[R.O. 2011 §68.010]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Centigrade (20°C), express in milligrams
per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which received the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface or ground water.
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
two hundred eighty (280) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration
of not more than three hundred twenty-nine (329) mg/l.
All expenditures during the useful life of the treatment
works for maintenance account and the replacement account shall be
carried over to the same accounts in the subsequent fiscal year, and
shall be used for no other purposes than those designated for these
accounts. Monies which have been transferred from other sources to
meet temporary shortages in the operation, maintenance and replacement.
The user charge rate(s) shall be adjusted such that the transferred
monies will be returned to their respective accounts within the fiscal
year following the fiscal year in which the monies were borrowed.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (½)
inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and is controlled by public authority.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation
and maintenance" includes replacement.
Any contributor to the City's treatment works whose lot,
parcel of real estate, or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes
only.
A sewer which carried sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments together
with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than
five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or
flows during normal operation.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The Superintendent of Sewage Works and/or of Water Pollution
Control of the City of Savannah, or his/her authorized deputy, agent,
or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
Any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling,
and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage, or liquid industrial
wastes. These include intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage
collection systems, individual systems, pumping, power, and other
equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvement, remodeling,
additions and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a
reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clearwell
facilities; and any works, including site acquisition of the land,
that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used
for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment (including
land for composing sludge, temporary storage of such compost, and
land used for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment
systems before land application); or any other method or system for
preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or disposing
of municipal waste or industrial waste, including waste in combined
storm water and sanitary sewer systems.
The estimated period during which a treatment works will
be operated.
That portion of the total wastewater service charge which
is levied in proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation,
maintenance and replacement of the wastewater treatment works.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously
or intermittently.
A volume measuring and recording device furnished and/or
installed by the City of Savannah or furnished and/or installed by
a user and approved by the City of Savannah.
[R.O. 2011 §68.020]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be
deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within
the City of Savannah, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said
City, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable
waste.
B.
It
shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City
of Savannah, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any
sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has
been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Chapter.
C.
Except
as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain
any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended
or used for the disposal of sewage.
D.
The
owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within said City
and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there
is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or
combined sewer of the City, is hereby required at his/her expense
to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such
facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with
the provisions of this Chapter within ninety (90) days after date
of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within
one hundred (100) feet (30.5 meters) of the property line.
[R.O. 2011 §68.030; Ord. No. 1966 §1, 5-17-1999]
A.
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 710.020(D), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this Section.
B.
Before
commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system,
the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Superintendent.
The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished
by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications,
and other information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent.
A permit of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid to the City
at the time the application is filed.
C.
A permit
for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until
the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent.
He/she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction
and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent
when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within twenty-four
(24) hours of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent.
D.
All
systems within the City limits of Savannah are required to have a
morphology test for type, capacities, location and layout of a private
sewage disposal system and shall comply with all recommendations of
the morphology test, the Department of Natural Resources of the State
of Missouri and the Department of Health guidelines of the State of
Missouri. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal
system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area
of the lot is less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square
feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to
any natural outlet.
E.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system as provided in Section 710.030(D), a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
F.
The
owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities
in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City.
G.
No
statement contained in this Section shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health
Officer.
H.
When
a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected
to said sewer within sixty (60) days and the private sewage disposal
system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel
or dirt.
[R.O. 2011 §68.040; Ord. No. 1970 §1, 7-6-1999; Ord.
No. 2099 §1, 6-3-2002]
A.
No
unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening
into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof
without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
B.
There
shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:
1.
For residential and commercial service, and
2.
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
|
|
In either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the City.
|
|
|
The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications,
or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Director
of Public Works. A permit and inspection fee of five hundred dollars
($500.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer permit shall
be paid to the City at the time the application is filed and one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) for an industrial building sewer permit shall
be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
|
C.
All
costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of
the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify
the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be
occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
D.
A separate
and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building;
except where one building stands at the rear of another or an interior
lot and no private sewer is available or can be construed to the rear
building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the
building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear
building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer.
E.
Old
building sewer may be used in connection with new buildings only when
they are found, on examination and text by the Superintendent, to
meet all requirements of this Chapter.
F.
The
size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building sewer,
and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing,
testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements
of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations
of the City. In the absence of the code provisions or in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specification
of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
G.
Whenever
possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an
elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any
building drain is too low to permit gravity drain shall be lifted
by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
H.
No
person shall made connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation
drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or ground
water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected
directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
I.
The
connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform
to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or set for in
appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual
of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and
water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials
must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
J.
The
applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Superintendent or his/her representative.
K.
All
excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded
with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property distributed
in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the City.
[R.O. 2011 §68.041; Ord. No. 1744 §1(68.041), 11-2-1992]
A.
Plugging Required. Upon the permanent discontinuance of
the use of the City sewage system at any premises, including discontinuance
caused by abandonment of any premises, tearing down of any building
or any other cause, the property owner shall cause the connection
to the sewer main of the City to be plugged in a manner which will
be strong enough to resist breakage and be water-tight enough to prevent
any leakage of any fluids. All such plugging shall be subject to inspection
and approval by the Plumbing Inspector of the City. Plugging permit
fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) will be charged. If the owner
of the property fails to plug the sewer connection in a satisfactory
manner within thirty (30) days of the time the owner is notified in
writing by the Plumbing Inspector to plug the sewer service line,
the City shall proceed to plug the service line and bill the owner
for the costs. The cost may be collected by the City and a civil action
filed in court. The collection of the costs in a civil action shall
not prevent the filing of an action for a fine for violation of this
Chapter.
B.
Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision
of this Chapter shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense and
a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation occurs or continues.
[R.O. 2011 §68.050]
A.
No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water,
surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer.
B.
Storm
water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such
sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm
sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent. Industrial
cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval
of the Superintendent, to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural
outlet.
C.
No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
1.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid, or gas.
2.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids,
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance,
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant, including, but not limited to, cyanides in excess of two (2)
mg/l as CN in wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
3.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and one-half (5.5)
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.
4.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited
to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, ungrounded garbage, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
5.
Any waters or waste having:
a.
A five (5) day BOD greater than three hundred (300) parts
per million by weight; or
b.
Containing more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per
million by weight or suspended solids; or
c.
Having an average daily flow greater than two percent
(2%) of the average sewage flow of the City of Savannah,
|
|
shall be subject to the review of the Superintendent. Where
necessary, in the opinion of the Superintendent, the owner shall provide
at this expense such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to:
| |
|
a.
|
Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to three hundred (300)
parts per million by weight; or
| |
|
b.
|
Reduce the suspended solids to three hundred fifty (350) parts
per million by weight; or
| |
|
c.
|
Control the quantities and weights or discharge of such waters
or wastes.
| |
|
|
Planned specifications and any other pertinent relation relating
to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for
the approval of the Superintendent and no construction of such facilities
shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
|
D.
No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described
substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely, in
the opinion of the Superintendent, that such wastes can harm either
the sewers, sewage treatment process, or equipment, have an adverse
effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb,
public property, or constitute a nuisance. In forming his/her opinion
as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Superintendent will give
consideration to such factors as the quantities or subject wastes
in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction
of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of
the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the
sewage treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. The substances
prohibited are:
1.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred
fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150°F) (sixty-five degrees Celsius (65°C)).
2.
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
thirty-two degrees (32°) and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit
(150°F) (sixty-five degrees Celsius (65°C)).
3.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths
(¾) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject
to the review and approval of the Superintendent.
4.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes,
or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
5.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and
similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive
chlorine requirement to such degree that any such material received
in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the
limits established by the Superintendent for such materials.
6.
Any waters containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances
in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by
the Superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite
sewage, to meet the requirements of the State, Federal or other public
agencies or jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
7.
Any radioactive waste or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance
with applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of nine and one-half (9.5).
9.
Materials which exert or cause:
a.
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such
as, but not limited to, Fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues)
or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride
and sodium sulfate).
b.
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to,
dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
c.
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage
treatment works.
d.
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting
"slugs" as defined herein.
10.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to
treatment or deduction by the sewage treatment processes employed,
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment
plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having
jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
[R.O. 2011 §68.060]
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Section 710.060 of this Chapter, and which in the judgment of the Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may:
B.
If
the Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste
flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall
be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent, and subject
to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
[R.O. 2011 §68.070]
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in
the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts,
or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients, except
that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters
or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the Superintendent, and shall be located as to be readily
and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
[R.O. 2011 §68.080]
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are
provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his/her expense.
[R.O. 2011 §68.090]
When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property
serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install
a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and
other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation,
and sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required,
shall be accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in
accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. The manhole
shall be installed by the owner at his/her expense, and shall be maintained
by him/her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
[R.O. 2011 §68.100]
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this Chapter shall
be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", published by the American
Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control
manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole.
In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control
manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in
the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect
the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine
the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. The particular
analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four (24) hour composite
of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample
or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended
solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four (24) hour composites
of all outfalls whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples.
[R.O. 2011 §68.110]
No statement contained in this Chapter shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City and
any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength
or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to
payment therefore, by the industrial concern.
[R.O. 2011 §68.120]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any
person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct.
[R.O. 2011 §68.130]
A.
The
Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City 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/her representatives 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 Subsection (A) of this Section, 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 Section 710.100.
[R.O. 2011 §68.140]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Chapter except Section 710.130 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 who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection (A) above shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.
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 by reason of such violation.
[R.O. 2011 §68.150]
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive
to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience
of the City to collect charges from all users who contribute wastewater
to the City's treatment works. The proceeds of such charges so derived
will be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining and retiring
the debt for such public wastewater treatment works.
[R.O. 2011 §68.151]
A.
The
user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to pay
costs of annual operation and maintenance including replacement and
cost associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated
with financing the treatment works which the City may, by ordinance,
designate to be paid by the user charge system. That portion of the
total user charge which is designated for operation and maintenance,
including replacement of the treatment works, shall be established
by this Chapter.
1.
That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for operation and maintenance including replacement purposes as established in Section 710.170 shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund and will be kept in two (2) primary accounts as follows:
a.
An account designated for the specific purpose of defraying
operation and maintenance costs (excluding replacement) of the treatment
works (Operation and Maintenance Account).
b.
An account designated for the specific purpose of ensuring
replacement needs over the useful life of the treatment works (Replace
Account). Deposits in the replacement account shall be made annually
from the operation, maintenance and replacement revenue in the amount
of nine thousand dollars ($9,000.00) annually.
[R.O. 2011 §68.152; Ord. No. 1985 §1, 10-18-1999; Ord. No. 2013 §1, 9-5-2000; Ord. No. 2146 §1, 4-8-2003; Ord. No. 2530 §§1 —
2, 8-15-2011]
A.
Each
user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on his/her
use of the treatment works as determined by water meter(s) acceptable
to the City.
1.
For all contributors, monthly charges will be based on monthly water
usage.
If a contributor has a consumptive use of water, or in some
other manner uses water which is not returned to the wastewater collection
system, the user charge for the contributor may be based on a wastewater
meter(s) or separate water meter(s) installed and maintained at the
contributor's expense, and in a manner acceptable to the City.
2.
Charges. The minimum base charge per month shall
be twenty-nine dollars and thirty cents ($29.30) for up to the first
one thousand (1,000) gallons of water. In addition, each contributor
shall pay a user rate of eight dollars and seventy-seven cents ($8.77)
per each additional one thousand (1,000) gallons of water for sewer
operations and maintenance, including debt service.
[Ord. No. 2643 §1, 5-19-2014; Ord. No. 2688 §1, 1-25-2016; Ord. No. 2706 §1, 9-6-2016; Ord. No. 2735 §1, 9-18-2017; Ord. No. 2759, 9-24-2018; Ord. No. 2789, 11-12-2020[1]; Ord. No. 2808, 9-13-2021]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance set out this charge
will be implemented for the bills Due December, 2020.
3.
For those contributors who contribute wastewater, the strength of
which is greater than normal domestic sewage, a surcharge in addition
to the normal user charge will be collected. The surcharge for operation
and maintenance including replacement is:
$0.20 per pound BOD
$0.17 per pound SS
4.
Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase
in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City's
treatment works, or any user which discharges any substance which
singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable
increases in the cost of operation, maintenance, or replacement of
the treatment works shall pay for such increased costs. The charge
to each such user shall be determined by the responsible plant operating
personnel and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
5.
The user charge rates established in this Chapter apply to all users,
regardless of their location, of the City's treatment works.
[R.O. 2011 §68.153; Ord. No. 1985 §1, 10-18-1999; Ord. No. 2292 §1(68.153), 6-19-2006]
A.
All
users shall be billed monthly. Billings for any particular month shall
be made at the end of that month. Payments are due when the billings
are made. Any payment not received by the tenth (10th) of the month
shall be delinquent.
1.
A late payment penalty of ten percent (10%) of the user charge bill
will be added to each delinquent bill for each thirty (30) days of
delinquency. When any bill is in default, rendition of water and/or
sewer service to such premises shall be discontinued until such bill
is paid following due notice.
2.
In the event sewer accounts are declared delinquent, the City Clerk/Treasurer
shall certify to the proper authority the legal description of the
real property enjoying the use of the sewage system, together with
the amount of sewage charge plus penalty remaining unpaid, such amount
to be placed on the tax roll for collection, subject to the same penalties
and collected in like manner as other taxes are by law collectible,
and shall become a lien upon the real property so served.
3.
In the event such an account declared delinquent has not been paid
in full within four (4) months of the initial due date, the City shall,
at its option, disconnect the sanitary sewer from the City's collection
system. The location of the disconnection shall be at the discretion
of the City. The sewer may be reconnected to the City's collection
system by the affected property owner who shall bear the entire expense
of all costs for the reconnection, providing the delinquent account
has been paid in full and that the City has been reimbursed in full
for all costs borne by the City resulting from disconnecting the sewer.
4.
Property owner liable for unpaid charges, rental of tenant
— termination of service. Every property owner shall
be held responsible for any charges or rentals left unpaid by any
tenant of the premises serviced by water or sewer service and the
City reserves the right to shut off any water service where said delinquent
charges or rentals are not paid by the owner.
[R.O. 2011 §68.154]
A.
The
City will review the user charge system annually and revise user charge
rates as necessary to ensure that the system generates adequate revenues
to pay the costs of operation and maintenance including replacement
and that the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution
of operation and maintenance including replacement costs among users
and user classes.
1.
The City will notify each user at least annually, in conjunction
with a regular bill, of the rate being charged for operation, maintenance
including replacement of the treatment works.
