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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
ORDINANCE NO. 80-10
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PORTIONS OF SECTION 715 OF CHAPTER VII OF THE
CITY CODE RELATING TO RATES AND CHARGES FOR SANITARY SEWER SERVICE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 715.05 of Chapter VII of the City Code is amended
to read
"715.05. Type and Amount of Service Charge. Charges for sewer service
are as follows:
(a) Account Charge. A charge of $1.80 per month shall be made to
every sanitary sewer account to defray administrative and billing costs
of the City.
(b) Metropolitan Debt Service Charge. A charge of $1.15 per
month shall be made to every residential dwelling unit provided
sanitary sewer service and to each non-residential sanitary sewer
account to defray a portion of the City's allocated obligation to
the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for debt service.
(c) Volume Charge. A charge of $.93 per one thousand gallons
of sewage discharged into the City's sanitary sewer system shall be
made to each sanitary sewer account. The volume of such sewage dis-
charge shall be based upon the average amount of water consumed by
the account during the months of October through March. In those
instances where there is no metered water service to an account or
the account history is inadequate, the volume of sewer usage shall
be that used for similar classes of property similarly situated."
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and
publication.
Adopted by the City Council this 23rd day of June, 1980.
ward L. Hunt, Mayor
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