New Franklin Classification of Users ordinance (§ 705.330)

A. Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on his/her use of the treatment works as determined by water meter(s) acceptable to the City.

B. For residential contributors, monthly user charges will be based on monthly water usage.

C. For industrial and commercial contributors, user charges shall be based on water used during the current month. If a commercial or industrial contributor has a consumptive use of water or in some other manner uses water which is not returned to the wastewater collection system, the user charge for that contributor may be based on a wastewater meter(s) or separate water meter(s) installed and maintained at the contributor's expense and in a manner acceptable to the City.

D. A monthly charge of eight dollars fifty cents ($8.50) which covers costs of billing and collection, debt retirement of borrowed capital and replacement of sewers only shall be included as the minimum charge per month as set by the City. In addition, each contributor shall pay a user charge rate for operation and maintenance including replacement of two dollars seventy-five cents ($2.75) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water as determined in the following Sections.

E. For those contributors who contribute wastewater, the strength of which is greater than normal domestic sewage, a surcharge in addition to the normal user charge will be collected. The surcharge for operation and maintenance including replacement is:

$.035 per pound BOD

$.174 per pound SS

F. Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent from the City's treatment works or any user which discharges any substances which singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of the treatment works shall pay for such increased costs. The charge to each such user shall be as determined by the responsible plant operating personnel and approved by the Board.

G. The user charge rates established by ordinance shall apply to all users in the City regardless of their location.