9639-05 Amend Chapter 17 - Sewage Rates

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Unmetered Monthly Rate Per Single Family Residential Dwelling Unit $~6~3 $~6~ 21.98 25.28 28.06 30.59 (2) For the service rendered to the City of South Bend said City shall be subject to the same rates and charges established in harmony therewith. (3) In order to recover the cost of monitoring industrial wastes, the City shall charge the user not less than $100.00 per sampling event plus the actual cost for collecting and analyzing the sample(s) as determined by the City or by an independent laboratory. This charge will be reviewed on the same basis as all other rates and charges in this ordinance. (c) .Former Wholesale Users. (1) Billing for sewage services to previously designated Class II wholesale users shall be in accordance with the executed intermunicipal contract for wastewater treatment services, . such contracts shall not be extended after their expiration dates due to elimination of the wholesale class of users. This shall not affect authority to enter special rate contracts as provided in Section 17-29 of this Chapter. Section III. Chapter 17, Article 2, Division 4, Section 17-23 of the South Bend Municipal Code be and hereby is amended to read as follows: Section 17-23. Heavy demand surcharge. (a) In order that the rates and charges may be justly and equitably adjusted to the service rendered to users, the City shall base its charges not only on the volume, but also on strength and character of the stronger- than-normal domestic sewage and wastes which it is required to treat and dispose of. The City shall require the user to determine the strength and content of all sewage and wastes discharged, either directly or indirectly into the sanitary sewage system, in such manner, by such method and at such times as the City may deem practicable in light of the conditions and attending circumstances of the case, in order to determine the proper charge. The user shall furnish a central sampling point available to the City at all times. (b) Normal sewage domestic waste strength should not exceed ammonia-nitrogen in excess of twenty-five (25) milligrams per liter of fluid, suspended solids in excess of two hundred fifty (250) milligrams per liter of fluid, biochemical oxygen demand in excess of two hundred fifty (250) milligrams per liter of fluid, or phosphorus in excess of ten (10) milligrams per liter of fluid. Additional charges for treating stronger-than- normal domestic waste shall be made on the following basis: €h~i~-