§ 38-227. User charge system.

(a)

Persons making discharges of industrial waste into the city system shall pay a charge to cover all costs of collection and treatment.

(b)

When discharges of any waste into the city system are approved by the approving authority, the city or its authorized representative shall enter into an agreement or arrangement providing:

(1)

Terms of acceptance by the city;

(2)

Payment by the person making the discharge, in accordance with the user charge system as established in subsection (e) of this section;

(3)

Sewer connection procedures and requirements shall be in accordance with the latest revision of the state sanitary code, chapter X-A, plumbing, as prepared and promulgated by the state office of health services and environmental quality;

(4)

A sewer application approved with connection fee paid; and

(5)

Construction of sewer connections shall be approved by city inspectors prior to sewer use.

(c)

Each user of the wastewater treatment system will be notified, at least annually, in conjunction with a regular sewer bill, of the rate and that portion of user charges or ad valorem taxes which are attributable to the operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment system.

(d)

The city will apply excess revenues collected from a class of users to the cost of operation and maintenance attributable to that class for the next year and adjust the rates accordingly.

(e)

Each user of the city's sewage collection system shall be charged a monthly sewer service charge that shall be in an amount as established by the mayor and city council from time to time.

(1)

User charges shall be added to monthly statements for water service;

(2)

Any water meter that is not connected to the sewer system may be exempted from the sewer use charge upon approval of the approving authority.

(f)

The user charge rate shall be in an amount as established by the mayor and city council from time to time.

(g)

The rate shall be adjusted annually upon receipt of the annual audit report.

(Code 1968, § 20-100; Ord. No. 440, § 15, 10-21-1980)