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(a) There is hereby established a franchise fee to be paid annually by the City Sewer Department to the General Fund of the City.
(b) The franchise fee established herein shall be a sum equal to five percent of the Department's total gross operating revenues which are hereby defined to mean all amounts of money which the Department receives or becomes lawfully entitled to receive (whether collected or not) for services rendered resulting from the use of its properties within the City.
(c) The franchise fee payment shall be made annually on or before January 1 of each year for the preceding fiscal year and shall be accompanied by a statement showing the total gross operating revenues, on the basis of which the computation for such payment was made.
(d) The first such franchise fee under this section shall be due and payable to the City on January 1, 1990, for the preceding fiscal year commencing August 1, 1988, and ending July 31, 1989. The fiscal year, as referred to herein, shall commence on August 1 of each year and terminate on July 31 of the subsequent year.
(Ord. 1161. Passed 12-12-89.)
Effective July 1, 2022, a wastewater debt assessment shall be applicable to all customers of the City of Sidney Combined Utilities Fund on a monthly billing basis of five dollars ($5.00). Said assessment will go directly to the debt service payment of 2009 Waste Water Treatment Facility Project and be in effect until the debt is retired on June 30, 2030 whichever shall come first.
(Ord. 1833. Passed 4-26-22.)
(a) Whoever continues a violation beyond the time limit provided for in Section 1045.36 or violates or fails to comply with any other provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each violation. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues beyond such time limit.
(b) In addition to the penalty provided in subsection (a) hereof, whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation.
(Ord. 1039. Passed 5-8-84.)