2011-07 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 74 - SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AND CONNECTIONS

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Decatur, and the City may file suit to collect the same in addition to the imposition of any fine or service shut offp rovided for elsewhere herein. 10. RATE. (A) The sewer user charge shall be set at the rate in Table 1 below per one hundred cubic feet of water used, except as expressly provided elsewhere in this section. Water use shall be determined as per the provisions of Chapter 64 of this City Code for those lots, buildings and premises which are furnished water by the City pursuant thereto, and as adjusted by Section 11. Table 1 Billing Date Sewer User Charge Rate May 1, 2011 to April 30, 2012 $0.46 May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013 $0.58 May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014 $0.70 May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015 $0.82 May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016 $0.94 After May 1, 2016 Rates to be recommended as provide in Section 10(B) (B) The sewer user charge rate shall be reviewed annually by the City Manager or his designee and any changes to said rates shall be presented and recommended to the City Council as part of the proposed annual City budget for Council review and approval. (C) Water users with water provided by the City of Decatur and which suffer significant loss or evaporation of such water during the use thereof, upon a showing of same satisfactory to the Department of Public Works, may be billed for water used at a lesser total usage than that determined for purposes of said Chapter 64 and which lesser total reflects water lost to such use or evaporation. Any such reduction as provided for herein must be agreed to between the City and the user. (D) The rate of the sewer user charge for those lots, buildings and premises which are not furnished water by the City of Decatur or any other Public Water Supply shall be at the rate set in Table 2 per month. Table 2 Billing Date Sewer User Charge Rate May 1, 2011 to April 30, 2012 $3.11 May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013 $3.92 May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014 $4.74 May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015 $5.55 May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016 $6.36 After May 1, 2016 Rates to be recommended as provide in Section 10(B)