[Amended 1-16-1995 by Ord. No. 1706]
A.
This article regulates the use of public and private
sewers and drains and the discharge of septage waters and wastes into
the public sewerage systems within the Village of Shorewood, Milwaukee
County, Wisconsin. It provides for and explains the method used for
levying and collecting wastewater treatment sewer system service charges,
sets uniform requirements for discharges into the sewer system and
wastewater collection and treatment system and enables the Village
to comply with administrative provisions, water quality requirements,
and other discharge criteria which are required or authorized by the
State of Wisconsin or federal law. Its intent is to derive the maximum
public benefit by regulating the characteristics of wastewater discharged
into the sewerage system.
B.
This article provides a means for determining wastewater
and septage volumes, constituents and characteristics, the setting
of charges and fees, and the issuing of permits to certain users.
Revenues derived from the application of this article shall be used
to defray the costs of operating and maintaining the wastewater collection
system, paying for sewage treatment costs, and providing sufficient
funds for capital outlay, debt service costs and capital improvements.
The charges and fees herein have been established pursuant to requirements
of the Wisconsin Statutes. This article shall supersede any previous
Village ordinance, rules or regulations and shall repeal all parts
thereof that may be inconsistent with this article. If there is any
conflict between this article and any applicable statute, the state
statute shall be controlling.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows. "May"
is permissible; "shall" is mandatory.
One of the oxidation states of nitrogen, in which nitrogen
is combined with hydrogen in molecular form as NH3 or in ionized form as NH4. Quantitative determination
of ammonia nitrogen shall be made in accordance with procedures set
forth in the most recent edition of Standard Methods.
The Village Board of the Village of Shorewood, Milwaukee
County, Wisconsin.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in five days at 20° C., expressed as milligrams
per liter. Quantitative determination of BOD shall be made in accordance
with procedures set forth in the most recent edition of Standard Methods.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives 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 public sewer or other place of disposal
beginning outside the inner face of the building wall.
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, phosphorus,
ammonia, or pH, plus additional pollutants identified in the WPDES
permit for the publicly owned treatment works receiving the pollutants
if such works were designed to treat such additional pollutants to
a substantial degree.
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection or treatment system.
The residue from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of food products and
produce.
The residue from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be no greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension and will be carried freely
in suspension under normal flow conditions in public sewers.
Wastewater with pollutants or of such a strength that will
adversely affect or disrupt the wastewater treatment processes or
effluent quality or sludge quality if discharged to a wastewater treatment
sewerage system facility.
The wastewater from industrial process, trade, or business,
as distinct from sanitary sewage, including cooling water and the
discharge from sewage pretreatment facilities.
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
without distinguishing the source. "Infiltration" means water other
than wastewater that enters a sewerage system from the ground through
such sources as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes.
"Inflow" means water other than wastewater that enters a sewerage
system from sources such as roof leaders, cellar drains, yard drains,
area drains, foundation drains, drains from springs and swampy areas,
manhole covers, cross-connections between storm sewers and sanitary
sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwaters, surface runoff,
street wash waters, or drainage.
The wastewater of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater that
may have inadvertently entered the sewerage system.
Any outlet, including storm sewers, into a watercourse, pond,
ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
A weight-to-weight ratio; the parts per million value multiplied
by the factor 8.345 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons
of water.
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution,
enterprise, government agency, or other entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams per liter
of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7 and a
hydrogen ion concentration of 10-7.
Elemental phosphorus determined by and in accordance with
the procedures set forth in the most recent edition of Standard Methods.
Any sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the
Village of Shorewood, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes discharged
from toilets and/or sanitary plumbing facilities, together with such
groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may have inadvertently
entered the sewerage system.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions,
together with small quantities of groundwater, stormwater and surface
water that are not admitted intentionally.
The wastewater or contents of septic or holding tanks, dosing
chambers, grease interceptors, septage beds, septage pits, septage
trenches, privies or portable rest rooms.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "municipal
wastewater."
All structures, conduits and pipes by which sewage is collected,
treated, and disposed of, except plumbing inside and in connection
with buildings served, and service pipes, from building to street
main.
The areas presently served by the municipal wastewater sewage
collection system within the Village.
A service charge levied on users of the wastewater collection
and treatment facilities for payment of use-related capital expenses
as well as the operation and maintenance costs, including replacement
costs associated with said facilities.
The common sanitary sewers within a sewerage system which
are primarily installed to receive wastewaters directly from facilities
which convey wastewater from individual structures or from private
property, and which include service connection "Y" fittings designed
for connection with those facilities. The facilities which convey
wastewater from individual structures, from private property to the
public sanitary sewer, or its equivalent, are specifically excluded
from the definition of "sewer system."[1]
Any substance released at a discharge rate and/or concentration
which causes interference to wastewater treatment processes or plugging
or surcharging of the sewer system.
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water,
Sewage, and Industrial Wastes published jointly by the American Public
Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water
Environment Federation.
A drain or sewer for conveying surface water, groundwater,
subsurface water or unpolluted water from any source.
That portion of the rainfall that is collected and drained
into the storm sewers.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, wastewater, septage, or other liquids and that are removable
by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods and are
referred to as "nonfilterable residue."
The sum of free ammonia and organic nitrogen compounds as
determined by standard laboratory procedures as set forth in the most
current edition of Standard Methods. TKN is a measurable quantity
which may be used as billing parameter for billing ammonia treatment
costs.
Water of quality equal or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect,
measure, meter, carry away, store, and treat domestic and industrial
wastes and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
septage, industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous
with "waste treatment." In the case of the Village of Shorewood, these
facilities are owned by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
(MMSD).
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
A document issued by the Wisconsin State Department of Natural
Resources which establishes effluent limitations and monitoring requirements
for a wastewater treatment facility.
A.
Management. The management, operation, and control
of the sewer system for the Village is vested in the Village Board;
all records, minutes and all written proceedings thereof shall be
kept by the Village Clerk, and all financial records shall be kept
by the Village Treasurer.
B.
Construction. The Village Board shall have the power
to construct sewer lines for public use and shall have the power to
lay sewer pipes in and through the alleys, streets, and public grounds
of the Village and generally to do all such work as may be found necessary
or convenient in the management of the sewer system. The Village Board
shall have power, by itself, its officers, agents, and servants, to
enter upon any land for the purpose of making examination or supervision
in the performance of its duties under this article, without liability
therefor, and the Village Board shall have power to purchase and acquire
for the Village all real and personal property which may be necessary
for construction of the sewer system or for any repair, remodeling,
or additions thereto.
C.
Maintenance of services. The individual property owner
shall maintain sewer service from the street main to the house and
including all controls between the same, without expense to the Village,
except when they are damaged as a result of negligence or carelessness
on the part of the Village. All sewer services must be maintained
free of defective conditions by and at the expense of the owner or
occupant of the property. When any sewer service is to be relaid and
there are two or more buildings on such service, each building shall
be disconnected from such service and a new sewer service shall be
installed for each building.
D.
Condemnation of real estate. Whenever any real estate
or any easement therein, or use thereof, shall in the judgment of
the Village Board be necessary to the sewer system, and whenever,
for any cause, an agreement for the purchase thereof cannot be made
with the owner thereof, the Village Board shall proceed with all necessary
steps to take such real estate easement or use by condemnation in
accordance with the Wisconsin Statutes and the Uniform Relocation
and Real Property Acquisition Policy Act of 1970, if federal funds
are used.
E.
Title to real estate and personal property. All property,
real, personal, and mixed, acquired for the construction of the sewer
system, and all plans, specifications, diagrams, papers, books and
records connected with said sewer system, and all buildings, machinery,
and fixtures pertaining thereto, shall be the property of the Village.
A.
General.
(1)
The rules, regulations, and sewer rates of the Village
hereinafter set forth shall be considered a part of the contract with
every person, company or corporation who or which is connected to
or uses the Village sewer system, and every such person, company or
corporation by connecting with the sewer system shall be considered
as expressing his or its consent to be bound thereby. Whenever any
of said rules and regulations, or such others as the Village may hereafter
adopt, are violated, the use or service shall be shut off from the
building or place of such violation (even though two or more parties
are receiving service through the same connection) and shall not be
reestablished except by order of the Village Board and on payment
of all arrears, the expenses and established charges of shutting off
and putting on, and such other terms as the Village Board may determine
and a satisfactory understanding with the party that no further cause
for complaint shall arise. In case of such violation, the Village
Board, furthermore, may declare any payment made for the service by
the party or parties committing such violation to be forfeited, and
the same shall thereupon be forfeited. The right is reserved to the
Village Board to change said rules, regulations, and sewer rates from
time to time as it may deem advisable and to make special rates and
contracts in all proper cases.
(2)
The following rules and regulations for the government
of licensed plumbers, sewer users and others are hereby adopted and
established.
B.
Plumbers. No plumber, pipe fitter, or other person
will be permitted to do any plumbing or pipe fitting work in connection
with the sewer system without first receiving a license from the State
of Wisconsin and obtaining permission from the Village. All service
connections to the sewer main shall comply with the State Plumbing
Code.
C.
Users; mandatory hookup.
(1)
The owner of each parcel of land adjacent to a sewer
main on which there exists a building usable for human occupation,
or in a block through which such system is extended, shall connect
to such system within 30 days of notice in writing from the Village
after sewer service is available. Upon failure to do so, the Village
may cause such connection to be made and bill the property owner for
such costs. If such costs are not paid within 30 days, such notice
shall be assessed as a special tax lien against the property; provided,
however, that the owner may within 30 days after the completion of
the work file a written option with the Village Board stating that
he cannot pay such amount in one sum and asking that it be levied
in not to exceed five equal installments, and the amount shall be
so collected with interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the completion
of the work, the unpaid balance being a special tax lien, all pursuant
to § 281.45, Wis. Stats.
(2)
In lieu of the above, the Village Board at its option
may:
(a)
Impose a penalty for the period that the violation
continues, after 10 days' written notice to any owner failing to make
a connection to the sewer system, of a fine in the amount of $150
per quarter payable quarterly for the period in which the failure
to connect continues, and upon failure to make such payment said charge
shall be assessed as a special tax lien against the property, all
pursuant to § 281.45, Wis. Stats.
(b)
Commence court action to require connection
to the sanitary sewer and to impose such other penalty as this article
provides.
(3)
This article ordains that the failure to connect to
the sewer system is contrary to the minimum health standards of the
Village and fails to assure preservation of public health, comfort,
and safety of the Village residents.
D.
Septic tank prohibited. The maintenance and use of
septic tanks, holding tanks and other private sewage disposal systems
within the area of the Village serviced by its sewer system are hereby
declared to be a public nuisance and a health hazard.
E.
Application for sewer service.
(1)
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections
with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any sewer main or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Village.
(2)
Every person desiring to connect to the sewer system
shall file an application in writing with the Village on such forms
as are prescribed for that purpose. Blanks for such applications will
be furnished at Village Hall. The application must state fully and
truthfully all the wastes which will be discharged. If the applicant
is not the owner of the premises, the written consent of the owner
must accompany the application. Persons connected to the sewer system
of the Shorewood Sewer Utility are referred to herein as "users."
(3)
If it appears that the service applied for will not
provide adequate service for the contemplated use, the Village may
reject the application. If the Village approves the application, it
shall issue a permit for services as shown on the application. Prior
to installation of any service, the applicant shall obtain inspection
permits from the Building Inspector through the office of the Village
Planning and Development Department.[1]
F.
Connection charge. Persons attaching to a sewer main
shall have the lateral from the sewer main installed at their own
expense.
G.
User to keep in repair. All users shall keep their
own service pipes in good repair and protected from frost, at their
own risk and expense, and shall prevent any unnecessary overburdening
of the sewer system. The service pipe shall be defined to be the building
drain and building sewer pipe extending from the building to the property
line.
H.
Backflow preventor. All floor drains in new construction
shall have a backflow prevention valve installed at the owner's expense.
I.
User use only. No user shall allow others or other
services to connect to the sewer system through his or her lateral.
J.
Vacating of premises and discontinuance of service.
Whenever premises served by the system are to be vacated, or whenever
any person desires to discontinue service from the system, the Village
must be notified in writing. The owner of the premises shall be liable
for any damages to the property of the system other than through the
fault of the system or its employees, representatives, or agents.
K.
User to permit inspection. Every user shall permit
the Village of Shorewood or its duly authorized agent, at all reasonable
hours of the day, to enter his or its premises or building to examine
the pipes and fixtures, and the manner in which the drains and sewer
connections operate, and must at all times, frankly and without concealment,
answer all questions put to the user relative to its use, all in accordance
with this article and § 196.171, Wis. Stats.
L.
Utility responsibility. It is expressly stipulated
that no claim shall be made against the Village or acting representative
by reason of the breaking, clogging, stoppage, or freezing of any
service pipes, nor from any damage arising from repairing mains, making
connections or extensions or any other work that may be deemed necessary.
The right is hereby reserved to cut off the service at any time for
the purpose of repairs or any other necessary purpose, any permit
granted or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding. Whenever it
shall become necessary to shut off the sewer within any portion of
the Village, the Village shall, if practicable, give notice to each
and every consumer within the Village of the time when such service
will be shut off.
M.
Excavations. All excavations in streets or highways
for laying municipal service pipe or making repairs shall be handled
by the Village or its designated contractors.
N.
Tapping the mains. No person except the Village or
its designated agents or contractors will be permitted under any circumstances
to tap the mains or collection pipes. Pipes should always be tapped
on top, and not within six inches (15 centimeters) of the joint, or
within 24 inches (60 centimeters) of another lateral connection. All
service connections to mains must comply with the State Plumbing Code.
Lateral connections to existing sewers shall be made with saddles
and by coring the existing sewer or by inserting (cutting in) a wye
or tee into the existing sewer. The wye or tee shall be of the same
pipe material as the existing sewer. The lateral/tee connection shall
be made with approved adapters or couplings.
O.
Installation of house laterals. All service pipes (laterals) on private
property will be installed in accordance with Ch. SPS 382, Wis. Adm.
Code. All laterals shall be inspected.
[Amended 2-25-2008 by Ord. No. 1935; 5-15-2017 by Ord. No. 2077]
P.
Extensions. The Village may extend sewer mains to
a new person(s) in accordance with the following charges and the following
conditions:
(1)
When an extension of a sewer main is required by the
prospective user, said person shall make an application for such an
extension in writing to the Village. The Village shall determine the
length and location of the extension and the Engineer shall design
the extension, taking into consideration the prospective demands for
service, the capacity of downstream facilities, and the orderly development
of the particular area. All sewer extensions shall be constructed
in compliance with local and state laws, ordinances, and regulations.
(2)
The person who requests the extension shall pay the
entire cost of said extension. If more than one user is involved,
the entire cost shall be divided among these users according to the
special assessment policy of the Village.[2] Prior to design of the sewer extensions, the person(s)
requesting the extension shall escrow money in the Village's banking
institution in a dollar amount equal to the estimated project design
and administration costs. This money will not be refunded if the project
does not proceed to construction. Prior to the Village signing contracts
for the project construction, the person(s) requesting the extension
shall escrow in the Village's banking institution a dollar amount
equal to the construction, resident engineering, administration, staking,
and inspection cost for the project.
(3)
After making the decision as to the length and location
of the extension and prior to the time of making the charge to the
person(s), the Village Board shall determine the benefits to be received
by any parcel that can be served by said extension.
(4)
Each user shall pay the full costs of the lateral
from the main to his or its building.
Q.
Septage acceptance location. No septage shall be discharged
to the Village's sewerage system.
R.
Additional authority. The Village may at any time
establish specific connection and lateral charges for any main not
covered by any other provisions in this article. It is further provided
that the Village may amend or alter any connection or lateral charge
after its establishment under the terms of this article or previous
ordinance or resolution.
[Amended 2-25-2008 by Ord. No. 1935]
A.
General discharge prohibitions. No discharger shall
contribute or cause to be discharged, directly or indirectly, any
of the following described substances into the wastewater disposal
system or otherwise to the facilities of the Village:
(1)
Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their
nature or quantity are, or may be, sufficient either alone or by interaction
to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the
operation of the Village wastewater facilities or the Milwaukee Metropolitan
Sewerage District (MMSD) wastewater treatment works.
(2)
Solid or viscous substances which will or may cause
obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the
operation of the wastewater system.
(3)
Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or higher
than 10 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structures, equipment, or personnel of the system.
(4)
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient
quantity, either singly or by interaction, to injure or interfere
with any wastewater treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans
or animals, or to exceed the limitation set forth in state or federal
categorical pretreatment standards. A toxic pollutant shall include
but not be limited to any pollutant identified in the Toxic Pollutant
List set forth in Ch. NR 215, Wis. Adm. Code.
(5)
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases, or solids
which either singly or by interaction are capable of creating a public
nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into
the sewers for their maintenance and repair.
(6)
Any substance which may cause the Village's and/or
MMSD's effluent or treatment residues, sludges, or scums to be unsuitable
for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process.
(7)
Any substance which will cause the Village and/or
MMSD to violate its WPDES and/or other disposal system permits.
(8)
Any substance with objectionable color not removed
in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions.
(9)
Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit
biological activity in the MMSD wastewater treatment works resulting
in interference, but in no case wastewater with a temperature at the
introduction into the publicly owned treatment works which exceeds
40° C (104° F).
(10)
Any slug load, which shall mean any pollutant,
including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), released in a single
extraordinary discharge episode of such volume or strength as to cause
interference to the publicly owned treatment works.
(11)
Any unpolluted water, including but not limited
to noncontact cooling water.
(12)
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes
or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as exceeds limits established
by the approving authority in compliance with applicable state or
federal regulations.
(13)
Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human
life or creates a public nuisance.
(14)
Any stormwater, surface water, groundwater,
roof runoff or surface drainage or any other connections from inflow
sources to the sanitary sewer. Such waters may be discharged to a
storm sewer or other waterway with permission of the Village.
(15)
Any discharge into the sanitary sewerage system
that is in violation of the MMSD's ordinances and WPDES permit and
the modifications thereof.
B.
Limitations on wastewater strength.
(1)
National categorical pretreatment standards. National
categorical pretreatment standards as promulgated by the Unites States
Environmental Protection Agency shall be met by all dischargers of
the regulated industrial categories.
(2)
State requirements. State requirements and limitations
on discharges to the publicly owned treatment works shall be met by
all dischargers which are subject to such standards in any instance
in which they are more stringent than federal requirements and limitations
or those in this article or any other applicable ordinance.
(3)
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) requirements.
MMSD requirements and limitations on discharges to MMSD's publicly
owned treatment works shall be met by all dischargers.
(4)
Right of revision. The approving authority reserves
the right to amend this article to provide for more stringent limitations
or requirements on discharges to the publicly owned treatment works
where deemed necessary to comply with the objectives set forth in
this article.
(5)
Dilution. No discharger shall increase the use of
potable or process water in any way nor mix separate waste streams
for the purpose of diluting a discharge as a partial or complete substitute
for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the standards set
forth in this article.
(6)
Supplementary limitations.
(a)
No discharger shall discharge wastewater containing
concentrations (and/or mass limitations) above MMSD standards.
(b)
The approving authority may impose mass limitations
on dischargers which are using dilution to meet the pretreatment standards
or requirements of this article or in other cases where the imposition
of mass limitations is deemed appropriate by the approving authority.
(7)
Accidental discharges.
(a)
Each discharger shall provide protection from
accidental discharge of prohibited or regulated materials or substances
established by this article. Where necessary, facilities to prevent
accidental discharge of prohibited materials shall be provided and
maintained at the discharger's cost and expense. Detailed plans showing
facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall
be submitted to the approving authority for review and shall be approved
by the approving authority before construction of the facility. Review
and approval of such plans and operating procedures by the approving
authority shall not relieve the discharger from the responsibility
to modify its facility as necessary to meet the requirements of this
article.
(b)
Dischargers shall notify the approving authority
immediately upon the occurrence of a slug load or accidental discharge
of substances prohibited by this article. The notification shall include
location of discharge, date and time thereof, type of waste, concentration
and volume, and corrective actions. Any discharger which discharges
a slug load of prohibited materials shall be liable for any expense,
loss or damage to the Village's wastewater facilities or the Milwaukee
Metropolitan Sewerage District's wastewater treatment works, in addition
to the amount of any fines imposed on the approving authority on account
thereof under state or federal law.
(c)
Signs shall be permanently posted in conspicuous
places on the discharger's premises advising employees whom to call
in the event of a slug or accidental discharge. Employers shall instruct
all employees who may cause or discover such a discharge with respect
to the emergency notification procedure.
A.
Authority. Pursuant to § 281.57(8)(c), Wis.
Stats., the Village of Shorewood is authorized and directed to establish
a system of equitable user charges for the operation and maintenance
of the local sewer system for which the user fee system shall be in
compliance with Title II of the Federal Act (Public Law 92-500, as
amended) and the rules promulgated under the Federal Act.
B.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to enable
the Village of Shorewood to establish and collect from users within
the municipality those charges which represent the proportionate contribution
of such users (or user classes) and the user's proportionate share
of the total operation and maintenance costs (including replacement
costs) of the Village's local sewer collection and conveyance systems
and the cost of sewage treatment by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage
District (MMSD). Such system of charges shall be based upon the user's
(or user classes') proportionate contribution to the total from all
users (or user classes).
C.
Definitions and policy.
(1)
BILLABLE FLOW
CAPITAL CHARGES (LOCAL)
DOMESTIC-STRENGTH WASTEWATER
NORMAL USER
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
REPLACEMENT COSTS
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
Definitions. The following terms shall have the following
meanings under this section:
The volume of sewage determined to be discharged into the
sanitary sewer system for treatment. Billable flows may be determined
using metered water usage, deduct meters, sewage meters, or any other
method determined by the Village to be the most cost-effective method
to accurately determine sewage discharge.
Includes all costs associated with repayment of debt and/or
the construction of new or replacement facilities associated with
the Village's wastewater collection system.
Wastewater with concentrations of BOD equal to or less than
310 milligrams per liter, or TSS equal to or less than 370 milligrams
per liter. These concentrations are established by MMSD and are subject
to revision by MMSD.
A user whose contributions to the wastewater treatment facility
consist only of domestic-strength wastewater originating from a house,
apartment, condominium, or other living quarters occupied by a person
or persons constituting a distinct household, business or commercial
enterprise.
Includes all costs associated with the operation and maintenance
of the wastewater collection system and treatment facilities (treatment
charges to the Village by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District).
Includes all costs necessary to accumulate the resources
to replace equipment as required to maintain capacity and performance
during the design life of the sewer system. A separate, segregated,
distinct replacement fund shall be established and used for only replacement
of any qualifying local sewage equipment.
A service charge levied on users of the sewerage system and
treatment facilities for payment of capital expenses as well as the
operation, maintenance and treatment costs, including replacement
of said facilities.
(2)
Policy. It shall be the policy of the Village Board
to obtain sufficient revenues to pay the costs of Village operation,
maintenance, and replacement of the sewer conveyance facilities and
sewage treatment charges billed to the Village by MMSD. The system
shall assure that each user of the sewerage system facilities pays
a proportionate share of the cost of such facilities.
D.
Basis for service charge.
(1)
The minimum facilities charge billing shall be sufficient
to pay both MMSD's connection charge and the Village's own billing/customer-related
administration expenses. The unit price per volume shall be sufficient
to pay the remaining annual costs of operation, maintenance, and replacement
of the cost to provide sewage service.
(2)
The rates in this section shall be reviewed not less
than biennially. Rates shall be adjusted, as required, to reflect
actual number and size of users and actual costs. Users will be notified
annually of the portion of service charges attributable to operation
and maintenance.
(3)
The sewer service charges shall be subject to revision
based on changes in local Village costs or as a result of changes
in the rates charged the Village by MMSD.
E.
Sewer service charges. A sewer service charge is hereby
imposed upon each lot, parcel of land, building, or premises served
by the public sewer and wastewater facilities or otherwise discharging
sewage, including industrial wastes, into the public sewerage system.
Such sewer service charge shall be payable as hereinafter provided
and in an amount determinable as follows:
(1)
Effective
beginning January 1, 2022:
[Amended 6-21-2010 by Ord. No. 1962; 2-4-2013 by Ord. No. 2017; 10-20-2014 by Ord. No. 2042; 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 3008; 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 3026]
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Domestic Sewage
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Rate
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Quarterly facilities charge/connection
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$13.30
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Volume charge per 100 cubic feet
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$7
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Volume charge per 1,000 gallons
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$9.35
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Flat rate for unmetered customers (based on 30 CCF/quarter)
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$224.30
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F.
Reassignment of sewer users. The Village will reassign
sewer users into appropriate sewer service charge categories based
on MMSD criteria and guidelines.
G.
Payment of charges.
(1)
Payment. Sewer service charges provided for in this
section shall be included as separate items on the regular bill for
water service which are billed either monthly or quarterly at the
convenience of the Village. Sewer service charges shall be payable
at the same time that the water bills become due, and payment for
water service shall not be accepted without full payment of the sewer
service charges. All bills shall be payable to the Village, at the
office of the Treasurer, Village of Shorewood, 3930 N. Murray Avenue,
Shorewood, WI 53211, or at any other officially designated location.
(2)
Penalty. Payment of sewer user charges shall be made by the date
for which the charges become due. A penalty of 1.0% per month of any
outstanding balances shall be added to all bills not paid by the date
fixed for final payment.
[Amended 8-14-2017 by Ord. No. 2081]
(3)
Charges a lien. All sewage charges shall be a lien
upon the property service pursuant to § 66.0821(4), Wis.
Stats., and shall be collected in the manner therein provided.
(4)
User certification. In the event that a user fails
to certify data or in the event that the user's certification is materially
inaccurate, or in the event that there has been a substantial change
in data since the date of the user's last certification, the Village
shall notify the user that the verification data as set forth pursuant
to MMSD rules and regulations shall be used to determine the charge
due for the current billing period and all future billing periods
until the user submits a new or updated certified statement.
(5)
User certification verification. Should inspection
or verification by MMSD or the Village reveal that any statement certified
by a user is materially inaccurate, the Village shall redetermine
the proper charge due and forward a new bill for the deficiency to
the user. This deficiency billing shall be retroactive to the due
date or dates on the bills which were based upon the inaccurate certification
information, and interest charges shall be applied to each deficiency
as provided above.
A.
Damages. 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 sewerage system. Any person violating this provision shall
be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
B.
Written notice of violation. Any person connected
to the sewerage system found to be violating a provision of this article
shall be served by the Village with a written notice stating the nature
of the violation and providing a reasonable time for the satisfactory
correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time
stated in such notice, permanently cease all violation.
C.
Accidental discharge. Any person found to be responsible
for accidentally allowing a deleterious discharge into the sewer system
which causes damage to the sewerage system and/or MMSD treatment facility
and/or receiving body of water shall, in addition to a fine, pay the
amount to cover all damages.
D.
Accidental discharge reporting. Any person responsible
for an accidental discharge, that may have a detrimental impact on
the sewerage system, shall immediately report the nature and amount
of the discharge to the Village.
E.
Continued violations. Any person, partnership, or
corporation, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof, who or which
shall continue any violation beyond the aforesaid notice time limit
provided shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $25
nor more than $500 per day of continued violation, together with the
costs of prosecution. Each day in which any violation is continued
beyond the aforesaid notice time limit shall be deemed a separate
offense. Such forfeitures are in addition to the user charges due
to the Village. Nothing in this article shall preclude the Village
from maintaining an appropriate action in Circuit Court to prevent
or remove a violation of any provision of this article or collect
forfeitures pursuant thereto.
F.
Liability to Village for losses. Any person violating
any provision of this article shall become liable to the Village for
any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by reason of such violation
which the Village may suffer as a result thereof.
G.
Damage recovery. The system shall have the right of
recovery from all persons of any expense incurred by said system for
the repair or replacement of any part of the sewerage system damaged
in any manner by any person by the performance of any work under his
or her control or by any negligent acts.
H.
Appeal procedures. Any user affected by any decision,
action, or determination, including cease and desist orders, made
by the interpreting or implementing of provisions of this article
may file with the Village Manager a written request for reconsideration
within 10 days of the date of such decision, action, or determination,
setting forth in detail the facts supporting the user's request for
reconsideration. The appeal procedures with respect to any actions
taken by the Village shall be accomplished pursuant to appeal procedures
of the MMSD Rules and Regulations.
