§ 54.44 SEWER CHARGES AND SURCHARGES.

   (A)   The town shall adopt at least annually an adequate schedule of sewer charges and surcharges to defray the cost of operating and maintaining the sanitary sewerage system of the town. The costs to be used as a basis of determining charges shall include but are not necessarily limited to direct operation and maintenance, administration, collection and billing of charges, bond redemption, studies and reports, professional fees, repairs, capital improvements and depreciation. The charges adopted shall be such that each user pays his or her proportionate share of all cost herein noted.

   (B)   The sewer charges and surcharges shall be published in a form for public distribution and notice, shall become a part of this chapter upon adoption and public notification, and shall be based on the cost of treatment per 1,000 gallons of sewage.

   (C)   The approving authority shall levy monthly sewer user charges and the charges shall be due and payable immediately. The user charges shall be based on actual water consumption, as obtained from water meter readings as provided under § 54.43(D) and (E), except where sewer system meters are installed. Failure to pay this bill within 15 days shall cause the bill to become delinquent. After five days of delinquency, the approving authority may discontinue service as provided for in § 54.43.

   (D)   The approving authority may, at its discretion, allow industrial waste which exceeds the limitation of § 54.41(B)(6) to be discharged into the sanitary sewerage system, provided that the person discharging the waste shall agree to the payment of a surcharge to offset any cost to treat the BOD or suspended solids in excess of allowable limits. This surcharge shall be imposed in addition to any other charges made for sewer service.

   (E)   The surcharge covering the cost of treatment of the industrial wastes shall be determined in the following manner.

      (1)   The approving authority shall fix the rate to be charged during the new fiscal year, at the beginning of the fiscal year, for the excess BOD or suspended solids, from actual costs per 1,000 pounds removed from the combined domestic and industrial wastes as experienced at the sewage treatment plant(s) of the town during the preceding fiscal year.

      (2)   The rate shall be applied to the amount of excessive BOD and suspended solids as determined by averaging at least three waste discharge samples taken in accordance with provisions of § 54.43(C), and § 54.45(A) and (B).

   (F)   Tap fees, cutting of pavement if required, and other expenses concerning sewer connections shall be as periodically established by the Town Council.

(1995 Code, § 4-3005) (Ord. passed 2-16-1982)