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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA003 - proof of publication dated May 30, 1989 LEGAL NOTICE All costs for these additional data sets ORDINANCE NO. 3049 shall be the responsibility of the user. lytical AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE workAshallmbeedonecollbytion competentandnindivid- SECTION 28.39OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA BY REPEALING uals or firms regularly involved in SECTION 28.39 FORREOF THEAND P PURPOSE OFGREVISW samplestand coler andshalln Compls.y with Proof of Publication in The N ASUR SURCHARGE REGULATIONS STRENGTH RWASTEWATER MethodsING TO the ceduesforrthesExamination Standard T H E DAILY TRIBUNE DISCHARGES AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES Wastewater, 16th Edition, APHA-AWWA-WPCF. OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH TO THE EkTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT; 1985. Any data sets which do not meet AND PROVIDING A PENALTY this requirement shall be rejected. xic BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of Any user which discharges any to the City of Ames, Iowa: Section One. pollutants (as defined in the Sewer Use STATE OF IOWA,STORY COUNTY,ss. The,Municipal Code of �he City of Ames, Ordinance) which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the Iowa shall be and is hereby amended b repealing Section 28.39 and enacted a sludge from the City's treatment works, g or any user which discharges any sub- new Section 28.39 as follows: "Sec. I, Vefle—Bttrgas ,, Dennis Waller, Bafry�eggett, on stance which singly or by interaction 28.39. SEWER RATES ESTABLISHED. (1) oath depose and say that I am pfesidght, general Each user shall pay for the services with other substances causes identifi- g of the THE DAILY provided by the City based t his use es able increases in the cost of operation, manager, the treatment works as determined by maintenance, or replacement of the TRIBUNE, a daily newspaper, printed at Ames, Story water meter readings or other a ro treatment works, shall pay for such in- County,Iowa;that the annexed printed ate methods acceptable to the CPty.pri- creased costs. The charge to each such ,For all users, monthly user charges user shall be as determined by the shall be based on actual water usage roved late financial personnel and The n d i n a n n(i 9 exce t where a 9 proved by the City Council. (10) The wastewater measurement isca method If City will review the user charge system a user has a consumptive use of water, at least every two years and revise user or in some other manner uses water which charge rate's en necessary u ensure that the system gen is not discharged into the wastewaterce i necessary adequate revenues collection 'system, the user charge for mainto pay the costs of operation and that contributor may be based on g read- thattthensystemccontinuesetoaprovidcement and ings of a wastewater meter(s) or se a- Y provide, for was published in said newspaper for 1 era- rate water meter(s) installed and tionp and omaintenance rtional tincludingution oreplace- maintained at the user's expense and in ment costs among users. The City will consecutive weeks, the first a manner acceptable to the City. (3) notify each user at , The minimum -charge per month shall be l j least annually in unction with a regular bill, of the and the last of said publication was on the $3.00 for th con e first 100 cubic feet of rate being charged for operation and Water used per month. in addition, for maintenance including replacement of the all water metered after the first loo treatment works. (11) Where a customer —0 T day Of cubic feet per month, each user shall Pay (a) a treatment user charge rate wishes to use water for watering a lawn for operation and maintenance, including or garden, filling a swimming pool, or 19 in replacement, of $0.241100 cu. ft. of for existing single-pass air condition- water used per month, (b) a sewer user ing or other such use and that water charge rate for operation and main- does not reach the sanitary sewer chargee, including replacement, of system, the customer may at his option tenance, cn ft. of water used per meter, for and have installed a yard Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence by Yard meter' is defined as a VYd6BL[g83pD,Dennis Waller,BBlf+ptggggtt, month, (c) a 'capital charge rate for. of second water meter or sub-meter the debt retirement of $1.16/100 cu. ft water used premises installed downstream off the charge and the capital chargeWPmayusbe first or master water meter. It will be this — 7 t h_ day of _ June adjusted to better reflect actual so placed as to meter outdoor water use described above which does not reach the benefit to the contributor. (4) For 9 8 9 those users whose wastewater has a sanitary sewer system. The 'yard meter' shall have a remote reading register greater strength than normal domestic sewage, a surcharge in addition to the outdoors as required for the master /` water meter. The full cost of the yard tary Public normal user charge will be collected. meter' and any associated plumbing in and for the State of Iowa The surcharge for operation and mainte- changes shall be the responsibility of nance including replacement is: the customer. The 'yard meter' shall be / Sr' furnished and owned by the City and so Fees,$�r� �r Parameter Extra-strenuth Rate mg/1 of Extra streenuth located as to be easily accessible at eoo $0.08/lb. $0.00050/100 cf all times. Maintenance and replacement SS $0.14/lb. � - NH; $0.20/lb. $0.00088/100 cf of the 'yard meter' shall be governed by $0.00125/100 cf the same requirements appl/ing to all monthly bill for either water or sewer (5) The City shall be responsible to other water meters owned by the City. service shall apply to the 'yard meter'. initially determine which users have The sewer service charge will be billed stalled, Where a yard, meter' is not in- wastewater discharges with strengths only on the difference between the two stalled, but it appears in any month greater than normal domestic sewage, water meter readings. No minimum that more than two thousand by the Any costs for this initial determination cubic feet of water was used by the shall be the responsibility of the City. customer in a way that the water did not Based upon this initial determination reach the sanitary sewer, that amount of the City shall notify the user of the water shall be exempt from the sewer surcharge rate to be charged each month rate on application to the city manager. during the next year or until the next (13) The user charge ordinance shall analytical data set is submitted. (6) take precedence over any terms or Any user so identified by the City shall conditions of agreements of contracts submit at least once each year which are inconsistent with the require- analytical data set for each discharggee ments of Section 204(b)(1)(A) of the Act point showing the concentrations for and 40 CFR Part 35 dated February 17, BOD, SS; and NH . This data set shall 1984. (14) The sewer rates established be collected Sin three consecutive and stated herein are determined by the 24-hour samples of the wastewater system for development of proportional discharge during a typical work week. user charges set out, with representa- These samples shall be representative of tive computations,, as Appendix M to the the average or typical discharge from Ames Municipal Code. Section_ Two. the user. After the initial determina- Violation of this ordinance shall tion, all costs for sample collection, constitute a municipal infraction. Section Three. All ordinances or parts analysis, and reporting shall be the responsibility of the user. of ordinances in conflict herewith are If any facilities are needed in order to obtain hereby repealed to the extent of .such representative samples, the user shall conflict, if any. Section Four. This also be responsible for all costs of any ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its publication as facilities needed. (7) Any user may required by law. submit more than one analytical data set Adopted this 23rd day of May , 1989. each year. These additional data sets shall be used to modify or revise the Nancy Dionigi, City Clerk surcharge rate as a F. Paul Good and, Mayor revised surcharge rate pshalliabe implee Published in The Daily Tribune,May30,1989. mented at the first full billing cycle followinq the receipt of the data set.