Columbia Classification of users ordinance (§ 22-262)

(a) All users of the wastewater treatment system are hereby classified in the following manner:

(1) Residential. A residential user is a user of a dwelling unit that is connected to the city's sanitary sewer system and served by one (1) water meter.

(2) Nonresidential. Nonresidential users are all users of the city's sanitary sewer system that are not residential users.

(3) Excepted. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, no user shall receive sewage service charges if the director has evidence that:

a. Water usage to the user's premises is metered and diverted from entering the wastewater system;

b. Water service to the user's premises is shut off; or

c. The user's premises is otherwise shown not to be contributing wastewater to the city's sanitary sewer system.

(b) Revenue received from sewage service charges shall be accounted for according to the above customer classifications.