Sec. 24-25. Private wells and private water companies.

   (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)

Sec. 24-26. Sales taxes; business privilege taxes; in-lieu-of-franchise taxes.

All applicable sales taxes, business privilege taxes and in-lieu-of-franchise taxes shall be added to sewer user fees.

(Ord. No. 4376, § 2, 9-2-75)

Sec. 24-27. Billing.

   (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)

Sec. 24-28. Deposits.

The director or his agent may require a deposit of not less than two (2) months' nor more than twelve (12) months' estimated sewer user fees from any user.

(Ord. No. 4376, § 2, 9-2-75; Ord. No. 4527, § 14, 6-28-76)

Sec. 24-29. Use of fund revenues.

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)

Sec. 24-30. When and where bills are due and payable.

User fees are due and payable at the office of the city water utility not later than twenty (20) days after the date of the bill. User fee payments not received within such twenty-day period are delinquent.

(Ord. No. 4376, § 2, 9-2-75)

Sec. 24-31. User fees and water charges; application of payment.

User fees levied in conjunction with city water charges shall be in addition to such water charges. The user fee combined with the water charge shall be the total amount due for any one (1) billing period. If any lesser amount is paid, it shall first be applied to the amount due for the water charge and any excess applied to the amount due for the user fee.

(Ord. No. 4376, § 2, 9-2-75)