(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)