For the purposes provided in Section 925.03, there is hereby levied and charged upon each lot, parcel of land or premises having a connection with the sewerage system, or otherwise discharging sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly into the sewerage system, or capable of being served by the sewerage system, sewer charges payable as hereinafter provided and in amounts to be determined as follows:
(a) Basis; Adjustments. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, sewer charges at the rates provided herein, with respect to any premises, shall be based upon the water consumption charges for such premises, as the same is established by the City Manager, for the billing period applicable to such premises. “Water consumption charge” means the amount payable or which would be payable for the water consumed upon such premises and discharged into the sewerage system, measured as provided in Section 925.06
, during the applicable sewer charge billing period and charged for at the City water rate applicable to such premises in effect during such period.
(Ord. 1979-34. Passed 3-13-79.)
(b) Regular Rates. Sewer charges for regular domestic, commercial, business and industrial users shall be at the following rate after thirty days have passed after passage of Ordinance No. 2011-87 by Steubenville City Council:
Year | Rate (per 1,000 gallons) | Minimum Bill |
1 | $10.51 | $ 21.02 |
2 | 10.83 | 21.66 |
3 | 11.16 | 22.32 |
4 | 11.49 | 22.98 |
5 | 11.83 | 23.66 |
The initial rate increase herein shall be effective on November 1, 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. Each subsequent year thereafter, the commencement date for said increases shall be October 1st.
(Ord. 2018-73. Passed 10-23-18.)
(c) Readiness to Serve Charge. On all premises having an inactive connection with the sewerage system, being premises for which, during a billing period, no water consumption charge accrues, and also on all premises having no connection with the sewerage system but for which a sewer curb connection to the sewerage system has been provided, a charge of one dollar ($1.00) per quarter shall be made.
(d) Distinction Between Charges.
(1) User charges are those charges allocated to the users of the sanitary sewer system, and allocated to operation, maintenance and equipment replacement of the sewer facility.
(2) Wastewater charges shall be those charges which are allocated for debt services and capital improvement costs for the sewer facility.
(Ord. 1979-34. Passed 3-13-79.)
(e) Cost of Operation. It is hereby determined that the cost of operation of the sewer facility for the City of Steubenville, Ohio for 1979, which is based upon the amount of water treated by such facility, is allocated in the following manner:
(1) 70¢ of the charge collected for each 1000 gallons of water used is allocated for operation and maintenance;
(2) 10¢ of the charge allocated for 1000 gallons of water used is allocated for debt retirement. (Ord. 1979-45. Passed 3-27-79.)