Amending Chapter 17 to Increase Waste Discharge Rate from $0.06 to $0.151 per Gallon

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ORDINANCE NO. L ()2 el l —t AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AMENDING CHAPTER 17 ARTICLE 2, SECTION 17 -27.1 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCREASE WASTE DISCHARGE RATE FROM $0.06 TO $0.151 PER GALLON STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT On November 11, 2013, the South Bend Common Council passed Ordinance #10271 -13 which reinserted Chapter 17, Article 2, Section 17.27.1 into the South Bend Municipal Code. That Section of the Municipal Code had been inadvertently eliminated in 2011 by a previous Municipal Code revision which was required by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water Act. When Chapter 17, Article 2 Section 17 -27.1 was reinserted in the South Bend Municipal Code in 2013, it retained the original charge of $0.06 per gallon to haulers of septic waste who desire to discharge such waste at the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant. That charge should be increased to $0.151 per gallon, consistent with Subsection (2) of Section 17.27.1, i.e., that "the rates and charges for hauled septic waste shall be subject to the same rate adjustments as unmetered sewage rate for Class I users as described in subsection 17- 21(b)." Applying the same adjustment to hauled septic rates as has been applied to unmetered Class I users, the result is a charge of $0.151 per gallon. This ordinance effectuates that change in rate. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA as follows: Section I. Chapter 17, Article 2, Section 17 -27.1 subpart (c)(1) of the South Bend Municipal Code be and hereby is amended to read as follows: Sec 17.-27.1. Hauled septic tank waste and similar liquid waste discharge requirements and rates. (c) Rates and charges. (1) Each hauler of septic tank waste shall be required to complete discharge records at the plant indicating the origin of location(s) for each tanker discharged. Charges shall be six een4s ($0.06) fifteen and one tenth cents ($0.151) per gallon on a full tanker basis. The hauler shall be charged the full tanker volume for each discharge, regardless of actual discharge volume, unless the City installs metering. At that time, charges shall be six ee 4s'6) fifteen and one tenth cents ($0.151) per gallon as metered.