A. A rate shall be assessed in accordance with the adopted fee schedule for customers residing within the corporate limits of the City and outside the corporate limits of the City for all chargeable water discharged into the City sewer system by commercial users.

B. The sewer charges for schools, hospitals and other commercial establishments with increased usage for irrigation, and landscaping exceeding five thousand (5,000) square feet, the rate shall be computed on the average consumption during the previous nonirrigation season unless the user elects to install, at its expense, a measuring device approved by Public Works to measure water not entering the sewer system. Any user having a swimming pool or cooling units discharging to the sanitary sewer must install an approved meter to determine the amount of water exempt from sewer charges during the irrigation season. The irrigation season shall be defined as the April through November billing cycles.

C. Sewer rates for commercial uses discharged into the sewer system may be separately determined by the City Council based upon both volume and chemical characteristics of the sewage. The City Council may require pretreatment of any material discharged into the sewerage system, or prohibit discharge into the system of industrial wastes which, because of either volume or concentration, will overload existing sewerage facilities.

D. All air-conditioning and refrigeration units that are installed after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, or any which are replaced or have their capacity expanded, shall be required to install recirculating units. Disposal may not be accomplished by discharging into the sanitary sewer system. (Ord. 3042, 12/12/23; Ord. 2808, 4/12/16; Ord. 2761, 4/14/15; Ord. 2714, 4/8/14; Ord. 2679, 4/9/13; Ord. 2611, 3/22/11; Ord. 2570, 7/13/10; Ord. 2556, 4/13/10; Ord. 2545, 1/12/10; Ord. 2381, 3/25/08; Ord. 2252, 4/11/06; Ord. 2200, 4/12/05; Ord. 2159, 4/13/04; Ord. 2119, 5/13/03; Ord. 2062, 5/14/02; Ord. 1985, 10/25/00; Ord. 1894, 12/14/99; Ord. 1849, 3/9/99; Ord. 1801, 3/24/98; Ord. 1673, 1995; Ord. 1631, 1994; Ord. 1573, 1993; Ord. 1508, 1991; Ord. 1411, 1989; Ord. 1331, 1988; Ord. 1092, 1983; Ord. 1051, 1982; Ord. 1027, 1981)