§ 18-4.3. Charge Imposed.

a.

Single family dwelling units shall pay a per unit monthly charge in accordance with the fee schedule set by City Council Resolution.

b.

Multiple dwelling units shall pay a per unit monthly charge in accordance with the fee schedule set by City Council Resolution.

c.

All nonresidential accounts, including but not limited to commercial, institutional and industrial users shall pay a use charge in accordance with the fee schedule set by City Council Resolution. In no case shall the total annual charge for each account be less than the charge for a multiple dwelling unit.

d.

The applicable volume of water upon which the rates established and assessed in paragraph c. are based shall be determined as follows:

1.

For premises where water received from any source is not consumed in manufacturing or otherwise removed from the premises other than via the sewer, the sewer service charge shall be applied to the total amount of water used from all sources, as determined by the City.

2.

For premises where a portion of the water received from all sources does not enter the sewers, because of manufacturing or removal by other means, the sewer service charge shall be applied to the volume of water discharge from such premises into the sewer, as determined by the City. The burden of proving that all water used does not enter the sewer shall be on the user.

(Ord. No. 2084 N.S.; Ord. No. 2399 N.S.; Ord. No. 2669 N.S. § 2)

(Ord. No. 3019 N.S, § 5, 7-20-2010; Ord. No. 3126 N.S., § 5, 6-2-2015)