§ 26-60. Rates for service inside city limits.

The following schedules of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the basis for determining charges to customers as specified for rendering wastewater service, where the wastewater produced by such customer is normal sewage and where such customer is located within the city:

(1)

A minimum charge of twelve dollars and sixty-eight cents ($12.68) shall be charged to all wastewater customers for each residential or business occupancy; provided, however, if multiple occupancies are served with a single water meter, the minimum charge shall be computed at ninety (90) percent of dwelling units, business occupancies or mobile homes, whichever is applicable, times the minimum charge established herein for individual customers.

For commercial accounts only, an additional minimum or base charge is added as follows: meter sizes of one (1) inch or smaller add two dollars ($2.00) and meter sizes greater than one (1) inch add five dollars ($5.00). The two dollar ($2.00) and five dollar ($5.00) charge shall be computed for multiple occupancy businesses as previously described in this section.

(2)

A monthly volume charge shall also be charged to all wastewater customers in the amount of four dollars and seven cents ($4.07) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water used or wastewater produced as more specifically set forth hereinafter.

(3)

A monthly volume charge for residential class customers will be based on the individual customer's average monthly water use during the preceding winter quarter months of December, January and February, but in no event shall the volume used to compute this monthly charge exceed twelve thousand (12,000) gallons. The volumes used to compute these charges are based on the amount of water used by the residential class customer as registered by the meter. Where no preceding winter quarter average is available from records, the water and sewer department shall estimate a volume to be used for this monthly volume charge, such estimated volume not to exceed twelve thousand (12,000) gallons. If the monthly volume of water used by residential class customers for any single month is less than the aforementioned winter quarter average, the monthly volume charge for that month will be based on this lesser volume.

(4)

The monthly charges to commercial and industrial class customers will be based on total water use as measured by appropriate meters, with the provision that if a customer can show to the satisfaction of the director of public works that a significant portion of the metered water usage does not enter the sanitary sewers, the customer will be charged for only that volume entering the sewers, as determined by a method approved by the director of public works.

(5)

No sewer service shall be provided to any customer outside the city except on specifically expressed consent by the city council.

(Code 1965, § 26-24; Ord. No. 1150, § 1, 9-26-86; Ord. No. 1237, § 2, 10-11-88; Ord. No. 1254, § 2, 10-10-89; Ord. No. 1297, § 2, 9-25-90; Ord. No. 1347, § 2, 9-24-91; Ord. No. 1379, § 2, 9-22-92; Ord. No. 1421, § 2, 10-12-93; Ord. No. 1456, § 2, 9-27-94; Ord. No. 1514, § 2, 9-15-95; Ord. No. 1550, § 2, 9-24-96; Ord. No. 1593, § 2, 9-23-97; Ord. No. 1645, § 2, 9-22-98; Ord. No. 1698, § 1, 9-28-99; Ord. No. 1800, § 2, 9-25-01; Ord. No. 1884, § 2, 9-23-03; Ord. No. 1929, § 2, 9-28-04; Ord. No. 1963, § 2, 9-27-05; Ord. No. 1997, § 2, 9-26-06; Ord. No. 2032, § 2, 9-25-07; Ord. No. 2074, § 2, 9-23-08; Ord. No. 2183, § 3, 9-27-11; Ord. No. 2189, § 1, 1-10-12; Ord. No. 2216, § 2, 9-25-12; Ord. No. 2243, § 2, 9-24-13; Ord. No. 2263, § 2, 9-23-14; Ord. No. 2298, § 2, 9-29-15; Ord. No. 2333, § 2, 9-27-16; Ord. No. 2371, § 2, 9-26-17, eff. 11-1-17; Ord. No. 2395, § 3, 9-25-18)