Fayette Sewer Rates ordinance (§ 700.210)

A. Sewer rates for the City of Fayette are hereby established as follows:

1. Users - Inside City Limits:

a. Minimum charge: twenty-three dollars and eighteen cents ($23.18).

b. Rate/1,000 gallons: seven dollars and twenty-one cents ($7.21).

2. Users - Outside City Limits:

a. Minimum charge: twenty-five dollars and forty-nine cents ($25.49).

b. Rate/1,000 gallons: seven dollars and ninety-three cents ($7.93).

B. Sewer Hookup Charges Inside City Limits. The charge of two hundred seventy-five ($275.00) will be paid to the utility office before any connections are made to the City's water main. In addition, the following charges will apply, as appropriate:

1. A single-family dwelling: one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175.00).

2. A duplex: one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175.00) per unit.

3. Multi-family apartment: three hundred dollars ($300.00) plus seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per unit.

4. Commercial building (domestic service): three hundred dollars ($300.00) for one hookup.

5. Commercial building other than domestic use: three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) (for over two-inch service, the charge will be time and material).

6. Commercial motel/hotel: three hundred dollars ($300.00) plus twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per unit.

7. Commercial car wash: five hundred dollars ($500.00).

8. Industrial Connection: five hundred dollars ($500.00).

9. Industrial pretreatment permit: one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) plus reimbursement for direct outside lab tests.

10. Sewer cap: ten dollars ($10.00).

C. Sewer Hookup Charges Outside City Limits:

1. Single-family dwelling: time and material.

2. Duplex; time and material.

3. Multi-family apartments: time and material.

4. Commercial building (domestic service): time and material.

5. Commercial building other than domestic use: time and material.

6. Commercial motel/hotel: time and material.

7. Commercial car wash - time and material.

8. Industrial connection - time and material.

9. Industrial pretreatment permit: time and material.

10. Sewer cap: time and material.

D. Charges For Special Waste Treatment Services.

1. Leachate: three cents ($0.03) per gallon.

2. Septic waste: eight cents ($0.08) per gallon.

3. Recreational vehicle waste: ten dollars ($10.00) per dump.

4. Other special waste: ten cents ($0.10) per gallon.

E. Unusually Complex Construction. Where the proposed construction is of such a complexity that the cost to the City of obtaining the services of outside engineers, architects or consultants to review construction plans or perform services exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the appropriate fee, the City may charge the builder/developer/owner the additional costs required due to the complexity of the construction. The amount of the charge shall be no greater than the actual charges of the outside professional which exceed fifty percent (50%) of the applicable fee.

F. The Board of Aldermen reserves the right to negotiate the rates to further economic development of the City in appropriate circumstances.