07-Ordinance establishing residential and commercial water and sewer rates

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COMMERCIAL/IND USTRIAL CLASS BASE COST FOR FIRST METER SIZE INCREMENT (Inches) (In Cubic Feet) 3/4 or less $ 14.80 for first 200 1 through 2 $ 51.82 for first 1000 Larger than 2 $104.83 for first 2,000 SERVICE IN EXCESS OF BASE (For Each Additiona1100 Cubic Feet) $ 4.68 $ 4.68 $ 4.68 (b) Monthly residential customers' wastewater volume for purposes of assessing the sewer charge shall be based upon one hundred percent (100%) of the actual metered potable water consumption averaged for the preceding November, January, and February consumption, which shall be known as the "flat winter average." Customers that do not have recorded water usage for each of the winter average months will have their winter average calculated based on the residential class average of 650 cubic feet. Monthly commercial and industrial customers' wastewater volume shall be based upon one hundred (100) percent of the actual metered potable water consumption, except those customers whose wastewater is metered, and their volume shall be based upon one hundred (100) percent of the metered wastewater. The former shall be billed for one hundred (100) percent of the metered potable water and the latter shall be billed for one hundred (100) percent of the metered wastewater. (c) Users desiring to discharge sewage into the City's sewerage system, the strength of which sewage exceeds two hundred fifty (250) parts per million biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), two hundred fifty (250) parts per million of total suspended solids, (TSS), or thirty (30) parts per million of ammonia (NH3), and which is acceptable under Article III of this chapter, may do so upon written permission of the city and by paying a monthly treatment charge in the amount of ninety cents ($0.90) per pound of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in excess of the allowable biochemical oxygen demand (BOD); thirty-seven cents ($0.37) per pound of total suspended solids (TSS) in excess of the allowable total suspended solids (TSS); and seventeen cents ($0.17) per pound of ammonia (NH3 ) in excess of the allowable ammonia strength. The city shall make the necessary tests of the user's sewage strength to determine this charge. The charge prescribed by this subsection shall be in addition to the charges prescribed in subsection (a) hereof." Section 4. That the water and sewer rates established in Sections 2 and 3 above shall be effective with July 1, 2011 consumption, and will be reflected in water and sewer billings beginning August 1, 2011. Page 3 of 4 27)