Amending Various Sections of Chapter 17 Adjust Sewer Rates and Charges Incrementally Through 2016

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Section I. Chapter 17, Article 2, Division 4, Section 17 -20 of the South Bend Municipal Code be and hereby is amended to read as follows: Section 17 -20. Rates established. Every person whose premises are served by said sewage works shall be charged for the service provided. These charges are established in order that the sewage works shall recover revenue which is proportional to its use of the treatment works in terms of volume and load. User charges are levied to defray the cost of operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the treatment works. User charges are subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register February 17, 1984 (40 C.F.R. 35.2140). Replacement costs, which are recovered through the system of user charges, shall be based upon the expected useful life of the sewage works equipment. Section II. Chapter 17, Article 2, Division 4, Section 17 -21 of the -South Bend Municipal Code be and hereby is amended to read as follows: Section 17 -21. Sewage rates determination. (a) Generally. For the use of the service rendered by sewage works, rates and charges shall be collected from the owners of each and every lot, parcel or real estate or building that is connected with the City sanitary system or otherwise discharges sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly, into the sanitary sewage system of the City of South Bend. Such rates and charges include user charges, debt service costs, excessive strength surcharges and other service charges, which rates and charges shall be payable as hereinafter provided. (b) Schedule of Rates and Charges (1) The sewage rates and charges shall be based on the quantity of water used on or in the property or premises subject to such rates and charges as the same is measured by the water meter there in use, plus a base charge based on the size of water meter installed, except as herein otherwise provided. For the purpose of billing and collecting the charges for sewage service, the water meters shall be read monthly and the users shall be billed each month (or period equaling a month). The water usage schedule on which the amount of said rates and charges shall be determined is as follows: