Fixing the Schedule of Rates and Charges to be Collected by the City of South Bend from the Owners of Property - Sewage Disposal Works

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record, then the quantity of water used may be determined in such manner as the Board of Public Works and Safety may elect. (d) The quantity of water obtained from sources other than the municipal waterworks and discharged into the public sanitary sewer system, may be determined by the City in such manner as the Board of Public Works and Safety shall elect, and the sewage treatment service may be billed at the above rates. (e) Such rates and charges shall be applied to the water consumption billed after this ordinance shall have been placed in effect except as herein otherwise provided. In order that there be no sewage service charge to residential water consumers for water used in lawn sprinkling, the sewage service bill for each of the months of May, June, July, August, September and October shall be an amount equal-to the average of the sewage service.., . billings of the preceding-months of November, December, January, February,_ March and April._ Averages resulting in fractions of One Hundred (100) cubic feet shall be raised to the next whole number of One Hundred (100) cubic feet.in computing the billing for the-said months of May, June,, July,. August, September and October. At the option of the City the charge..for. the month of May may be equal to the charge of the preceding November, June equal to the preceding December, July equal to the preceding Janu- ary, August equal to the preceding February, September equal to the preceding'March, and October equal to the preceding April, making the aggregate charges for May, June, July, August, September and October equal to the aggregate charges for the preceding November, December, January, February, March and April. Residential users of water billed for sewage service for the first time in the months of May, June, July, August, September and October shall be billed the minimum charge. Provided, however, nothing herein contained shall prevent the owner or occupant of any residential premise from electing to pay for sewage service on the basis of water used in every month, in the manner herein provided, if such owner or occupant makes application in writing to pay on this basis and 3