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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 19096ORDINANCE NO. ~qoa l~ AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING SEWER USER CHARGES; AMENDING SECTIONS 7.020 AN`D 7.023 aF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; ADDING A NEW SECTION 7.045 TU THAT CODE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES QRDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 7.020 of the Eugene Coder 1971 is hereby amended to read and provide: 7.420 Charges -- Established and Levied. ~1} There is hereby levied and imposed on all sewer users just and equitable monthly rates and charges for sewer service as provided in this chapter. ~2} Residential sewer users monthly charges for city and regional sewer service shall be: City Regional Total Single dwelling unit --- $4.24 $6.30 $10.50 Duplex dwelling unit -- 4.2Q 6.30 10.50 Multiple dwelling unit beach -----~--~----~ 4. zQ 6.34 10.50 ~2} All other sewer users monthly rates and charges for city and regional sewer ser~rice shall be: City Regional Total ~a} A mini- mum charge of ----~- $ 4.20 $6.30 $10.50 or fib} A rate per thousand gallons of water consumed-~ 0.726 1.089 1.815 ~4} All sewer users that discharge wastewater with an average of B.Q.D. and suspended solids exceeding 400 milligrams per litre shall pay the monthly city and regional rates and charges established in subsections ~2} or ~3} of this section or the s,um of the following, whichever is greater: V [[B($0.1455)+S (.$0.0873)] (8.345x10-6)+$0.001815) where V equals the volume in gallons of wastewater discharged by the user into the sanitary sewerage system during the month; B equals the average B.O.D. in excess of 200 milligrams per litre of the discharged wastewater; and Qrdinance - 1 ~q oR b S equals the a~rerage suspended solids in excess of 20D milligrams per litre of~ the discharged wastewater. Section 2 . Subsection ~ 2 } of Section 7.4 2 3 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereby. amended to read and provide; 7.02 3 Charges -~ Add ustments . ~2} The city manager or the manager's designee shall investigate the application and certify to the Eugene Water & Electric Board a reduction, if any, in the applicant's monthly sewer user charges and the conditions and duration of the re- duction. If it is determined that the applicant has paid excessive sewer user charges resulting from conditions beyond the applicant's control, a credit for the excess paid during all or part of the 12 months preceding the application may also be allowed. The full cost of investigating the application auth- orized by this section and any conditions required by the city manager or the manager's designee shall be borne by the appli- cant. The city manager's decision regarding an application shall be final. Section 3. There is hereby added to the Eugene Code, 1971, a new section, to be numbered and provide; 7.045 Charges - Cost of Collection. The Eugene Water & Elec- tric Board may withhold from payments directed by sec- tion 7.025 of this chapter a reasonable fee for its actual costs of billing, collecting and remitting sewer user charges. The fee shall be based on actual costs and established annually by agreement between the city manager and EWEB. Section 4. That the matters contained herein concern the public welfare and safety and therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and in order to provide for the orderly implementation of the provisions hereof, the rates established herein, and the other provi- sions amended or added to the Eugene Code, 1971 shall become effec- tive March 1, 1983. Passed by the City Council this l6 th day of February, 19 8 3 City Recorder Approved by the Mayor this day of Febru ry, 1983 `~ ~ Mayor Ordinance ~ 2.