(a) Definitions.
(1) “User charge” means the charge assessed users of the sewage system to recover the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement of the sewage collection and sewage treatment system, and the cost of rendering bills and collecting sewer service charges.
(2) “Operation and maintenance costs” means the costs, incurred in the act of keeping all facilities for collection, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage, in a good state of repair and functioning properly including the replacement of such facilities when necessary.
(3) “Replacement” means expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
(4) “Debt service” means the funds used for the retirement of and interest on bonds and/or notes authorized and issued by the City, to construct sewage system facilities.
(5) “Sewer service charge” means the total charge levied against users of the sewage system for sewer service. The charge shall include user charges plus the cost of debt service.
(6) “User class” means the grouping of users of the wastewater treatment system by common wastewater discharge characteristics and shall include the following:
A. “Residential user” means any user discharging domestic wastes from buildings or premises that are used as permanent places for human occupancy such as single-family dwellings, rowhouses, townhouses, mobile homes, garden and standard apartments, and high-rise apartments. Transient lodging, considered commercial in nature, is not included.
B. “Commercial user” means any user of the sewage system not specifically categorized as residential or industrial and general classified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual (S.I.C.) in Division F - Wholesale Trade; Division G - Retail Trade; Division H - Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; portions of Division I - Services; and Division J - Public Administration.
C. “Industrial user” means any nongovernmental user of the publicly owned treatment works identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions: Division A - Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing; Division B - Mining; Division D - Manufacturing; Division E - Transportation, Communication, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Service; Division I - Services.
A user in the division listed may be excluded if it is determined that it will introduce primarily segregated domestic waste or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
(Ord. 1303. Passed 4-19-82.)
(b) User Charges. Effective with the earliest date determined by law, the following water rates are hereby approved and established:
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SEWER RATES WITHIN CITY LIMITS
EFFECTIVE 2017
Block | Block Limits Per Month | Cost per 1,000 Gallons |
1 | First 2,000 Gallons | $8.25 |
2 | Next 2,000 Gallons | $9.05 |
3 | Next 3,000 Gallons | $9.85 |
4 | Next 3,000 Gallons | $11.65 |
5 | Over 10,000 Gallons | $12.45 |
Minimum | Charger per Month | $16.50 |
COMMERCIAL SEWER RATES FOR COMPOUND METERS WITHIN CITY LIMITS
EFFECTIVE 2018
Block | Block Limits Per Month | Cost Per 1,000 Gallons |
1 | Per 1,000 Gallons | $12.45 |
Minimum | Charge per Month | $0 |
SEWER RATES NOT WITHIN CITY LIMITS EFFECTIVE 20187
Block | Block Limits Per Month | Cost Per 1,000 Gallons |
1 | First 2,000 Gallons | $11.31 |
2 | Next 2,000 Gallons | $12.31 |
3 | Next 3,000 Gallons | $13.31 |
4 | Next 3,000 Gallons | $19.96 |
5 | Over 10,000 Gallons | $21.46 |
Minimum | Charge Per Month | $21.62 |
3/1/2019 | 3/1/2020 | 3/1/2021 | 3/1/2022 |
$10.25 | $11.25 | $12.25 | $13.25 |
$11.05 | $12.05 | $13.05 | $14.05 |
$11.85 | $12.85 | $13.85 | $14.85 |
$12.65 | $13.65 | $14.65 | $15.65 |
$13.45 | $14.45 | $15.45 | $16.45 |
$20.50 | $22.50 | $24.50 | $26.50 |
Sewer Rates for Compound Meters within the City Limits will increase to the "10001+"tier for each year thereafter.
Accounts shall be payable at the Municipal Utility Office or WesBanco Bank, Inc. on or before th twenty-third (23rd) day of the month in which the utility bill was mailed to the customer. If the account is not paid within the aforesaid time period, a late payment charge of ten percent (10%) shall be imposed.
The financial institution designated in this section is authorized to collect a utility customer's payment, process the payment and deposit the payment into the City's account at said financial institution. It is deemed that said services are being rendered as a convenience to its customers.
(Ord. 2019-06. Passed 3-4-19.)
(c) Surcharges.
(1) The following terms as used in this subsection shall have the meanings ascribed to them as shown:
A. “Normal sewage” means sewage which when analyzed shows by weight a daily average of not more than 300 parts per million of suspended solids, and not more than 250 parts per million of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD).
B. “Suspended solids” means solids that are either on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
C. “BOD” (denoting biochemical oxygen demand) means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter, under standard laboratory procedure, in five days at 20 degrees centigrade, expressed in parts per million by weight.
(2) Sewage or industrial wastes above normal sewage strength, but acceptable for discharge into the sanitary sewerage system shall be subject to a surcharge. The surcharge shall be determined on the basis of either or both of two constituents of water or wastes:
A. Total suspended solids, and/or
B. Five day BOD at 20 degrees Centigrade and as herein provided.
(3) When either or both the total suspended solids and the BOD of a water or waste accepted for admission to the system exceeds the values of their constituents for normal sewage, the excess concentration in either or both, as the case may be, shall be subject to a surcharge as follows:
A. Pounds of excess suspended solids per day x $0.171/lb. = suspended solids surcharge.
B. Pounds of excess BOD per day x $0.204/lb. = BOD surcharge.
C. Pounds of excess oil/grease (OKG) per pay x $0.250/lb. = 0 x 6 surcharge.
(Ord. 94-30. Passed 5-16-94.)
(4) In addition to the surcharge, the user will pay the user charges as defined in subsection (b) hereof.
The pounds of BOD per day and/or pounds of suspended solids per day, above the concentrations previously described for normal strength sewage that are discharged to the sewerage system, shall be determined by the City or their authorized representative.
In addition to a surcharge on BOD and suspended solids, the City shall have the right to surcharge any user for the discharge of any other pollutant into the sewage system or for any other reason that it deems necessary and appropriate, such as excessively high rates of discharge. (Ord. 1303. Passed 4-19-82.)