HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5247 05/07/1984 ORDINANCE NO. 5247 (GENERAL)
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING SEWER CHARGES - DEFINITIONS AND
RATES AND AMENDING SECTION 3-3-2 AND SECTION 3-3-3 OF THE
SPRINGFIELD CODE 1965 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Section 3-3-2 of the Springfield Code 1965 is
amended to read as follows:
"Section 3-3-2 Sewer 'Charges Definitions. As used
in this Article, the following definitions shall be
applied.
(1) Commercial User--A user at an establishment the
purpose of which is sales and/or exchange of products,
goods or services, including recreational services,
professional services, public services specifically
including lodges, clubs, churches and schools.
(2) Dwelling--A building or portion thereof which is
occupied in whole or in part as a home, residence
or sleeping place, either permanently or temporarily
- by one or more families, but excluding hotels,
motels and tourist courts.
(3) Dwelling, Mobile Home--A vehicle or structure,
designed for transportation as a unit over public
highways either on its own wheels or on a dolly or
trailer, that has sleeping, cooking and plumbing
facilities, is intended for human occupancy, and is
being used or is set up or assembled for residential
purposes. This definition shall include all mobile
home dwellings, whether or not located within a mobile
home park, but excludes units located in transient
trailer parks or units located on individual lots.
Transient trailer parks shall be considered and charged
on a commercial use basis. Units on individual lots
shall be considered single family dwellings and so
charged.
(4) Dwelling, Multiple--A building designed and used for
occupancy by three (3) or more families, all living
independently of each other and having separate house-
keeping facilities for each family.
(5) Dwelling, Single Family--A detached building designed
or used exclusively for the occupancy of one family
and having housekeeping facilities for one family.
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(6) Dwelling, Two Family (Duplex) --A building designed
or used exclusively for the occupancy of two families
living independently of each other and having separate
housekeeping facilities for each family.
(7) Hotel--A building or group of buildings used for
transient residential purposes containing 6 or more
guest rooms without housekeeping facilities which are
intended or designed to be used, or which are used,
rented or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes
by guests which shall include not only hotels but motels,
motor hotels, tourist courts, tourist trailer courts,
and any other type transient residential facilities
as herein defined.
(8) Industrial User--Any user engaged in manufacturing
or processing activities which are permitted uses in
the M-R, M-2 and M-3 districts as set forth in the
Springfield Zoning Code 1970. Such definition shall
apply to any user engaged in such activities whether
or not actually located in such districts.
(9) Operation and Maintenance--Activities required to
assure the dependable and economical function of
treatment works.
(i) Maintenance: Preservation of functional
integrity and efficiency of equipment and
structures. This includes preventative maintenance,
corrective maintenance and replacement of
equipment as needed.
(ii) Operation: Control of the unit processes
and equipment which make up the treatment works.
This includes financial and personnel management;
records, laboratory control, process control, safety
and emergency operation planning.
(10) Person--An individual, corporation, firm, association,
co-partnership, municipal subdivision or district.
(11) Replacement--Expenditures for obtaining and installing
equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are
necessary during the useful life of the treatment
works to maintain the capacity and performance for
which such works were designed and constructed. The
term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement.
(12) Residential Uses or Users--All uses as defined in (2)
through (6) herein.
(13) Sanitary Facility--Any unit of use that is connected
to a sanitary sewer.
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(14) Useful Life--The period during which a treatment
works is planned and designed to be operated.
(15) User--Every person using the sewer system who is
required under the terms and conditions of this code
(whether connected or not) to make a connection with
the sewer system of the City.
(16) User Charge--A charge levied on users of a treatment
works for the user' s proportionate share of the
cost of operation and maintenance (including replace-
ment) . "
eplace-
ment) . "
Section 2 : Section 3-3-3 of the Springfield Code 1965 is
amended to read as follows:
"Section 3-3-3 User Charges-Rates . For billings rendered
after July 1, 1984, charges to be paid for the employment,
use and benefit afforded by the sewage system of the
City and by the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission
for regional service and facilities shall be the following
just and equitable monthly rates :
(1) Residential Users: City Regional Total
Single dwelling unit -------$4 .20 $6 .30 $10 .50
Duplex, each dwelling unit-- 4 . 20 6 .30 10 . 50
Multiple, each dwelling
unit ------------------ 4 . 20 6 . 30 10 . 50
The owner or agent of multiple family dwelling units and mobile
home parks served by one or more master meter (s) may request
billing (s) based on water consumption as described in paragraph
2 (a) & (b) below.
(2) All Other Users (including commercial and industrial) :
THE GREATER OF (a) OR (b)
City Regional Total
(a) A minimum charge of----- $4 . 20 $6.30 $10 . 50
or
(b) (i) A rate per thousand
of cubic feet of water
consumed --------------- 5 . 45 8 .15 13 . 60
or,
(ii) Notwithstanding
the rates specified in
Paragraph (i) above, all
sewer users that discharge
wastewater with an average
of B.O.D. and/or suspended
solids exceeding 400 milli-
grams per liter shall pay the
following :
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User Charge = V ( [B ($0 .1455) + S ($0 . 0873) ] (0 . 00623) + ($1.36)
Where V equals the volume in hundreds of cubic feet of
wastewater discharged by the user into the regional
system during the month; B equals the average biochem-
ical oxygen demands in excess of 200 milligrams per
liter of the wastewater; and S equals the average
suspended solids in excess of 200 milligrams per liter
of the wastewater.
(c) Sewer charges for industrial users shall be based
on effluent flow metered at the expense of the user,
or on metered water flow, or on estimated average
effluent flow based on measurements taken by the City,
whichever basis the City deems most feasible and
most equitable to both the user and the City. The
City may require an industrial 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 affluent.
(4) Each user shall be notified, at least annually, in conjunc-
tion with a regular bill, of the rate and that portion of the
user charges which are attributable to wastewater treatment
services.
(5) Appeal Process Monthly Charge:
(a) Any user may appeal to the City Manager or his or her
designee to reduce the monthly charge based on:
(i) The amount of water consumed and not
discharged into the sanitary sewerage
system, or
(ii) The recommendation of the regional sewerage
agency when the application of the formula
established in subsection 3 (b) requires the
user to pay a disproportionate share of the
costs of regional sewer service.
(iii) Resulting from conditions beyond the
applicant' s control.
(b) The City Manager or his or her designee shall investi-
gate the application. If the City Manager determines
that a reduction is appropriate, he or she shall
certify to the Springfield Utility Board a reduction
in the applicant' s monthly sewer user charges and
the conditions and duration of the reduction. The full
cost of investigating the application authorized by
this section and any conditions required by the City
Manager or his or her designee shall be borne by the
applicant. The City Manager' s decision regarding an
application shall be final.
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6) Appeal Process Other Than Monthly Charge:'
(a) Any user affected by any decision, action, or
determination made by the City Manager or his or
her designee interpreting or implementing the
provisions of this ordinance may submit to the
City Manager or his or her designee a written
request for reconsideration of the decision,
action or determination, within fifteen (15)
days after the decision, action, or determination,
setting forth in detail the facts supporting the
users request for reconsideration.
(b) The City Manager or his designee shall render
a decision on the request for reconsideration
to the user, in writing. The full cost of
investigating the request for reconsideration
authorized by this section and any conditions
required by the City Manager or his/her
designee shall be borne by the party requesting
reconsideration. The City Manager ' s decision
regarding a request for reconsideration shall
be final.
Section 3 : It is hereby found and determined that matters
pertaining to the definitions for sewer charges, rates, and amendments
thereto are matters affecting the public health�,. . s-afety and welfare,
and that an emergency therefore exists, and that this Ordinance
shall therefore take effect immediately upon its passage by the
Council and approval by the Mayor.
ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Springfield on
this _ 7th _ day of Ma, 1984 , by a vote of
for and 0 against.
APPROVED by the Mayor this _ 7ti_,_ _ day of _ Ma_;
1984 .
Mayor
ATTEST: REVIEVVED ; . APPROVED
AS,TO FORM J
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City Recorder DATE.
L' OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
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