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Each lot, parcel, building or premises situated within and without the City having access to or benefited by the sanitary sewer system of the City, whether or not connected with or discharging to a public sewer, shall be assessed a sewer service charge as follows effective July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2029:
The sum of the total fixed and total volume charges specified in subsections (a) and (b) below according to the actual or estimated water meter size being utilized as provided by Sections 929.03(a) and (b).
(a) Fixed charge per billing period.
(1) Inside the corporation limits of the City, industrial and nonindustrial user classes.*
Meter Size (Inches) | Rate Period | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
Meter Size (Inches) | Rate Period | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
5/8" | 2024-2029 | 22.62 | 23.47 | 24.35 | 25.26 | 26.21 | 26.99 |
3/4" | 2024-2029 | 30.60 | 31.74 | 32.93 | 34.17 | 35.45 | 36.51 |
1" | 2024-2029 | 46.70 | 48.45 | 50.27 | 52.15 | 54.11 | 55.73 |
1-1/2" | 2024-2029 | 86.84 | 90.10 | 93.47 | 96.98 | 100.62 | 103.63 |
2" | 2024-2029 | 135.00 | 140.06 | 145.31 | 150.76 | 156.42 | 161.11 |
3" | 2024-2029 | 247.38 | 256.66 | 266.28 | 276.27 | 286.63 | 295.23 |
4" | 2024-2029 | 407.96 | 423.25 | 439.13 | 455.59 | 472.68 | 486.86 |
6" | 2024-2029 | 809.35 | 839.70 | 871.19 | 903.86 | 937.76 | 965.89 |
8" | 2024-2029 | 1,291.03 | 1,339.45 | 1,389.68 | 1,441.79 | 1,495.86 | 1,540.73 |
10" | 2024-2029 | 1,933.29 | 2,005.79 | 2,081.00 | 2,159.04 | 2,240.00 | 2,307.20 |
12" | 2024-2029 | 2,737.65 | 2,840.31 | 2,946.82 | 3,057.33 | 3,171.98 | 3,267.14 |
14" | 2024-2029 | 4,826.13 | 5,007.11 | 5,194.87 | 5,389.68 | 5,591.80 | 5,759.55 |
16" | 2024-2029 | 5,950.70 | 6,173.85 | 6,405.37 | 6,645.57 | 6,894.78 | 7,101.62 |
18" | 2024-2029 | 7,235.94 | 7,507.29 | 7,788.81 | 8,080.89 | 8,383.92 | 8,635.44 |
24" | 2024-2029 | 10,448.97 | 10,840.81 | 11,247.34 | 11,669.12 | 12,106.71 | 12,469.91 |
30" | 2024-2029 | 16,553.79 | 17,174.56 | 17,818.60 | 18,486.80 | 19,180.06 | 19,755.46 |
(2) Outside the corporation limits of the City, industrial and nonindustrial user classes.**
Meter Size (Inches) | Rate Period | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
Meter Size (Inches) | Rate Period | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
5/8" | 2024-2 029 | 21.30 | 22.10 | 22.93 | 23.79 | 24.68 | 25.42 |
3/4" | 2024-2 029 | 28.69 | 29.76 | 30.88 | 32.04 | 33.24 | 34.24 |
1" | 2024-2029 | 43.45 | 45.08 | 46.77 | 48.52 | 50.34 | 51.85 |
1-1/2" | 2024-2029 | 80.38 | 83.39 | 86.52 | 89.76 | 93.13 | 95.92 |
2" | 2024-2029 | 124.66 | 129.33 | 134.18 | 139.21 | 144.43 | 148.77 |
3" | 2024-2029 | 228.03 | 236.58 | 245.46 | 254.66 | 264.21 | 272.14 |
4" | 2024-2029 | 375.66 | 389.75 | 404.36 | 419.52 | 435.26 | 448.31 |
6" | 2024-2029 | 744.76 | 772.69 | 801.66 | 831.73 | 862.92 | 888.80 |
8" | 2024-2029 | 1,187.70 | 1,232.24 | 1,278.45 | 1,326.39 | 1,376.13 | 1,417.41 |
10" | 2024-2029 | 1,778.28 | 1,844.96 | 1,914.15 | 1,985.93 | 2,060.40 | 2,122.21 |
12" | 2024-2029 | 2,193.37 | 2,275.62 | 2,360.96 | 2,449.49 | 2,541.35 | 2,617.59 |
14" | 2024-2029 | 3,596.70 | 3,731.58 | 3,871.51 | 4,016.69 | 4,167.32 | 4,292.34 |
16" | 2024-2029 | 5,016.04 | 5,204.14 | 5,399.30 | 5,601.77 | 5,811.84 | 5,986.20 |
18" | 2024-2029 | 6,132.24 | 6,362.20 | 6,600.78 | 6,848.31 | 7,105.12 | 7,318.27 |
24" | 2024-2029 | 8,311.05 | 8,622.71 | 8,946.07 | 9,281.54 | 9,629.60 | 9,918.49 |
30" | 2024-2029 | 12,759.86 | 13,238.35 | 13,734.79 | 14,249.85 | 14,784.22 | 15,227.74 |
(b) Volume Charge (per ccf).
Inside City* | |||||||
User Class | Rate Period | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
Non-Industrial | 2024-2029 | 5.629 | 5.841 | 6.060 | 6.287 | 6.523 | 6.718 |
Industrial | 2024-2029 | 6.079 | 6.307 | 6.543 | 6.789 | 7.043 | 7.254 |
Outside City* | |||||||
User Class | Rate Period | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
Non-Industrial | 2024-2029 | 3.607 | 3.743 | 3.883 | 4.029 | 4.180 | 4.305 |
Industrial | 2024-2029 | 4.065 | 4.217 | 4.376 | 4.540 | 4.710 | 4.851 |
*The total volume charge per 100 cubic feet shall be prorated for a portion of 100 cubic feet used.
**Users outside the City may also be subject to additional user and capital charges imposed by other governmental entities in the manner provided by Section 929.09.
(c) Miscellaneous Charges.
Users that discharge wastewater with unusual strength or character to the treatment works including, but not limited to, the discharges defined in Section 930.08 shall be charged:
(1) All prevailing user charges provided for in subsections (a) and (b) above, plus
(d) Senior/Homestead/Low-Income Sanitary Sewer Discount Programs.
(1) Those sanitary sewer consumers residing inside the city limits who are eligible for the Senior Sanitary Sewer Discount Program as specified in subsection (d)(2), and are furnished 667 cubic feet of water per month or less, shall pay a monthly sanitary sewer volume rate which is twenty-five percent (25%) less than the rates established above in subsection (b) Volume Charge. Non-discounted sanitary sewer volume rates shall apply based on all water consumed greater than 667 cubic feet per month.
Those consumers who qualify for the Senior Sanitary Discount Program and have an eligible total income shall pay a monthly sanitary sewer volume rate based on all metered water consumption which is forty percent (40%) less than the rates established above in subsection (b) Volume Charge. An eligible total income shall be a household income that is at or below 200% of the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
Those consumers, including those entered into a landlord tenant agreement, who have an eligible total income shall pay a monthly sanitary sewer volume rate based on all metered water consumption which is twenty five percent (25%) less than the rates established above in subsection (b) Volume Charge. An eligible total income shall be a household income that is at or below 200% of the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
(2) Consumers eligible for the Senior Sanitary Sewer Discount Program shall be any consumer who satisfies all of the criteria immediately below:
A. Is receiving service by means of a single meter for a single unit utilized solely for residential purposes that is owned and occupied by the consumer;
B. Is the contract holder or spouse of the contract holder for DPU's utility services; and
C. Has been certified or whose spouse has been certified by the Director of Public Utilities as being sixty-five years of age or older or permanently and totally disabled at any age. For the purposes of this section, the terms "sixty-five years of age or older" and "permanently and totally disabled" shall be defined in a like manner as provided for in the State of Ohio Homestead Exemption, under Ohio R.C. 323.151.
(3) The Senior Sanitary Sewer Discount Program shall only apply to charges levied against the permanent residence of the consumer.
(4) Consumers eligible for the Low-Income Program shall be any consumer who satisfies all of the criteria immediately below:
A. Is receiving service by means of a single meter for a single unit utilized solely for residential purposes and is occupied by the consumer;
B. Is the contract holder, spouse of the contract holder, or entered into a landlord tenant agreement for DPU's utility services; and
C. Total income has been certified annually by the Director of Public Utilities as being at or below 200% of the poverty guidelines in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
(Ord. 242-24. Passed 6-5-24.)
Computation, determination and billing of fixed and volume charges and the basis therefor shall be as follows:
(a) Fixed charge.
The fixed charge portion of the sewer service charge in the total fixed charged amounts set forth in Section 929.03(a) shall be applicable regardless of the quantity of water supplied or wastewater discharged and shall be computed, determined and billed each billing period on the basis of the size of the water meter serving the user if no sewage meter has been installed, which water meter measures water consumption all or part of which is returned to the treatment works, or on the basis of the estimated size of a water meter which would be adequate for the user if no water meter or sewage meter has been installed. Where a sewage meter measures all of the wastewater discharged to the treatment works, the Director of Public Utilities shall determine the size of a water meter that would be adequate to serve the capacity of the sewer meter installation, and the total fixed charge shall be in the amount set forth in Section 929.03(a) for the water meter size so determined.
(Ord. 3-89. Passed 1-3-89.)
(b) Volume Charge.
(1) The volume charge shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the metered water consumption established by a water meter reading except as noted below. The actual or estimated volume to be billed shall be multiplied by the applicable user class total volume charge specified in Section 929.03(b).
(2) In the event a meter reading is not available or, if available, is not an accurate recording of actual consumption or represents a significant change from prior consumption, the volume to be billed shall be based on one hundred percent (100%) of a volume established by the Department of Public Utilities in the manner provided in Section 929.14 until such time as the actual consumption can be determined, at which time an appropriate billing adjustment shall be made.
(3) In the event a user has installed a sewage meter pursuant to Section 929.07, the volume to be billed shall be based upon one hundred percent (100%) of the metered wastewater discharged to the treatment works as established by the sewage meter reading.
(Ord. 30-06. Passed 1-31-06; Ord. 242-24. Passed 6-5-24.)
(c) Charges For Unusual Wastes.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Former subsection (c) was repealed by Ordinance 259-03, passed May 27, 2003.)
(d) Notification of Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Charges.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Former subsection (d) was repealed by Ordinance 259-03, passed May 27, 2003.)
The sewer service charges levied and assessed in Sections 929.03 and 929.04 shall become effective as provided, and all billings after that date shall be at the rates established in Section 929.03. Where a billing includes a period of time both prior and subsequent to the effective date of Section 929.03, the sewer service charges shall be prorated among the applicable rates.
(Ord. 1224-98. Passed 12-8-98.)
In the event a user utilizes water which is not supplied by the City, such water shall be metered. However, when required by the Director of Public Utilities, all of the wastewater discharged by the user to the treatment works shall be metered. Such metering devices shall be installed and maintained without cost to the City provided, however, no such devices shall be installed or used for such purposes without the approval of the Director as to the devices employed and as to the manner of installation, use, calibration and maintenance. If such user fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the Director shall estimate the fixed and volume charges to be billed such user in the manner provided by Section 929.04 and Section 929.14.
(Ord. 3-89. Passed 1-3-89.)
Sewage meters for the purpose of measuring wastewater discharged to the treatment works required to be installed by the Director of Public Utilities or installed at the option of the users, and water meters installed for the purpose of measuring water consumption which is not discharged to the treatment works, shall be installed, tested and maintained by the user without cost to the City, provided, however, that no such devices shall be installed or used for such purposes without the approval of the Director.
(Ord. 3-89. Passed 1-3-89.)
(a) Applicability.
All persons discharging industrial wastes into public sewers shall be subject to a surcharge, in addition to any other sewer-service charges, if these wastes have a concentration greater than the "normal" concentrations:
(1) A five-day, twenty-degree Centigrade biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of 300 mg/l per million; or a chemical-oxygen-demand of 600 mg/l. Total organic carbon may be used where indicated for a specific waste, and correlation is established between TOC and COD or BOD.
(2) A suspended solids content of 400 mg/l; or
(3) A phosphorous content of 15 mg/l.
The amount of surcharge shall reflect the cost incurred by the City in removing the excess biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids and phosphorous of the waste load. This surcharge shall include a proportionate share of the fixed charges and amortization costs for the sewage disposal works, and the annual cost of operation of the sewage treatment plant, including repairs, replacements and maintenance.
(b) Computation of surcharge.
The surcharge per person shall be determined as follows: The excess pounds of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids and phosphorous will be computed by multiplying this product by the difference between the person's concentrations of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids and phosphorous and the aforementioned "normal" concentration in parts per million by weight. The surcharge of such constituent will then be determined by multiplying the excess pounds of each constituent by the appropriate rate of surcharge listed in subsection (c). Average concentration figures in the above calculations shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of section 930.041.
(c) Rates of surcharge.
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
Biochemical oxygen demand | 15.1¢ per lb. | 16.5¢ per lb. | 18.2¢ per lb. | 20.6¢ per lb. | 21.2¢ per lb. | 21.9¢ per lb. | 22.5¢ per lb. |
Chemical oxygen demand | 7.6 ¢ per lb. | 8.3 ¢ per lb. | 9.2 ¢ per lb. | 10.4 ¢ per lb. | 10.7¢ per lb. | 11.0¢ per lb. | 11.4¢ per lb. |
Suspended solids | 11.2¢ per lb. | 12.3¢ per lb. | 13.5¢ per lb. | 15.3¢ per lb. | 15.8¢ per lb. | 16.3¢ per lb. | 16.8¢ per lb. |
Phosphorus | $1.457 per lb. | $1.602 per lb. | $1.760 per lb. | $1.992 per lb. | $2.052 per lb. | $2.113 per lb. | $2.177 per lb. |
(d) Delinquency.
(Ord. 525-07. Passed 8-7-07; Ord. 57-11. Passed 2-16-11.)
Pursuant to Section 929.18 and in compliance with Federal requirements for user charges, municipal corporations and other governmental entities which own and operate treatment works which discharge to the treatment works of the City and which are presently or hereafter will be under contract with the City for wastewater treatment services, shall establish user charges to be applied to users within their jurisdiction for the operation, maintenance and replacement of the treatment works under their jurisdiction. Such user charges and any capital charges imposed by such municipalities and other governmental entities upon users within their jurisdiction shall be in addition to the sewer service charge provided by Section 929.03 applicable to outside City users. Such additional charges, when requested by, and as provided for in such agreement between the City and such municipality or other governmental entity, may, at the option of the City, be billed and collected by the City on behalf of such municipalities and other governmental entities. The Director of Public Utilities shall have authority to negotiate and amend contracts with such municipalities or governmental entities for billing, collection and other administrative services as needed.
(Ord. 3-89. Passed 1-3-89.)
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