1-2008; Ord. 2023-05, passed 6-6-2023)