§ 13.12.040. User charges.

A.

Each sewer user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on use of the treatment works as determined by water usage through water meters acceptable to the City.

B.

For all contributors, monthly user charges will be based on monthly water usage during the months of January, February and March. If a contributor has not established a January, February and March water usage average, the monthly user charge shall be computed on a portion of the January through March period. If a contributor has not been a user of water during any of the three-month period, the quantity of water used during the first full month of sewer service shall become the base until a base, computed on the January through March period, can be established.

C.

The minimum user charge per month for all customers receiving service within the city limits of Larned shall be twenty dollars and forty-nine cents ($20.49). In addition, each contributor receiving service within the city limits of Larned shall pay a user charge rate for operation and maintenance, including replacement of two dollars and fifty-eight cents ($2.58) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water, or wastewater, as determined in the preceding section. These rates shall be effective upon publication of the ordinance codified in this section through December 31, 2014. Effective January 1, 2015, these rates shall be raised three percent for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. Thereafter, the rates set herein and raised effective January 1, 2015, shall increase three percent January 1st of each and every year with said rate increase being a cumulative increase of three percent above the rate for the year then immediately preceding.

The minimum user charge per month for all customers receiving service outside the City limits of Larned that have not paid an extra connection fee shall be thirty dollars and seventy-three cents ($30.73). In addition, all contributors receiving service outside the City limits of Larned that have not paid an extra connection charge shall pay a user charge rate for operation and maintenance, including replacement of three dollars and eighty-seven cents ($3.87) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water, or wastewater, as determined in the preceding section. These rates shall be effective upon publication of the ordinance from which this section is derived through December 31, 2014. Effective January 1, 2015, these rates shall be raised three percent for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. Thereafter, the rates set herein and raised effective January 1, 2015, shall increase three percent January 1st of each and every year with said rate increase being a cumulative increase of three percent above the rate for the year then immediately preceding.

D.

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:

1.

$0.4936 per pound BOD.

2.

$2.3667 per pound SS.

E.

Any user that discharges any toxic pollutants, or any user that discharges any substance 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 Governing Body.

F.

The user charge rates established in this section apply to all users, regardless of location, to the City's treatment works.

(Ord. 1485 § 1, 2008: Ord. 1430 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1416 § 1, 2005: Ord. 1227 §§ 1, 2, 1991; Ord. 1154 § 1, 1985: Ord. 1126 § 4, 1983)

(Ord. No. 1502, § 1, 5-18-09; Ord. No. 1553, § 1, 9-26-13)