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§ 51.086  BILLING AND COLLECTION PROCEDURES; DELINQUENT PAYMENT.
   Such rates and charges shall be prepared, billed and collected by the city in the manner provided by law and ordinance.
   (A)   The rates and charges for all users shall be prepared and billed monthly.
   (B)   The rates and charges may be billed to the tenant or tenants occupying the properties served, unless otherwise requested in writing by the owner, but such billing shall in no way relieve the owner from the liability in event payment is not made as herein required. The owners of properties served, which are occupied by a tenant or tenants, shall have the right to examine the collection records of the city for the purpose of determining whether bills have been paid by such tenant or tenants, provided that such examination shall be made at the office at which the records are kept and during the hours that such office is open for business.
   (C)   As is provided by statute, all rates and charges not paid when due hereby declared to be delinquent and a penalty of 10% of the rates or charges shall thereupon attach thereto. The time at which such rates or charges shall be paid is now fixed at 20 days after the date of mailing of the bill.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
§ 51.087  COST ANALYSIS STUDIES PROVIDED.
   (A)   In order that the rates and charges for sewage services may remain fair and equitable and be in proportion to the cast of providing services to the various users of user classes, the city shall cause a study to be made within a reasonable period of time following the first 12 months of operation, following the date on which this chapter goes into effect. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the costs associated with the treatment of excessive strength effluents from industrial users or user classes, the financial position of the sewage works and the adequacy of its revenue to provide reasonable funds for operation and maintenance, replacements, debt service requirements and capital improvements to the waste treatment systems.
   (B)   Thereafter, on an annual basis, within a reasonable period of time following the normal accounting period, the city shall cause a similar study to be made for the purpose of reviewing the fairness and equity of the rates and charges for sewage services on a continuing basis. The studies shall be conducted by officers or employees of the city or by a firm of certified public accountants, or a firm of consulting engineers which firms shall have experience in such studies, or by such combination of officers, employees, certified public accountant, or engineers as the city shall determine to be best under the circumstances.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
§ 51.088  HAVENWOOD DEBT SERVICE CHARGES.
   (A)   Debt Service Charges.  The following debt service charges are hereby established for the Woodburn Sewage Works by owners of property laying within the Havenwood area served by the Municipal Sewage Works.
      (1)   For the following classifications, said debt service charge shall be determined as follows:
User Classification      Monthly Surcharge Rate
Residential:
Single family residence         $23.45
Commercial: (unmetered)
Retail establishments:
First 4 employees            23.45
Each additional employee over 4      5.85
 
User Classification      Meter Surcharge Rate
Industrial: (unmetered)
Manufacturing:
First 4 employees            $23.45
Each additional employee over 4      5.85
   (B)   Metered Consumption. 
      (1)   If the property owner wishes to meter, at the property owner’s expense, the source or sources of water supplying the property in a manner acceptable to the city, the monthly debt service surcharge will be calculated as the monthly debt service surcharge for a single-family residence times the appropriate ratio shown below for each water meter:
Meter Size         Ratio
5/8 - 3/4 inch         1.0
1 inch            2.5
1 1/4 inch         4.0
1 ½ inch         5.8
2 inch            10.0
3 inch            23.0
4 inch            41.0
6 inch            92.0
      (2)   The monthly surcharge rates, division (2)(a), commence on the day of the month following the sale of Woodburn Municipal Sewage Works Revenue Bonds of 2002 (the “Bonds”) and shall continue as long as the Bonds are outstanding.  If the city issues bonds for the purpose of refunding the Bonds (the “Refunding Bonds”), the surcharge rates shall remain in place until the earlier of the original final maturity date of the Bonds or the final maturity of the Refunding Bonds.  The surcharge shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as the sewer service charge.
   (C)   New Customers.  For all new customers in the Havenwood Service Area connecting on and after July 1, 2002, there shall be collected a connection charge in addition to the debt service surcharge described in division (A) (1) prior to connection to the sewer line, which shall be:
      (1)   the cost of connecting to the public sewer; plus
      (2)   the amount of the monthly surcharge as established by division (A) (1) times the number of months from July 1, 2002, to the date of connection, but not to exceed $1,500.
(Ord. G-02-1121, passed 6-3-02; Am. Ord. G-07-1171, passed 5-7-07)
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
§ 51.100  POWER OF CITY TO ENFORCE BYLAWS AND REGULATIONS.
   (A)   The city shall make and enforce such by-laws and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the safe, economical and efficient management of the city’s sewerage system, pumping stations and sewage treatment works, for the construction and use of house sewers and connections to the sewerage system, and for the regulation, collection, rebating and refunding of such rates and charges.
   (B)   The city is here authorized to prohibit dumping of wastes into the city’s sewage system which, in its discretion, are deemed harmful to the operation of the sewage treatment works of the city, or to require methods affecting pretreatment of the wastes to comply with the pretreatment standards included in the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued to the sewage works.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
§ 51.101  APPROVAL OF INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY SYSTEM.
   The city shall submit for approval by the Regional Administrator an industrial cost recovery system in full compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requirements, at the time the first industrial user introduces industrial wastes into a grant-assisted facility. This in accordance with PL-500 as implemented by 40 CFR Part 35.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
§ 51.102  INSPECTIONS; LIABILITY; RIGHT OF ENTRY.
   (A)   The Superintendent, Inspector, and other duly authorized employees of the city, state water pollution control employees and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.  The Superintendent or his representatives, the state water pollution control employees and USEPA employees shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
   (B)   While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in division (A) of this division, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the city shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees and the city shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by city employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in § 51.059(B).
   (C)   The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within the easement.  All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 504-76, passed 7-20-76)
§ 51.998  VIOLATIONS.
   (A)   Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter except § 51.003 shall be served by the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof.  The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
   (B)   Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the city for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the city or downstream users by reason of such violation.
(Ord. 504-76, passed 7-20-76)
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