[Adopted by Ord. No. 455 (Ch. 7 of the 1961 Code)]
The wastewater of this municipality is collected and treated
in whole or in part by the wastewater system operated by the Sewerage
Commission of the City of Milwaukee (the "Commission") on behalf of
itself, the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission of the County of Milwaukee
(the "Metropolitan Commission") and the Metropolitan Sewerage District
of the County of Milwaukee (the "District"). The purpose of this article
is to enable this municipality to establish and collect from users
within the municipality those charges which represent the proportionate
contribution by such users both to the cost of operating and maintaining
the system and that part of the cost of past and future capital improvements
in the system not defrayed by an ad valorem tax on real property.
Such charges are required to enable the District to become and remain
eligible for federal grants for wastewater facility capital improvements.
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The following sections and related appendices of District Rules and
Regulations, Article XVII, promulgated by the Commission, the Metropolitan
Commission and the District, as now in effect and as the same may
be amended from time to time hereafter, are hereby incorporated by
reference and shall be of full force and effect as though set forth
in their entirety herein.
Section 1701.020
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Definitions
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Section 1701.040
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Municipal Transfer of Data
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Section 1701.041
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Estimated Volume of Discharge
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Section 1701.050
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User Transfer of Data
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Section 1701.051
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Discharge Factor Certification
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Section 1701.052
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Waste Strength Certification
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Section 1701.053
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Certification Procedures
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Section 1701.054
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Verification
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Section 1701.055
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Audit Control of User Connections
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Section 1701.056
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Appeal Provision
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Section 1702.010
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Purpose of the User Charge System
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Section 1702.020
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User Charge Billing Basis
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Section 1702.030
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Wholesale User Charge Billing Basis
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Section 1702.040
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Unit Costs of Treatment
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Section 1703.010
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Purpose of the Local Capital Cost Recovery (LCR) System
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Section 1703.020
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LCR Billing Basis
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Section 1703.030
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Wholesale LCR Billing Basis
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Section 1703.040
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Unit Costs of LCR
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Section 1704.010
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Purpose of the Industrial Cost Recovery (ICR) System
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Section 1704.020
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ICR Billing Basis
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Section 1704.030
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Wholesale ICR Billing Basis
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Section 1704.040
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Unit Costs of ICR
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For purposes hereof, "residential structure," as defined in District
Rules and Regulations, Article XVII, shall mean any building accommodating
exclusively one or two residential units.
There is hereby imposed a charge on each user in this municipality
who discharges wastewater, directly or indirectly, into the wastewater
system operated by the Commission. Such charge shall be in the amount
specified below for the various classes of users.
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Residential users. The residential user charge shall be based on
a uniform charge, as follows: The uniform charge for each residential
unit shall be calculated by dividing the wholesale residential user
charge (i.e., the charge by the Commission to the municipality) by
the number of residential units in the municipality. Individual residential
user charges shall be calculated as the user's number of residential
units times this uniform charge.
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Noncertified commercial users. The retail noncertified commercial
user charge shall be based on a volumetric charge, as follows: The
volumetric charge shall be calculated by dividing the wholesale noncertified
commercial user charge (i.e., the charge by the Commission to the
municipality) by the total volume of noncertified commercial water
consumption. Individual noncertified commercial user charges shall
be calculated by multiplying the user's volume of water consumption
times this volumetric charge.
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Discharge certified commercial users. Each retail discharge certified
commercial user charge shall be equal to each wholesale discharge
certified commercial user charge submitted to the municipality pursuant
to District Rules and Regulations, Article XVII.
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Waste strength certified commercial users. Each retail waste strength
certified commercial user charge shall be equal to each wholesale
waste strength certified commercial user charge submitted to the municipality
pursuant to District Rules and Regulations, Article XVII.
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Noncertified industrial users. Each retail noncertified industrial
user charge shall be equal to each wholesale noncertified industrial
user charge submitted to the municipality pursuant to District Rules
and Regulations, Article XVII.
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Discharge certified industrial users. Each retail discharge certified
industrial user charge shall be equal to each wholesale discharge
certified industrial user charge submitted to the municipality pursuant
to District Rules and Regulations, Article XVII.
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Waste strength certified industrial users. Each retail waste strength
certified industrial user charge shall be equal to each wholesale
waste strength certified industrial user charge submitted to the municipality
pursuant to District Rules and Regulations, Article XVII.
There is hereby imposed a local capital recovery (LCR) charge
on each industrial user in this municipality whose function is described
by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Division D ("LCR user").
The LCR charge shall be in the amount specified below for the various
classes of LCR users:
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Noncertified industrial users. Each retail noncertified industrial
LCR charge shall be equal to each wholesale noncertified industrial
LCR charge submitted to the municipality pursuant to District Rules
and Regulations, Article XVII.
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Discharge certified industrial users. Each retail discharge certified
industrial LCR charge shall be equal to each wholesale discharge certified
LCR charge submitted to the municipality pursuant to District Rules
and Regulations, Article XVII.
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Waste strength certified industrial users. Each retail waste strength
certified industrial LCR charge shall be equal to each wholesale waste
strength certified industrial LCR charge submitted to the municipality
pursuant to District Rules and Regulations, Article XVII.
There is hereby imposed an industrial cost recovery (ICR) charge
on each ICR user (as defined in District Rules and Regulations, Article
XVII) in this municipality. The ICR charge shall be in the amount
specified below for the various classes of ICR users.
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Noncertified industrial users. Each retail noncertified industrial
ICR charge shall be equal to each wholesale noncertified industrial
ICR charge submitted to the municipality pursuant to District Rules
and Regulations, Article XVII.
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Discharge certified industrial users. Each retail discharge certified
industrial ICR charge shall be equal to each wholesale discharge certified
industrial ICR charge submitted to the municipality pursuant to District
Rules and Regulations, Article XVII.
C.Â
Waste strength certified industrial users. Each retail waste strength
certified industrial ICR charge shall be equal to each wholesale waste
strength certified industrial ICR charge submitted to the municipality
pursuant to District Rules and Regulations, Article XVII.
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Charges.
(1)Â
User, LCR, and ICR charges shall be billed on a quarterly basis.
Payment of such bills shall be made within 20 days after mailing by
the municipality. In the event that such bill is not paid when due,
a penalty of 1Â 1/2% per month shall be added thereto. This late
payment charge will be applied to the total unpaid balance, including
late payment charges.
(2)Â
In addition to the charges imposed pursuant to §§ 260-3, 260-4 and 260-5, a charge is hereby imposed to reimburse the Village for administrative and clerical costs related to collection of the above referred to charges. The amount of such charge assessed against individual users shall be determined in the same manner as the other charges above set forth.
(3)Â
In addition to all the charges above provided for, the Village Board
may, pursuant to the authority of § 66.0821(4), Wis. Stats.,
establish and impose sewer charges as authorized by said section.
Any such charge shall be established and imposed by resolution of
the Village Board setting forth the purpose for such charge and the
amount thereof. Any such charge established by the Village may be
changed from time to time by action of the Village Board, and additional
charges for items authorized by said section of the statutes may be
established and imposed.
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In the event a user fails to certify data or in the event a user's
certification is materially inaccurate or in the event there has been
a substantial change in data since the date of the user's last
certification, the Commission shall notify the user that the verification
data determined by the Commission pursuant to Section 1701.054 of
District Rules and Regulations, Article XVII, shall be used to determine
the charge due for the current billing period and all future billing
periods until the user submits a new certified statement.
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Should inspection or verification by the Commission reveal that any statement certified by a user is materially inaccurate, the Commission shall redetermine the proper charge due and forward the new computation to the municipality in order that a bill for the deficiency may be sent. This deficiency billing shall be retroactive to the date or dates when the bills based upon the inaccurate certification were originally due and interest charges shall be applied to each deficiency as provided in Subsection A above.
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Unpaid
user, LCR and ICR charges shall be a lien upon the property served
and shall be enforced as provided in § 66.0821(4), Wis.
Stats.
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Any person
who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with
any action required pursuant to District Rules and Regulations, Article
XVII, or this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a forfeiture
of not less than $10 nor more than $200 and the costs of prosecution
for each violation, and in default of payment of such forfeiture and
costs shall be imprisoned in the County Jail or the County House of
Corrections until such forfeiture and costs of prosecution are paid,
such imprisonment not to exceed 60 days.
[Amended by Ord. No. 495]