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

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(a) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to annually establish sewer rates charged by the Division of Utility Billing (1) Such charges and rates shall be made against each lot, parcel of land or premises which may have an active sewer connection with the Municipal wastewater disposal system or which may otherwise discharge wastewater either directly or indirectly into such system or any part thereof. (2) Such charges and rates shall be based on all water used during each one month billing period. (3) Such rates shall bye charged monthly. (b) Any lot, parcel of land or premises 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, 2010, sewer rates charged by the Lakewood Division Utility Billing shall be billed at a rate of not more than three and twenty-six hundredths dollars ($3.26) 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 thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) per annum shall be seventy-five percent (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 July 1 and ending September 30 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 Finance, summer sewer bills issued during the months of July, August, and September (July 1 to September 30) of each year would be based on an average of sewer bills issued for the previous four months (January through April). All applications must be completed at or before April 30 of each year. The Division of Utility Divisions will calculate the summer sprinkling discount. The Summer Sprinkling Program will not affect or replace the City's current sewer-exempt meter program.