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RATES AND CHARGES
(A) Any person, firm or corporation requesting the privilege to tap into any sewer of the City of Woodburn for the disposal of any sewage shall pay to the Clerk-Treasurer the sum of $1,000 per tap: (1) to service every single-family residential unit; (2) to service each and every individual unit of a multiple residential unit; and (3) to service any commercial, manufacturing or industrial establishment. Said tap fee shall be paid in full to the city for the permission to make such sewer tap and the inspection of the installation thereof by the city.
(B) The charge for each and every mobile home unit to be served either individually or in a mobile home court shall be one-half the sum provided for in division (A) hereof.
(C) In the event a developer of a single-family or multiple-family unit shall pay for the cost of constructing sewers to service said development and said sewers are conveyed to the city to be incorporated into the city’s sewage system or are connected into the city sewage system or become a part thereof, then a charge as provided for in division (A) hereof shall be paid for each tap made to service each residential unit to be serviced.
(Ord. 509-76, passed 1-5-76; Am. Ord. G-02-1128, passed 9-9-02; Am. Ord. G-05-1162, passed 11-21-05)
Every person whose premises are served by the sewage works shall be charged for the services provided. These charges are established for each user class, as defined, in order that the sewage works shall recover, from each user and user class, revenue which is proportional to its use of the treatment works in terms of volume and load. User charges are levied to defray the cost of operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the treatment works. User charges shall be uniform in magnitude within a user class.
(A) User charges are subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, published in the Federal Register August 21, 1973 (38 CFR 22523) and on February 11, 1974 (39 CFR 5252). Replacement costs, which are recovered through the system of user charges, shall be based upon the expected service life of the sewage works plant and equipment.
(B) The various classes of users of the treatment works for the purposes of this chapter, shall be as follows:
Class I Residential
Class II Commercial
Class III Institutional
Class IV Governmental
Class V Industrial
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
For the use of and the service rendered by the 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 city sanitary system or otherwise discharges sanitary. Sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly, into the sanitary sewerage system of the city. Such rates and charges include user charges, debt service costs, excessive strength surcharges and other service charges which rates and charges shall by payable as hereinafter provided and shall be in an amount determinable as follows:
(A) 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, except as herein otherwise provided. Water meters will be read periodically, 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, shall be as follows:
(1) For each full monthly billing cycle that begins after December 1, 2020, unless superseded as below:
Quantity of Water Used Per Month | Total Monthly Rate Per 1,000 Billed Gallons |
First 2,000 Gallons | $21.68 |
Next 6,000 Gallons | $19.26 |
Next 12,000 Gallons | $16.42 |
Over 20,000 Gallons | $13.47 |
(2) For each full monthly billing cycle that begins after December 1, 2021, unless superseded as below:
Quantity of Water Used Per Month | Total Monthly Rate Per 1,000 Billed Gallons |
First 2,000 Gallons | $22.84 |
Next 6,000 Gallons | $20.30 |
Next 12,000 Gallons | $17.30 |
Over 20,000 Gallons | $14.20 |
(3) For each full monthly billing cycle that begins after December 1, 2022, unless superseded as below:
Quantity of Water Used Per Month | Total Monthly Rate Per 1,000 Billed Gallons |
First 2,000 Gallons | $24.01 |
Next 6,000 Gallons | $21.33 |
Next 12,000 Gallons | $18.19 |
Over 20,000 Gallons | $14.92 |
(B) (1) The minimum charge for any service where the user is a metered customer, shall be based on the size of the meter serving such customer and shall be as follows:
(a) 1. For each full monthly billing cycle that begins after December 1, 2020, unless superseded as below:
Water Meter Size | Monthly Minimum Charge |
Water Meter Size | Monthly Minimum Charge |
5/8 - 3/4 inch | $43.37 |
1 inch | $57.92 |
1 - 1/4 inch | $115.63 |
1 - 1/2 inch | $192.95 |
2 inch | $433.71 |
3 inch | $771.15 |
4 inch | $1,156.64 |
6 inch | $1,927.61 |
1. For customers of the sewage works that are unmetered, the monthly charge shall be based on 6,000 gallons per month as follows:
Residential | Monthly Charge |
Non-metered charge | $120.42 |
(b) 1. For each full monthly billing cycle that begins after December 1, 2021, unless superseded as below:
Water Meter Size | Monthly Minimum Charge |
Water Meter Size | Monthly Minimum Charge |
5/8 - 3/4 inch | $45.69 |
1 inch | $61.02 |
1 - 1/4 inch | $121.82 |
1 - 1/2 inch | $203.29 |
2 inch | $456.94 |
3 inch | $812.47 |
4 inch | $1,218.60 |
6 inch | $2,030.88 |
2. For customers of the sewage works that are unmetered, the monthly charge shall be based on 6,000 gallons per month as follows:
Residential | Monthly Charge |
Non-metered charge | $126.88 |
(c) 1. For each full monthly billing cycle that begins after December 1, 2022, unless superseded as below:
Water Meter Size | Monthly Minimum Charge |
Water Meter Size | Monthly Minimum Charge |
5/8 - 3/4 inch | $48.01 |
1 inch | $64.12 |
1 - 1/4 inch | $128.02 |
1 - 1/2 inch | $213.63 |
2 inch | $480.18 |
3 inch | $853.78 |
4 inch | $1,280.56 |
6 inch | $2,134.14 |
2. For customers of the sewage works that are unmetered, the monthly charge shall be based on 6,000 gallons per month as follows:
Residential | Monthly Charge |
Non-metered charge | $133.34 |
(2) A customer's monthly sewage bill shall be deemed due on the date that such bill is postmarked.
(3) The fees for the services rendered by the said sewage works are hereby found to be non-discriminatory, reasonable just, equitable, and required to maintain the said sewage works in the sound physical and financial condition necessary to render adequate and efficient services.
(4) All fees provided for herein shall be for services rendered by said sewage works and shall remain in full force and effect until properly changed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana.
(5) A copy of the schedule of rates and charges adopted herein shall be kept on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer of the city.
(6) The express or implied repeal or amendment by this section of any other ordinance or part of any other ordinance does not affect any rights or liabilities accrued, penalties incurred, or procedures begun prior to the effective date of this section. Those rights, liabilities, and proceedings are continued, and penalties shall be imposed and enforced under the repealed or amended ordinance as if this section had not been adopted.
(7) This section shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and adoption, and approval by the Mayor. The said rates and charges shall be applied with the first full billing cycle thereafter.
(C) In order that the single family domestic and residential users of the sewage service, who are current on their sewer bill, 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 those months shall be based upon the water usage for the previous months of December, January, and February. In the event the water usage for the summer months is greater than the average water usage for the summer months, then the billing for sewage services shall be computed on the average 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. The 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. Any residential customer desiring the sprinkling credit must first make a written request to the city. Any request so made by a residential customer that is more than 30 days delinquent on paying their sewer bill to the city at the time of the request shall be denied the credit.
(D) For the service rendered to the city, the city shall be subject to the same rates and charges herein above provided.
(E) The fees established herein shall be due on the dates of mailing of bills therefor.
(F) A copy of the schedule of rates and charges adopted herein shall be kept on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer of the city.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76; Am. Ord. G-92-1057, passed 7-13-92; Am. Ord. G-94-1070, passed 8-15-94; Am. Ord. G-07-1173, passed 6-18-07; Am. Ord. G-08-1180, passed 6-16-08; Am. Ord. G-10-1192, passed 6-7-10; Am. Ord. G-12-1201, passed 5-21-12; Am. Ord. G-13-1311, passed 11-4-13; Am. Ord. G-14-1315, passed 6-2-14; Am. Ord. G-14-1317, passed 7-7-14; Am. Ord. 17-1352, passed 4-3-17; Am. Ord. 17-1357, passed 11-20-17; Am. Ord. 20-1393, passed 12-7-20)
The quantity of water discharged into the sanitary sewerage system and obtained from sources other than the utility that serves the city shall be determined by the city in such manner as the city shall reasonably elect, and the sewage service shall be billed at the appropriate rates. Further, as is hereinafter provided in this section, the city may make proper allowances in determining the sewage bill for quantities of water shown on the records to be consumed, but which are also shown to the satisfaction of the city that such quantities do not enter the sanitary sewage system.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
(A) In the event a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the city sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, is not a user of water supplied by the water utility serving the city, and the water used thereon or therein is not measured by a water meter, or is measured by a water meter not acceptable to the city then the amount of water used shall be otherwise measured or determined by the city. In order to ascertain the rate or charge provided in this chapter, the owner or other interested party shall, at his or her expense, install and maintain sewer meters, weirs, volumetric measuring devices or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the city for the determination of sewage discharge, or the city may bill a residential user a flat rate based on 8,000 gallons of water per month.
(B) In the event that the city provides sewer services to a regional water district or similar entity which serves multiple residential users, the total amount of sewage generated by the water district for treatment by the city shall be determined by sewer meters, weirs, volumetric measuring devices, or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the city for the determination of sewage discharge, with the sewer district bearing the expense of the installation and maintenance of such devices. The water district shall be billed as a single user for the total amount of sewage treated by the city.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76; Am. Ord. G-92-1057, passed 7-13-92; Am. Ord. G-08-1181B, passed 8-18-08)
In the event a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the city’s sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, is a user of water supplied by the water utility serving the city and, in addition, is a user of water from another source which is not measured by a water meter or is measured by a meter not acceptable to the city, then the amount of water used shall be otherwise measured or determined by the city. In order to ascertain the rates or charges, the owner or other interested parties, shall, at his expense, install and maintain meters, weirs, volumetric measuring devices or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the city for the determination of sewage discharge.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
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