HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6128 05/16/2005
ORDINANCE NO. 6128 (GENERAL)
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AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING SANITARY SEWER CHARGES INCLUDING RATES AND
AMENDING SECTION 4.206 OF THE SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Section 4.206 of the Springfield Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
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(1) The sanitary sewer rates specified in this section shall be based on volume determined
as follows:
(a) By actual measurement of the sewage discharged based on effluent flow metered at the expense of
the user. (The city may require a user to install metering and/or sampling equipment when the city
determines that such equipment is essential for proper monitoring of the quantity and quality of the
industrial effluent.); or
(b) By metered water consumption.
(i) Actual metered water consumption for sewer user bills rendered in the months of December through
April; and
(ii) Actual metered water consumption or average metered water consumption for sewer user bills
rendered in the months of May through November; the average shall be determined by metered water
consumption during the previous December through April, whichever is less; or
(c) By estimated average effluent flow based on measurements taken by the city.
(2) If no water consumption figures are available for at least three full months during the period stated in
subsection (b }(ii) above:
(a) For residential sanitary users the average monthly metered water consumption of other similar sanitary
users; and
(b) For all other sanitary sewer users the actual monthly metered water consumption shall be used until
the rate can be calculated under subsection (b)(ii) above.
(3) Sewer charges shall be set by resolution of the council.
(4) Exceptions. Sanitary sewer user fees which cannot be established in accordance with subsection 3
shall be determined by the city manager. Such determinations shall result in sewer user fees which are
just and equitable in the context of the remaining charges established by sections 4.206 to 4.212.
Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Springfield this 16th day of May ,2005.
by a vote of 5 for and 0 against (1 absent)
Approved by the Mayor of the City of Springfield this 16 th
ATTEST:
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. REVIEWED & APPROVED
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