931.03 RENTAL RATES.
   The following monthly sewer rental rates, which shall be interpreted to mean one month or portion thereof, shall be charged to each water consumer in the Municipality whose premises are adjacent to a sanitary sewer:
   (a)    Base Charge. 
      Effective Date:
      July 1, 2022      Seven and 40/100 Dollars ($7.40) per month.
               ($4.20 Sewer Fund) ($3.20 Sewer Capital Improvement Fund #1.)
      January 1, 2023   Seven and 80/100 Dollars ($7.80) per month.
               ($4.40 Sewer Fund) ($3.40 Sewer Capital Improvement Fund #1.)
      January 1, 2024   Eight and 20/100 Dollars ($8.20) per month.
               ($4.60 Sewer Fund) ($3.60 Sewer Capital Improvement Fund #1.)
      
      January 1, 2025   Eight and 60/100 Dollars ($8.60) per month.
               ($4.80 Sewer Fund) ($3.80 Sewer Capital Improvement Fund #1.)
      January 1, 2026   Eight and 90/100 Dollars ($8.90) per month.
               ($4.95 Sewer Fund) ($3.95 Sewer Capital Improvement Fund #1.)
   (b)    Additional Charges. The monthly additional sewer rental charge, presently Three and 88/100 Dollars ($3.88) per one hundred cubic feet of water consumed or fraction thereof, shall be increased as follows:
      Effective Date:
      July 1, 2022      3%
      January 1, 2023   3%
      January 1, 2024   3%
      January 1, 2025   3%
      January 1, 2026   3%
   (c)    The Director of Public Service is hereby authorized to apply an additional annual percentage increase per one hundred cubic feet of water consumed or fraction thereof, equal to any annual percentage increase charged to the City of Sheffield Lake by the sewer treatment facility servicing the City.
   (d)    Penalty. A penalty of ten percent (10%) of the total amount of charges on each bill for each billing period shall be added to the charges herein set out if the bill is not paid on or before the fifteenth day of the month in which payment is due.
      (Ord. 34-22. Passed 6-14-22.)