7-3-17: SEWER SERVICE CHARGES:
Sewer service charges are hereby imposed upon all users of the sewage facilities of the city, even though the property is not occupied, as follows:
   A.   The sum of five dollars ($5.00) per month for each private dwelling house, including townhouses, mobile homes not in mobile home parks, occupied by one family.
   B.   The sum of two dollars fifty cents ($2.50) per month for each apartment living unit of multiple dwellings, including, but not limited to, duplexes, triplexes and apartment buildings, but not including hotels, motels, rooming houses, trailer courts and mobile home parks. An "apartment living unit" is defined as a dwelling place intended to be self-contained, including cooking and bathing facilities, and commonly rented for periods of one month or longer.
   C.   The sum of one dollar ($1.00) per month for each living unit of hotels, motels and rooming houses. A "hotel, motel or rooming house" is defined as a multiple unit containing individual dwelling units which are offered for rental for the most part on a daily or weekly basis.
   D.   The sum of five dollars ($5.00) per month for trailer courts or mobile home parks and an added charge of two dollars fifty cents ($2.50) per month for each mobile home space and one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per month for each recreational vehicle space.
   E.   The sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per month for commercial users with public wastewater facilities and the sum of five dollars ($5.00) per month for those with private facilities only.
   F.   The sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month for schools during the nine (9) month school year and twenty five dollars ($25.00) per month for remainder of the year.
   G.   The sum of five dollars ($5.00) per month for each church.
   H.   Where the city serves or is available to serve the same property as the water system, and where the water is supplied through a single meter, all monies due the city on account of water sales, sewer fees, receipts for new water and sewer connections, tap charges, meter repairs, reimbursements for damages, any penalty charges assessed for failure to connect to the public sewer system or from any other water or sewer charge not expressly provided for herein, shall be billed monthly on the same statement and to the same user as the water service charge. (Ord. 04-80-81, 11-24-1980)
   I.   Sewer service charges shall be billed during the first month after the first full thirty (30) days that sewer service becomes available to the user. If the sewer service is available, then the sewer service charge shall be billed as set forth herein even though the user has not connected to the sewer system. The sewer service is determined to be available when the city has installed the sewer hookup to the property line of the user. (Ord. 5-81-82, 2-22-1982)
   J.   The minimum monthly fees as set forth shall be applied at termination of the sewer usage by a user, provided said user has used the sewer service for the previous sixteen (16) days or more. If the user has used the sewer service for fifteen (15) days or less, there will be no charge for that period of sewer usage. (Ord. 04-80-81, 11-24-1980)
   K.   Violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be a class one misdemeanor. (Ord. 5-81-82, 2-22-1982)