HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-OR-37ORDINANCE NO. ?2 OR 37
An Ordinance providing for the establishment of rates
and charges for the use of t~e sewerage system by persons
discharging a waste wqich exceeds the average strength
and character of sewage normally discharged by a residence,
the methods of ascertaining such charges and fixin§ certain
duties of the Board of Public WorKs and other officials
of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED
THE CITY OF CE:FEqSO~VILLE, INDIANA:
Section 1. Definitions: The
used or referred to in this ordinance, shall
meanings except in those instances where the
indicates otherwise:
b)
BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF
following terms, whenever
have the following
context clearly
a) "BOD" (denoting biochemical oxygen demand) shall mean
quantSty~of oxygen utilized in the oiochemical
oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
~rocedure in five (5) days at 20 degrees centigrade
expressed in milligrams per liter.
"S.S." (denoting susoended solids) shall mean solids
that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water sewage or other lic. uids, and which are
c)
d)
removable by laboratory
...... Board" shall mean the
City of Jeffersonville.
filtering.
Board of Public Works of the
"Engineer" shall mean the City Engineer or his authorized
Deputy, agent or representative.
"Industrial Waste" shall ~ean all the liquid wastes
from industrial manufacturing processes, trades or
businesses, including institutional a~d commercial
operations or from the development or recovery of any
natural wesourses and shall include the liquid waste
contributed by reason of employment, but ~ot the
proportion of waste at~ributab~ ~o residential
facilities normally occupied by natural persons as
a place of abode and not as Transient tenants or
guests within.the above defined entities.
"Sewage normally discharged Dy a residence" shall
mean the liquid waste contributed by a residential
living unit and shall not exceed a volume of 15,500
gallons per month, fDrtygfive (45) pounds of BOD
per month and fifty-five (55) pounds of S.S. per
month.
"Persons"
g) shall be defined as: Individuals of either
sex; firm; joint ventures; partnerships; corporations;
clubs; agencies; instrumentalities; governmental
units; the United States of America, the State of
Indiana, and all political subdivisions, au thorities,
districts, departments, agencies, bureaus and :nstru-
mentalities thereof; and any, all, and each of the,
and all associations or organizations of natural
persons, either incorporated or unincorporated, however
operated or named, whether acting Dy themselves,
servants, or fiduciary, and whether or not of a
charitable or eleemosynary character.
Section 2. Rates for Industrial Sewage:
There is hereby established an industrial waste rate set
forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance to be charged to and collected
from any person owning or occupying real estate connected to the
City of Jeffersonville sewerage system which at any time discharges
industrial waste into said system which exceeds in strength
and character sewage normally discharged Dy a residence.
Section 3. Rate:
The charges for the transoortation, treatment and disposal
of the industrial waste shall be determined by the amount and the
strength of the waste and at the rates as follows:
Strengt~ Charge~
The following monthly charges are hereby imposed on the
volume of excess S.S. and/or BOD Strength determined ty the appli-
cation of the formula prescribed~below, viz:
For the Calendar year 1973 $.0085 per lb. BOD
$.0122 per lb. S.S.
For
and
Formula for determining excess
s~Vsx .00075 x 8.34 ($0.01275
S : Strength in dollars
Vs : Sewage Volume ~n hundred cubic feet
.00075 Hundred cubic feet to million gallons
BOD ~ BOD strength index of parts per million by weight
250 ~ allowed BOD strength in parts per million by
wei§ht
S.S. : Suspended solids strength index in parts per
million by weigqt
300 ~ Allowed S.S. Strength in parts per million by
the calendar year 1974
thereafter $.01275 oer lb. BOD
$.0183 per lb. S.S.
BOD and S.S. strength.
(BOD-250) + $0.0183 (S.S.-300)
applica
for that year.
weight
For year 1973 substituted
Section 4. Charges:
The computation of the total charges shall be by the
tion of the strength rate fcrmula ~o the monthly industrial
charges specified
waste discharges to the Jeffersonville SaniTary Sewerage System.
Section 5. Billing and Verification:
Each such person subject to the rate as defined in Section 2
shall by the 10th day of the following month furnish the Engimeer:
(1) an estimate of the volume discharged the prior month in any
Cities Water
industrial
(2) am
the waste.
case where the volume of water ~urchased from the Indiana
Comoany is either more or less than the ~olume of liquid
waste discharged into such sanitary sewerage system; and
estimate of the representative value of the s~rength of
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BOb and Suspended Solids thus discharged whether or not such
amounts are in excess of the permitted amounts under Section 3
above. All measurementS, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of such waste shall be determined in accordance with the latest
edition of "Standard Methods ~or the Examination of Water and
Sewage" as published jointly Dy the American ~blic Health
Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation or by
other methods generally acce~ted under established sanitary
engineering Dractiees and approved by the Engineer. The reportS
submitted shall be subject to verification by the Engineer but
may serve as the basis for billing with all necessary adjustments
in the amountS to be made after verification. In the event an
analysis and volume of the industrial waste is not fur~ished to
the Engineer by the aforementioned time, the charges shall be
based upon estimates made by the Engineer, as provided in
Section 6.
The Engineer shall have the right at any
to enter upon the land of the person to set up
is necessary to verify the ~eportS submitted.
reasonable time
such equipment as
It shall be the
duty of the person to provide all necessary clearance before
entry and not to unreasonably delay or hinder the Engineer ~n
carrying out the measuring and sampling.
In cases wqere m~asurements are difficult to make, or
the industrial waste composition changes frequently, or representa-
tive samples are difficult to ~et or where other m~thods of measurement
are necessitated for other sound engineering reasons as determined
by the Engineer, the Engineer shall nave the authority
such other
indicative
industrial
or usage,
data and
basis for determining said char~es as shall
of volume and BOb and S.S. strength of the
waste, such as, but no~ limited to, water p~chase
character of productS, comparisons between the subject
collected data from like persons.
tO USe
be reliably
particular
All billings for
thirty (30) days after
by a person based upon
unless verification is
necessary adjustments
said charges shall be payable within
mailing of billings. All payments made
the reports submitted shall become final
made and notice given by the Engineer of
withing one year of said payment. Under-
the
ascertaining water ~olume
imposed by this Ordinance
and estimates
Overpayment
to
based on errors
payment of charges in users' reports
shall be billed forthwith on ascertainment thereof.
of charges arising from any cause shall first be applied
unpaid billings and then the excess forthwith refunded. Section 6. Billing Estimates:
The Engineer shall have the authority to estimate the
volume and strength of the industrial waste in the event the
person subject to the rate and charges failesto file a timely
report as provided in Section 5. The estimates s~all be based
upon analyses and volumes of a similar installation or the
amount of water supplied to the premises by the water utility,
the amount of water supplied to the premises by any private
sources of water or the volume and anlysis as determined by
measurementS and sample taken by the Engineer or an estimate
determined by the Engineer by any combination of the foregoing
or by any other equitable method. Failure to file written objection
to such estimates with twenty (20) days after the mailing of
written notice thereof to the person~liable therefore shall con-
stitu:e a waiver of any right to object or appeal the estimates
made by the Engineer prusuant to this section.
Section 7. Contracts with Indiana Cities WaTer Company:
The Board is autbcwized to enter into a contract with
Indiana Cities Water Company for the use of its services in
to be utilized in determining charges
and for the payment to it such compensation
as may be required.
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Section 8. Aopeals to the Board:
Any person may appeal the charges assessed against him
to the ~oard and shall have a hearing upon the following conditions:
1. That the person submits estimates or authorizes the
Engineer to make such estimates.
2. That the person has good cause to believe that
the
charges assessed are in error.
3. That notice in writing has been given to the Board
within,y:one hundred and eighty (180) days of receipt of the
charges in question.
The Board is directed to notify
appeal of the time and place when his
evidence sufficient to the
the charges are in error,
the charges. Adjustments
credit against subsequen~ assessments
for in this ordinance.
Section 9. Rate Review:
The Engineer snall report
the person making the
appeal will be heard.
Board submitted at the hearing that
the Beara shall make adjustments in
may be in the form of a refund or a
of the charges provided
Upo~
from time to time and when
requested by the Board of Works concerning the effective of the
industrial waste rates and charges on the persons subject thereto.
Such report shall include The amount, character and strength
of the industrial waste discharged into the sewerage system,
and such other information as is pertinent and of assistance
to the total situation.
The rates charged under this ordinance shall be under
constant review by the Beard of Public Works and if at any time
it finds such rates should be adjusted either by increasing or
decreasing same, the necessary ordinances shall be submitted to
the council for its action forthwith.
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Section 10.. Publication of this ordinance shall be made
as provided by all applicable Statute.s of the State of Indiana;
and the Board of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed
to give such nctices and hold such public hearings as by the
Statutes and Laws of the State of Indiana may be required.
Section 11. This ordinance shall oe in full force and
e-fec~ from and after its ~assage, approval by the Mayor, and
publication pursuant to law, on and after January l, 1972.
ATTEST'(~.~,_w~,~- _~w--w~bh~ CLERK-TREASURER
Presented by me as Clerk-Treasurer to the Mayor of said
Ci%y
signed by me this ~ay 6f - -
Approved and ~ '
· '~' MAYOR