(a) The following User Charges shall be paid by all classes of users (defined in Section 925.04) throughout the service area effective January 1, 2019, and the charges shall be based on each 1,000 gallons of flow being discharged into the sanitary sewer system:
User Class | Dollars Per 1,000 Gallons |
All Classes | $8.74 |
EDITOR’S NOTE: Effective January 1, 2019 and January 1st of each subsequent calendar year for a period of five years ending on January 1, 2024, the sewer user charges to all classes of sewer users shall be increased by 3.5% per 1,000 gallons of flow being discharged into the sanitary sewer system. The resulting charges, commencing January 1, 2019, and for subsequent years, are as follows:
Effective Date | Effective Rate |
January 1, 2019 | $ 8.74 |
January 1, 2020 | 9.05 |
January 1, 2021 | 9.37 |
January 1, 2022 | 9.70 |
January 1, 2023 | 10.04 |
January 1, 2024 | 10.39 |
(Ord. 2008-32. Passed 12-3-08; Ord. 2018-26. Passed 12-5-18.)
(b) A minimum charge of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per month per user is hereby established in order to generate sufficient revenue to recover fixed costs associated with the wastewater treatment works.
(c) Each industry discharging to the sanitary sewer system will complete and file with the Municipality an Industrial Waste Questionnaire containing pertinent information as to quantity of flow, characteristics of discharged wastewaters, etc., and this information will be used to determine billings for the first year following the effective date of this chapter. Subsequent billings will be based on revised information taken from annual updated reports to be filed with the Sewer Department, or from other records. Interim reports may be requested at the discretion of the Superintendent. New industries shall file a fully executed Questionnaire with the Municipality prior to being issued a Sewer Permit.
(d) Where industrial wastewater is combined with sanitary wastewater at the point or points of discharge, and no separate metering of each increment is provided, the sanitary wastewater from industry shall be considered equal to fifteen gallons per day per employee (thirty gallons per day where showers are used) at "Normal Strength" loadings as previously defined herein.
(e) The Service charges other than Minimum Charges shall be computed on the basis of the water purchased from the Village of Sunbury water supplier unless the actual quantity of wastewater entering the sanitary sewer system can be determined, as specified hereinafter.
(f) Each premises served by the sanitary sewer system of the Municipality shall be charged, and where a premises is served by more than one sewer connection a combined charge shall be levied based on the total flow from all connections. However, where the property is not occupied, a minimum charge shall be levied for each sewer connection.
(g) Where more than one meter is installed, whether for the convenience of the owner of the premises or the Municipality, Service Charges shall be rendered to the owner of the premises for each meter, unless the combined flow through all meters is authorized by the Superintendent.
(h) When a person, firm or corporation can show to the satisfaction of the Administrator that a portion of the water as measured by the water meter(s) does not enter the sanitary sewer system, such as uncontaminated cooling water, such person, firm or corporation may submit an application in writing to the Board of Public Affairs for the installation of an auxiliary water meter. The Board has the authority to permit or to require an additional meter(s) to be installed at the applicant's expense, so as to measure the quantity of water actually entering the sanitary sewer system. The quantity of water used to determine the Service Charges shall be the quantity of water entering the sanitary sewer system as so determined.
(i) If the Superintendent finds that it is not practicable to measure such water by meters, he shall determine the volume of wastewater in any manner or method as he may find practicable, in order to arrive at the percentage of metered water entering the sanitary sewer system and the quantity of water used to determine the Sewer Service Charges shall be that percentage so determined.
(j) In the event that the conditions set forth in subsection (h) are not, for any reason, met, all water metered to the premises shall be used for billing purposes.
(k) When premises are supplied either whole or in part with water from wells or any source other than a public water supply, such wells or source of supply shall be registered in writing with the Administrator. The owner of the premises shall install and maintain at his expense, a meter or meters acceptable to the Department, on all such supplies, and the quantity of water used to determine the service charges shall be the quantity as measured by the meter or meters. If the meter or meters are not installed within six months from the date of notification in writing by the Administrator, the owner or other users of the premises shall be billed double the Minimum Charge.
(l) Where an auxiliary meter (or meters) is required for the proper determination of water subject to the Service Charges, such meter shall be installed only after approval has been granted by the Superintendent. Such meters shall be installed, owned and maintained by the property owner. Venturi meters, fumes, weirs and other methods of measuring flow shall be used only when authorized by the Superintendent. It is understood that where an auxiliary meter has been installed, such a meter shall not be removed without the approval of the Superintendent.
(m) All meters shall be installed in accordance with the standards and rules and regulations of the Municipal Water Department. Where private meters are used on wells, or in an industrial water distribution system, and such meters are set behind the primary water supply meter, the aforementioned standards, rules and regulations may be modified or waived by the Administrator.
(n) Fire protection service branches shall be exempt from all Service Charges except for water used for purposes other than fire protection.
(o) Where a sanitary sewer in the area served by the Municipality is available to any lot, parcel of land, building, or premises which is improved, it is a conclusive presumption that wastewater from such lot, parcel of land, building, or premises which is improved is discharged into such sewer, and the owner shall be billed the Service Charges as provided herein. Any lot, parcel of land, building, or premises abutting a street, alley, or easement in which there is a public sanitary sewer shall be deemed to have available access to a sanitary sewer, and the owner or other users of such real property shall connect to the sewer within six months from the date the owner is notified in writing by the Administrator that the sewer is made available for use of their property. In the event the owner or other users of the real property are not connected on such date, the Minimum Charge specified under subsection (b) hereof shall be imposed upon such property. Exceptions shall be as specified under Section 921.03(d).
(Ord. 86-004. Passed 4-30-86; Ord. 96-012. Passed 5-15-9; Ord. 2007-10. Passed 5-2-07.)