HomeMy Public PortalAbout005-2009 - Sewer Rates - Outside Stormwater UserRESOLUTION NO. 5 -2009
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING MODIFICATIONS TO CHAPTER 53 OF THE
RICHMOND CODE REGARDING SEWER RATES AND CHARGES
WHEREAS, Chapter 53 of the Richmond Code currently sets forth certain rates and
charges for users of the Richmond Sanitary District; and
WHEREAS, I.C. 36- 9 -23 -25 provides that the municipal legislative body may, by
ordinance, determine fees necessary for the adequate and efficient service
of the Sanitary District; and
WHEREAS, due to federally- mandated clean water requirements, the Richmond
Sanitary District is operating a combined sewer overflow (CSO) system
which collects runoff water, and then separates out for treatment water
before its return to natural tributaries; and
WHEREAS, Sanitary District users residing outside the corporate boundaries of the City
of Richmond benefit from this combined sewer overflow system to the
same extent as users residing within the City of Richmond, but do not
currently pay a charge for the separation and /or treatment of this runoff
water, as do users residing within the corporate boundaries of the City of
Richmond; and
WHEREAS, The payment of charges by these users for this combined system, in the
same manner and amount, is necessary for the adequate and efficient
operation of the combined sewer overflow system.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Richmond Board of Sanitary
Commissioners that Richmond's Common Council be requested to amend Chapter 53 of
the Richmond Code (SEWER RATES AND CHARGES) to add the following:
53.05 DEFINITIONS
(v) (6) "SANITARY DISTRICT STORMWATER SERVICES USER" — Any
residential, commercial, governmental, or institutional user, as defined above, whose
property is located outside the corporate boundaries of the City of Richmond, and whose
property is located within the boundaries of the Richmond Sanitary District, or whose
property is connected to and benefits from the sewer system maintained and operated by
the City of Richmond through the Richmond Sanitary District.
53.14 SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES
(e) Monthly Sanitary District Stormwater Charge for Sanitary District Stormwater
Services Users
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$6.00 for single family residential properties
$4.50 for all properties other than single family residential properties, plus
a variable rate of $1.50 charge for each additional 2,980 square feet of
impervious area on said property
ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS 12 day of M , 2009.
BOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS
OF THE SANITARY DISTRICT OF
RICHMOND, INDIANA
S/S Richard Bodiker
Richard Bodiker, President
S/S Gil Klose
Gil Klose, Vice - President
S/S Greg S tiers
Greg Stiens, Member
Attest: S/S Denise Johnson
Denise Johnson, Recording Secretary
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