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ORDINANCE NO. D-1568-02
AS AMENDED
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 3, DIVISION V, SECTION 9-166
OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE
WHEREAS, the Common Council has established a sewer billing procedure which has been
codified in City Code Section 9-166; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council now wishes to modify the City's sewer billing procedure to
reflect current lawn watering practices and to therefore more equitably determine the City's residential
lawn "sprinkling rate."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel,
Indiana, as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing Recitals are fully incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. Chapter 9, Article 3, Division V, Section 9-166 of the Carmel City Code should be and
the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 9-166 Residential Users of Sewer Services - Summer Sewer Relief.
(a)
In order that residential users of City sewer services are not penalized for
watering their lawns during the months of May, June, July, August, September
and October (the "Summer Sewer Relief period"), the billing for such sewer
charges shall be calculated as follows:
The consumption for the previous five (5) months of November through
March shall be reviewed, and the lowest and highest consumption months
during this period shall be omitted. The user's residential water
consumption during the remaining three (3) months shall be added
together and the resulting sum divided by three (3). The result of this
calculation shall constitute the number of gallons of consumption that will
be charged to the residential user during the Summer Sewer Relief period.
These charges will generally appear, so far as normal meter reading and
monthly billing cycles allow, on the customer billings for June, July, August,
September, October and November.
(b) Any residential customer who does not have five (5) months of applicable
water usage from which to calculate Summer Sewer Relief pursuant to this
Section shall be billed as follows:
The City's Municipal Water Utility meter reading book water usage entries
for the months included in the Summer Sewer Relief period shall be
averaged and that usage average shall be the Summer Sewer Relief rate
for customers lacking a full five (5) month history of water consumption at
their own residence.
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(c) Under either of the above billing procedures, a residential customer shall not
be billed more than its actual residential metered usage.
(d)
Residential sewage service, as applicable to the calculation of the Summer
Sewer Relief pursuant to this Section, shall apply to each lot, parcel of real
estate or building which is, or intends to be, occupied and used as a
residence. Summer Sewer Relief shall not apply to any premises which is
used for industrial or commercial purposes. In the event only a portion of a
premises is used for commercial or industrial purposes, the owner shall have
the privilege of separating its commercial, industrial and residential water
service so that the residential and commercial/industrial portions of the
owner's premises are served through separate meters. In such cases, the
water usage as registered by the water meter used for the residential portion
of the premises shall qualify for Summer Sewer Relief so long as there
actually is a yard to be watered and the other terms and conditions of this
Section are met."
Section 4. All prior ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance
are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Ordinance.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, signing by
the Mayor and such publication as is required by law.
PASSED by the Conunon Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this ~'/4' day of ~
,2002, by a vote of ~t~ ayes and E) nays.
COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
Wayne Wilson, ~;resident Pro Tempore
~m~ld E. Carter ATTEST:
Diana L. Cordray, /iC, Clerk-Tr~
Ordinance No. D- 1568-02
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Presented ,b~, ~e to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, on the ay of
,2002, at ~/, ~t) ,,m.
Diana L. Cordray, ~C, Cl~reasurer
Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Ca~el, ~di~a, this/~' day of '
~., 2002, at ,[~/ ~
Ja~es Brainard, Mayor
ATTEST:
E//ana L. Cordray, IAMC, Clerld-/Freasurer
Ordinance No. D-1568-02
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