85-09 Amend Ord 54-06 & Sect. 902.04 - Rates & Charges

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(b) Any lot, parcel of land orpremises discharging into the sanitary sewer but not using City water wholly or partly shall, at his or her own expense be required to install meters or other measuring devices approved by the City Engineer to measure either the water or the discharge to the sanitary sewer. (c) Any lot, parcel of land or premises desiring credit for water consumed for purposes where the water is not returned to the sanitary sewer, shall at his or her own expense, separately meter the water for such uses. (d) Effective January 1, 2007, sewer rates charged by the Lakewood Division of Water and Wastewater Collections shall be billed at a rate of not more than two and forty- seven hundredths dollars ($2.47) per one hundred cubic feet of metered water consumption. (e) Effective January 1, 2008 sewer rates charged by the Lakewood Division of Water and Wastewater Collections shall be billed at a rate of not more than two and ninety- seven hundredths dollars ($2.97) per one hundred cubic feet of metered water consumption. 902.05 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION There is hereby established a Special Homestead exemption whereby sewer rates charged to homesteads owned by person 65 years of age or older or owned by a permanently or totally disabled person, provided that such person's income falls below the income criteria as established by Ohio R.C. 323.152 and amendments thereto, shall be seventy- fivepercent (75%) of the sewer rate established pursuant to this chapter. 902.06 SUMMER SPRINKLING PROGRAM The City of Lakewood Division of Water is authorized to provide a Summer Sprinkling Program for residents commencing June 1 and ending August 31 of each year for owner-occupied homes of one-, two-, three-, and four-family residential accounts in good standing. Upon the customer's request, by written application on a form prescribed by the director of Public Works, summer sewer bills issued during the months of June, July,. and August (June 1 to August 31) of each year would be based on an average of sewer bills issued for the previous nine months (September through May). All applications must be completed at or before April 30 of each year. The Division of Water will calculate the summer sprinkling discount. The Summer Sprinkling Program will not affect or replace the City's current sewer-exempt meter program. Shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: 902.04 RATES Ai~TD CHARGES