(A) The Town Council shall, by ordinance establish rates and charges for sanitation services supplied by said works to adequately provide for the operation, maintenance, depreciation and repayment of indebtedness of said works.
(2005 Code, § 100.03)
(B) For the use of and the services rendered by said sewage works, rates and charges shall be collected from the owners of each and every lot, parcel of real estate or building that is connected with the Town sanitary system or otherwise discharges sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly, into the sanitary sewage system of the Town. Such rates and charges include user charges, debt service costs, excessive strength surcharges and other service charges, which rates and charges shall be payable as hereinafter provided and shall be in an amount determinable as follows.
(1) The sewage rates and charges shall be based on the quantity of water used on or in the property or premises subject to such rates and charges, as the same is measured by the water meter there in use, plus a base charge based on the size of the water meter there in use, plus a base charge based on the size of the water meter installed, except as herein otherwise provided. Water meters will be read once each month, and sewage service bills shall be rendered once each month (or period equaling a month). The water usage schedule on which the amount of said rates and charges shall be determined by the Town Council.
(2005 Code, § 100.07)
(C) (1) In order that the rates and charges may be justly and equitably adjusted to the service rendered to users, the Town shall base its charges not only on the volume, but also on strength and character of the stronger-than-normal domestic sewage and wastes which it is required to treat and dispose of. The Town shall require the user to determine the strength and content of all sewage and wastes discharged, either directly or indirectly, into the sanitary sewage system, in such manner and by such method as the Town may deem practicable in the light of the conditions and attending circumstances of the case, in order to determine the proper charge. The user shall furnish a central sampling point available to the Town at all times.
(2) Normal sewage domestic strength should not exceed a biochemical oxygen demand of 240 milligrams per liter of fluid, or suspended solids in excess of 240 milligrams per liter of fluid. Additional charges for treating stronger-than-normal domestic waste shall be made by the Town Council.
(3) For the services rendered to the Town, said Town shall be subject to the same rates and charges hereinabove provided, or to charges and rates established in harmony therewith.
(4) In order that the single-family domestic and residential users of sewage service shall not be penalized for sprinkling lawns during the summer months of June, July, August and September, the billing for sewage service for residences and/or domestic users for said months shall be based upon the water usage for the previous months of December, January, February and March. In the event the water usage for said previous months is greater than the water usage for said summer months, then the billing for sewage services shall be computed on the actual water used in the month for which the sewage service bill is being rendered. Domestic and/or residential sewage service as applicable to the sprinkling rate shall apply to each lot, parcel of real estate or building which is occupied and used as a single-family residence. Said sprinkling rate shall not apply to any premises which are partially or wholly used for commercial or industrial purposes. In the event a portion of such premises shall be used for commercial or industrial purposes, the owner shall have the privilege of separating the water service so that the residential portion of the premises is served through a separate meter and in such case the water usage as registered by the water meter serving such portion of the premises used for residential purposes would qualify under the sprinkling rate.
(5) In the event a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharges sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids into the Town’s sanitary sewage system, either directly or indirectly, the uses of water in excess of 15,000 gallons per month, and it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Town that a portion of water as measured by the water meter or meters does not and cannot enter the sanitary sewage system, then the owner or other interested party shall, at his or her expense, install and maintain meters, weirs, volumetric measuring devices or any adequater and approved method of measurement acceptable to the Town for the determination of sewage discharge.
(6) The determination of suspended solids and five-day biochemical oxygen demand, and ammonia or nitrogen contained in the waste shall be in accordance with the latest copy of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes, as written by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation, and in conformance with Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants, Regulation C.F.R. part 136, published in the Federal Register on 10-16-1973.
(2005 Code, § 100.08)
(D) (1) The owner of any lot, parcel of real estate or building who wishes to connect to the Town’s sewage works shall, prior to being permitted to make such connection, pay a tap fee in the amount set by the Town Council. The property owner will be responsible for the cost of construction of a local or lateral sewer adequate to serve said property.
(2) A connection capacity fee or tap fee as provided in this chapter is only valid for three months after said tap fee and/or connection capacity fee is paid. If the connection is not made within said three month period of time then the tap fee and/or connection capacity fee paid is forfeited to the Town and a new tap fee and/or connection capacity fee shall be paid whenever the work is to be done.
(2005 Code, § 100.09)
(Ord. 2003-5, passed 6-23-2005; Ord. 2005-6, passed 10-17-2005; Ord. 2007-2, passed 5-21-2007; Ord. 2008-4, passed 9-15-2008)