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§ 53.112 SEWER RATES.
   The usage amount charged to consumers of the sewer system of the city shall be determined by the monthly average amount of water usage for said consumer based upon the months of January, February, and March of each year, as determined by readings of the water service meters. Said average usage amount shall be effective in the month of June of each year and shall remain in effect for a period of 12 months.
   (A)   Rate charge. The rate charge is $20 per month, plus $4.33 for each thousand gallons, or fraction thereof of water used; or plus $3.25 for each 100 cubic feet, or fraction thereof, of water used.
   (B)   Customer determination. Each dwelling unit of a multiple-family residential consumer shall be considered a separate consumer and the rate for sanitary sewer service shall be determined in the same manner as a single-family residential consumer.
(Prior Code, § 3-208) (Ord. 618, passed 3-2-1993; Ord. 681, passed 11-1-1994; Ord. 684, passed 12-6-1994; Ord. 692, passed 7-11-1995; Ord. 788, passed 9-7-1999; Ord. 831, passed 12-10-2003; Ord. 852, passed 3-14-2006; Ord. 901, passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 930, passed 6-13-2017; Ord. 957, passed 10-12-2021; Ord. 974, passed 10-10-2023; Ord. 981, passed 6-11-2024)
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-925.02
§ 53.113 SURCHARGES.
   (A)   The city shall have the right to increase the operation, maintenance and replacement rate when it is determined that the strength of a consumer’s wastewater is significantly greater than other consumer’s. The city may require any consumer, at their expense, to provide flow measurement and sample analysis of their wastewater.
   (B)   All such surcharges shall be arrived at by establishing a base rate per pound for biochemical oxygen demand and suspended solids and comparing the consumer’s wastewater strength and volume to the base rate.
(Prior Code, § 3-210)
§ 53.114 DETERMINATION OF PROPORTIONAL RATES.
   (A)   Where, in the judgment of the City Council, the application of the use charges hereinbefore set forth would not be proportional when compared to all other consumers, the city may adjust said consumer’s rate provided said consumer provides information, satisfactory to the city, such that the consumer’s proportional use of the sewerage system can be determined.
   (B)   It shall be the consumer’s responsibility to provide to the city a satisfactory means of measuring wastewater flows and obtaining representative samples of wastewater from the consumer.
(Prior Code, § 3-211)
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