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AMES DAILY TRIBUNE
�. -----. lion of not more than 40 mg/1 average and 6C STATE OF IOWA, STORY COUNTY, SS•
mg/lmaximum.
LEGAL NOTICE (4) Operation and Maintenance' shall mean
those functions that result in expendituresli� rbb, Dale R. Culver,
ORDINANCE N0. 2924 during the useful life of the treatment works I, fffnit'i � l�irT �Y�' Pro-
AN materials, labor, utilities, and other on oath depose and say that I am gQ�Q�4�'
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF items which arenecessary for managing and
THE CITY OF A14ES, IOWA, BY REPEALING SECTIONS for which such works were.designed and con- duetion foreman of the AMES DAILY TRIBCoun a
28.36 THROUGH 28.39, AND ENACTING NEW SEC- structed. The term 'operation and mainten- doll newspaper, printed at Ames, Story County,
TIONS 28.36 THROUGH 28.39, FOR THE PURPOSE OF anCe, includes replacement as defined in (5). y
REVISING AND ESTABLISHING RATES AND POLICIES Iowa;that the annexed printed
(e- 'Replacement' shall mean expenditures
PERTAINING TO THE CITY SANITARY SEWER SERVICE. for obtaining and installing equipment, acces-
WHEREAS, the City of Ames is providing sories, or appurtenances which are necessary Ordinance No-
wastewater treatment service; and C it of Ames
WHEREAS, it is the City's intent to estab- torMai ntainsthe capacitytandtperformance for
lash proportionate user charges that place
costs of abatement directly on the which such works were designed and con-
thetl 2924
sources of pollution, conserve potable water, structed.Residential user' shall mean any con-
and maintain financial self-sufficiency; and (6)
WHEREAS, the City must pay all expenses tributor to the City's treatment works whose
associated .with said treatment works and lot, parcel or real estate, or building is
charge the users of said treatment works ac- us(�)forshallstis mandatoryic dwelling PurMay' isp ermis-
cordingly; the City Council of the live•
BE IT ORDAINED by (g) 'SS' (denoting Suspended Solids) shall was published in said newspaper for �—
lCity of Ames, Iowa, that: or
Section one.
low" ce
the same isicipal Code fhere- of the aorso are sinh suspension lin emovable by e,t On the ab-
Ci City repealing Sections 28.36 other liquids and which are removable by lab-
. Ci amended by oratory filtering, as 'expressed in milligrams consecutive weeks, th@ first On the
through 28.39 and enacting new Sections 28.36 per liter (mg/1). publication waS
through 28.39 as follows: 'Treatment Works' shall mean any de- and the last Of S81d
"Sec. 28.36 SEWER RATE POLICY. It is deter- (es and syste recycling, and reclamation of 3rd June
mined and declared to be necessary and con- vices and systems for the collection, slot- day Of
ducive to the protection of the 'public age'municipal sewage, domestic sewage, or liquid
health, safety, Welfare, and convenience ofal wastes.
the City of Ames o collect chater
rges from all Cepti�t rsewers. outfallT sewers�,c sewage lude n col- 19
users who contribute wastewater to the City's 9 (
roceeds of such lection systems, pumping, power, and other
treatment works. The D equipment and their appurtenances; exten-
charges so derived will be used for the pur-. sionss, improvement, remodeling, additions and
pose of operating, maintaining, and retiring such as presence the debt for such public wastewater treatment alterations
hereof recycled supply
to
works. Sworn to before me and subscribed l; Dale R.
Sec. 28.37 DEFINITIONS. Unless the context standby treatment units and clear well facile- �X�1 > � 1~
specifically indicates titherwise, the meaning ties; and any works,t will including site integral
Culver.
of terms used in this ordinance shall be asn of the land tha
pert of the treatment process e or nis i used for by
follows: ltimate disc sal of residues resulting from
(1) B00' (denoting Biochemical Oxygen such treatmeht (including land for composting 4th day of June
Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen this
utilized in the biochemical oxidation of or- sludge, euaedafor tthe9storagecofctr1eated
genic matter understandard laboratory D treatment
any other method
cedure in five (5) days at 20oC, expressed in wastewater in land treatment systems beforeor p
land application); 19 8 5.
milligrams per liter (mg/1). n p�/tom 6
(2) "NH3' or 'NH3-N' (denoting Ammonia) system for preventing, abating, reducing, Notary Public
shall mean that portion of nitrogen in the storing, treating, separating, or disposing ✓�/ it 4�. /�
of
te
form of proteins or intermediate decompose- �c� waste
-useful means the esti- (n and for...tory County.
laboratory procedure for analysis of ammonia
tion products which is determined by standard (ID)
mated period during which a treatment works
nitrogen, expressed in milligrams per liter wii(11) o'Use Charge' shall mean that portion 79 43
(m9/1). and _.
(3) 'Normal Domestic Wastewater' shall of the total wastewater service charge whit
e nnotsmeoree that
2has
ma BOaveconcentration
nd 4UO neris lfor the evied l costn a Drofooperatlioni maintenance, Fees,
an
50
ement of a
tratioo 11A ' tnmoresthannded 30U mg/lrds concen-average and wastewaterctreat treatment works�9nated part of the
450 mg/l maximum; and an ammonia concentra- (12) 'Water Meter' shall mean a water
volume measuring and recording device,
Sec, 28.38 USE OF RATE REVENUE. The user
charge system shall generate adequate annual
revenues to pay costs of annual operation and (4) For those users whose wastewater has a
maintenance, including replacement, greater strength than normal domestic sewage, —--
associated with debt retirement Of bonded
costs a surcharge in addition to the normal user
capital associated with financing thebtreattl charge will be collected, The surcharge for sponsibilit dent works which the City may b operation and maintenance including replace- meter' shallybe furn Of isCustomerownTheb Yard
des"gnate to be paid by y Y ordinance ment is: City and so 1d and y the
system, That Y the user charge $0.08 per pound BOO Bible n all located as to be easily
charge Portion of the total user Maintenance and ealace-
9 which is designated for operation and $0.14 per pound SS dent of the 'yard meter' replace-
the including neplacemper of $0.20 per pound NH3 the same r shall be governed by
treatment works, shall b the (5) Any user which discharges any toxic .water requirements applying to all other
e established by this meters owned by the City,
ordinance. pollutants (as defined in the Sewer Use Ordi. only
sewer service charge will be billed
That portion of the total user char nance) which cause an increase in the cost of y on the difference between the two water
lected which is designated for o 9e col_ managing the effluent or the sludge from the meter readings..
maintenance, includin replacement Peration and City's treatment works, or any user which either wate or No minimum monthly bill for
deposited in a separat enonaps�ingaflund discharges any substance which singly or by the 'yard meter' sewer service Shall apply to
known as the WPC Operation Maintenance and interaction with other substances causes iden- (8) Where a
Replacement Fund tifiable increases in the cost of operation 'yard meter' is not installed,
p but it appears in any month that more than
Fiscal year_ maintenance, or replacement of the treatment two thousand Year-end balances in the operatic)n, works, shall pay for such increased costs. used by the customer OOIncabway thatfthet water
maintenance, and replacement fund hall be
used for no other The charge to each such-uspr shall be as de- did not reach the sanitary sewer,
signated. Monies which havebeen an those transferred terd{ned pproved appropriate
Cit financial
person- of water shall be exempt from t that amount
from other sources to eat tam nei,and a y y on application to the City Mama he sewer rate
ages in the operation, maintenance,Porary short- (6) The City will review the user charge Section Two, This 9er.
and re- system at least ever two g f° Free an ordinance shad be in
placement fund shall be r Y years and revise effect from and
respective accounts uponreturned to the{Ustr user charge rates as necessary to ensure that sage and publication as re afar its pas-
ment of the user charge rates for appropriate operations, the othe stem sts ofnoperationgand maintenance in- Passed this 28th dayrequired by law,
maintenance, pay
F. Paul of May 2or
charge r and replacement, The user Good land,.Maler 9 ate(s) shall be ad' eluding replacement and that the system con- Nancy Gibbons, City Clerk
the transferred monies willubeereturnedhto tinues to provide for the proportional distri- Published In The
their respective accounts within six months replacement operation
among users.
maintenanceincluding 3, 1985. Ames Daily Tribune,June
bo the fiscal year. in which the monies were
borrowed, . The City will 'notify each user at least
Sec, 28.39. SEWER RATES ESTABLISHED. annually, in conjunction with a regular bill, _
(1) Each user shall of the rate being charged for operation and
Provided by the CitybasY for the services maintenance including replacement of the
treatment works'as deermi ed ned on b his use of the treatment works.
readings or other a y water meter (7) Where a customer wishes to use water
able to the City, appropriate methods accept- for watering a lawn or garden, filling a swim-
ming pool, or for existing single-pass air
shall be based on actual water usage gas conditioning or other such use and that water
where a practical method of g except does not reach the sanitary sewer system, the
measurement is available, wastewater customer may at his option apply for and have
consumptive use of water, If a user has a installed a 'yard meter',
manner uses water which i or in some other A 'yard meter' is defined as a second water
into the wastewater collection lot discharged meter or sub-meter on the premises installed
user charge for that contributor may be
the downstream of the first or master water meter,
on readings of a wastewater meters) ore seased It will be so placed as to meter outdoor
ate water meter(s) installed and maintained water use described above which does not
at the user's expense and in a manner accept- reach the sanitary sewer system, The 'yard
able to the City, meter' shall have a remote reading register
(3) The minimum charmonth shall outdoors as required for the master water
$3.00 for the first 100 cu bPc feetof watee meter,
, for all water The full cost of the 'yard meter' and any
used per month. In addition
metered after the first 100 cubic feet per associated plumbing changes shall be the re-
month, each user shall pay;
ti(a)and rmatmentuser
charge rate for opera-.
ing
Of $0.241100 cu, ft. of water dused rperMoment,
(b) a sewer user charge rate for Per month,
and maintenance, includinge
r operation
emen
$0.301100 cu. ft. of water used per montht' of
(c) a capital charge rate for debt retire-
ment of $1.16/100 cu. ft, of water used per
month.
The sewer user charge and the capital
charge may be adjusted to better reflect ac-
tual benefit to the contributor,