1-12-12: SEWER RATES AND CHARGES:
   A.   Permit And Inspection Fee: The following permit and inspection fees shall be paid at the time the application is filed:
 
Residential or commercial building sewer permit
$35.00
Industrial building sewer permit
85.00
 
(1975 Code § 13.24.110; amd. 2008 Code)
   B.   Monthly User's Service Charge:
      1.   Residential And Nonresidential:
         a.   The following charges shall become effective with the July 2017 billing:
            (1)   Residential: All residential customers of the City sewer system shall be charged a flat rate sewer charge of twenty dollars ninety cents ($20.90) per month plus four dollars fifty cents ($4.50) per thousand gallons. The total annual volume of all sewage will be computed as four (4) times the water meter reading for a three (3) consecutive month reading period during the months of November through March of each fiscal year.
            (2)   Nonresidential: All commercial customers of the City sewer system shall be charged a flat rate of twenty dollars ninety cents ($20.90) per month plus four dollars fifty cents ($4.50) per thousand gallons. The volume will include a total annual metered usage exclusive of any irrigation water measured through a secondary meter.
      MINIMUM CHARGE - ALL CUSTOMERS
Size Of Water Service Line
Minimum Monthly Charge
Size Of Water Service Line
Minimum Monthly Charge
   3/4 inch or 5/8 inch
$25.40
   1 inch
29.90
   11/4 inch
29.90
   11/2 inch
34.40
   2 inch
43.40
   3 inch
56.90
   4 inch
70.40
 
         b.   The following charges shall become effective with the July 2018 billing:
            (1)   Residential: All residential customers of the City sewer system shall be charged a flat rate sewer charge of twenty dollars ninety cents ($20.90) per month plus five dollars seventy five cents ($5.75) per thousand gallons. The total annual volume of all sewage will be computed as four (4) times the water meter reading for a three (3) consecutive month reading period during the months of November through March of each fiscal year.
            (2)   Nonresidential: All commercial customers of the City sewer system shall be charged a flat rate of twenty dollars ninety cents ($20.90) per month plus five dollars seventy five cents ($5.75) per thousand gallons. The volume will include a total annual metered usage exclusive of any irrigation water measured through a secondary meter.
      MINIMUM CHARGE - ALL CUSTOMERS
Size Of Water Service Line
Minimum Monthly Charge
Size Of Water Service Line
Minimum Monthly Charge
   3/4 inch or 5/8 inch
$26.65
   1 inch
32.40
   11/4 inch
32.40
   11/2 inch
38.15
   2 inch
49.65
   3 inch
66.90
   4 inch
84.15
 
         c.   The following charges shall become effective with the July 2019 billing:
            (1)   Residential: All residential customers of the City sewer system shall be charged a flat rate sewer charge of twenty dollars ninety cents ($20.90) per month plus seven dollars seventy five cents ($7.75) per thousand gallons. The total annual volume of all sewage will be computed as four (4) times the water meter reading for a three (3) consecutive month reading period during the months of November through March of each fiscal year.
            (2)   Nonresidential: All commercial customers of the City sewer system shall be charged a flat rate of twenty dollars ninety cents ($20.90) per month plus seven dollars seventy five cents ($7.75) per thousand gallons. The volume will include a total annual metered usage exclusive of any irrigation water measured through a secondary meter.
      MINIMUM CHARGE - ALL CUSTOMERS
Size Of Water Service Line
Minimum Monthly Charge
Size Of Water Service Line
Minimum Monthly Charge
   3/4 inch or 5/8 inch
$ 28.65
   1 inch
36.40
   11/4 inch
36.40
   11/2 inch
44.15
   2 inch
59.65
   3 inch
82.90
   4 inch
106.15
 
(Ord. 832, 6-19-2017)
      2.   Industrial User: Any industrial user who discharges sewage with a strength higher than two hundred milligrams per liter (200 mg/L) for either BOD or TSS will pay an additional charge for the extra strength of the sewage. The amount of the charge is $0.029 per twenty five milligrams per liter (25 mg/L) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of metered water usage for either BOD or TSS. (Ord. 816, 11-3-2014; amd. Ord. 832, 6-19-2017)