(A) Every person whose premises are served by the municipal sewage works shall be charged for the services provided. These charges are established for each user class, as defined, in order that the municipal sewage works shall recover, from each user and user class, revenue sufficient to maintain the municipal sewage works in sound physical and financial condition necessary to render adequate and efficient sewer service.
(B) User charges are subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, published in the Federal Register on 9-27-1978 (43 Fed. Reg. 44022, 44039-40). Replacement costs, which are recovered through the system of user charges, shall be based upon the expected useful life of the municipal sewage works equipment.
(C) The various classes of users of the municipal sewage works for the purpose of this chapter shall be as follows:
(1) Class I - Residential; and
(2) Class II - Non-Residential
(1996 Code, § 5-1) (Ord. 86-15, passed - -; Ord. 96-02, passed - -; Ord. 98-04, passed - -; Ord. 99-3, passed - -; Ord. 99-7, passed - -; Ord. 99-20, passed - -; Ord. 2001-16, passed - -; Ord. 2002-09, passed - -; Ord. 2003-11, passed - -; Ord. 2004-02, passed - -; Ord. 2010-06, passed 9-7-2010; Ord. 2010-12, passed 10-4-2010)