If any premises should contain multiple units (such as residences or businesses) with each unit discharging sewage directly or indirectly into the sewage system of the village, but each unit does not have a separate water meter, then each unit shall pay a debt service charge of $24.80 bi-monthly, effective 4-30-2009, and shall be billed for sewer service based on a rate computed as follows:
(A) Divide the total number of individual units connected to any one meter into the bimonthly usage in cubic feet, as read on the meter, and then apply the rates as set forth in § 52.088 herein to each of the units as if the usage, as read, was actually equally distributed among all units served by that meter.
(B) If the owners do not notify the village within 20 calendar days from the date of the first bill for such a location, it shall be deemed that the owners have been billed correctly as to the number of units shown on the bill, that said units do not have more than one meter showing their water consumption, and that the total water used is equally attributable to each unit.
(C) If the owners believe that one or more of the units served by a single meter use an appreciably higher percentage of the water read by the meter than the other units, they shall jointly agree upon the percentage of use attributable to each unit, and shall provide that information to the village, in writing and signed by each of the owners. The village shall then multiply the bi-monthly usage in cubic feet, as read on the meter, by the percentage of use attributable to each unit, and then apply the rates as set forth in § 52.088 herein to each of the units as if the usage, as read, was actually distributed among all units served by that meter in accordance with those percentages. The distribution as submitted in writing by the owners, shall continue with each bi-monthly billing thereafter.
(D) Should the owners be unable to agree upon the percent of usage attributable to each unit, the village shall bill each unit for usage in accordance with division(A) herein.
(Ord. 1764, passed 11-21-2016)