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Sec. 2422. Review of established fees; powers of the director.
(a) Any user dissatisfied with a fee as established by the city, or with any monthly discharge factor used in the fee, shall notify the director in writing within sixty (60) days after notice of the established fee, protesting the fee as established and requesting a review thereof. Such written protests shall include itemized objections to the fee as established, or any monthly discharge factor used in its computation.
(b) A user whose fee is reviewed pursuant to this section shall have the burden of showing that any or all of the monthly discharge factors used in computing its fee were erroneous or misapplied. The director, upon finding that a user's protests are well founded, shall adjust the established fee and make equitable reimbursements for any overpayments made.
(c) Adjustments may be made by the director upon a satisfactory showing that the water use as reflected in the billings for December, January and February does not reflect annual average discharge to the sewerage system.
(d) The director may promulgate rules applicable in protest proceedings and may adopt standards to be applied in measuring the validity of established fees and monthly discharge factors. Such rules and standards shall be subject to approval by the mayor and council.
(Ord. No. 4376, § 2, 9-2-75; Ord. No. 4527, §§ 9--11, 6-28-76; Ord. No. 4594, § 9, 11-22-76; Ord. No. 4672, § 3, 6-20-77)
(a) The user fee levied upon any sewer connection shall in no event be less than one dollar and ten cents ($1.10) per month.
(b) No user fee levied upon a single-family residential sewer connection shall be in excess of nine dollars and seventy cents ($9.70) per month.
(Ord. No. 4376, § 2, 9-2-75; Ord. No. 4672, § 4, 6-20-77; Ord. No. 4854, § 3, 7-3-78)
(a) Commercial and industrial users with private wells shall provide monthly quantity of discharge information to the city on forms approved by the director. To provide such information, the user shall either install a city-approved permanent flow meter on his water well or install an approved wastewater metering device on each building sewer. A residential user with a private well may, in lieu of being charged the average user fee for his user class, provide monthly quantity of discharge information as provided above.
(b) A user whose water is supplied by a private water company shall be subject to the data reporting provisions of subsection (a) unless the private water company provides the city with itemized monthly records of delivered water in a form approved by the director.
(c) Inspectors shall have access at all reasonable times to metering devices on building sewers on private wells.
(Ord. No. 4376, § 2, 9-2-75; Ord. No. 4527, §§ 12, 13, 6-28-76)
(a) User fees shall be billed by the city water utility and collected by the director of finance of the city. He shall account for all receipts and disbursements.
(b) A user fee billing shall be voided upon a showing by the one in receipt of the bill that he is not a user. Such a showing shall be made within sixty (60) days of the billing date and shall be demonstrated through the use of a dye test.
(Ord. No. 4376, § 2, 9-2-75)
Revenues derived from the sewer user fee shall be applied to meet all expenses budgeted for the annual operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of the joint wastewater system.
(Ord. No. 4376, § 2, 9-2-75; Ord. No. 4527, § 15, 6-28-76; Ord. No. 4594, § 10, 11-22-76)
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