§ 13.16.150. Schedule of charges.

A monthly service charge based on one residential equivalent shall be established by a resolution of the city council. All rates computed using the following formulas may be rounded to the nearest ten cents. Amendments or changes of any type or nature may be made annually upon proper notice and procedures by a resolution of the city council. Rates for various uses shall be determined as follows:

A.

Un-metered services and all single-family residences and multi-family residences:

Rate Schedule

Low Strength Wastes			Charge Units	Factor
1.	Single-family residences		Units	1.0
2.	Multifamily residences		Units	0.90
3.	Nonresidential users, low strength wastes:
	a.	Airports, Greyhound depot	Passenger	0.013
	b.	Auto sales, churches, dry goods store, farmers machinery sales	1,000 SF	0.195
	c.	Barber shops, beauty	Chairs	0.163
	d.	Bus storage/repair, church/schools, cold storage, grocery without garbage disposal, dry cleaners, library, garage, service station, fire department	1,000 SF	0.325
	e.	Conference hall, theatres	Capacity	0.010
	f.	Dance/karate schools	Student	0.003
	g.	Laundry mat	Machine	0.650
	h.	Medical/dental office, recycle plant, concrete plant	Employee	0.130
	i.	Motels	Rooms	0.195
	j.	Nursing homes	Beds	.325
	k.	Offices	Employee	0.163
	l.	Schools	Student	0.043
4.	Nonresidential users, medium strength wastes:
	a.	Auto paint shop, printing shop, markets with garbage disposal	1,000 SF	0.430
	b.	Bars/taverns	Capacity	0.129
	c.	Shopping center, convenience stores, convenience/service station	1,000 SF	1.860
	d.	VFW, Elks club, social club	1,000 SF	2.150
5.	High strength wastes:
	a.	Bakeries	1,000 SF	3.210
	b.	Restaurants	Capacity	0.180
	c.	Mortuaries with embalming	1,000 SF	2.568
6.	Minimum rate: All users shall pay the larger of the rate determined by the above schedule or the rate for a single multi-family unit.

 

For un-metered accounts multiply rate schedule factor lines times number of charge units times single family units rates.

B.

Metered accounts, except single-family and multi-family residences:

Low strength = 0.108 per 1,000 gallons of water used times single-family rate.
Airports	Markets w/o garbage disposals
Animal kennel	Medical/dental offices
Auditorium/amusement	Mortuaries w/o embalming
Auto repair	Motels w/o restaurants
Auto/motorcycle sales	Nursery/greenery
Banks/financial institutions	Nursing home
Barber shops	Office buildings
Bars/taverns w/o restaurants	Parks
Beauty shops	Professional buildings
Car wash	Retail stores
Churches	Rooming houses w/o restaurant
Dry cleaning	RV/trailer parks
Dry goods store	Schools/colleges
Golf course/camp/park	Service stations
Health spa/fitness gym	Storage units
Hospitals	Theaters
Hotel w/o restaurants	Upholstery shop
Laundromats	Used car lots
Lumber yard	Warehouses
Medium strength = 0.143 per 1,000 gallons of water used times single-family rate.
Auto paint shop
Boarding houses w/restaurants
Bowling alley/skating rink
Bars/motels/hotels w/restaurants
Commercial laundries
Concrete mix plant
Convenience store
Flower shop
Markets w/garbage disposals, print shop
Regional malls/shopping centers
Service station/convenience store
High Strength = 0.214 per 1,000 gallons of water used times single-family rate.
Auto steam cleaning
Bakeries
Industrial laundries
Mortuaries w/embalming
Restaurants

 

C.

Prisons, correctional facilities, industrial users with flows greater than twenty-five thousand gallons per day, and others uses that do not conform to any of the above categories shall be determined by the following formula:

Monthly rate= Single-Family Rate x Flow x (0.067+ .00013 x BOD + .000084 x SS ),

Where flow is expressed in thousand gallons and BOD and SS are measured in parts per million. All users greater than twenty-five thousand gallons per day shall be monitored for periodic measurement of BOD and suspended solids as approved by the city manager.

D.

Septic Wastes. Fees for acceptance of wastes by septic haulers shall be established shall be established by a resolution of the city council and may include a separate billing and handling charge in addition to volume and strength charges. Unless determined otherwise by the city, septic wastes may be assumed to contain eight thousand ppm of BOD and fifteen thousand ppm of suspended solids.

E.

Metered user accounts may, at the request of the user, be sampled and analyzed for determination of actual wastewater strength and may be re-classified with regards to user strength as approved by the city manager. The city council may by resolution set a fee for sampling and evaluating a user's strength classification.

(Ord. 913 (part), 1991).

(Ord. No. 2008-1191, § 1, 12-1-2008)