Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance requests additions to Columbus City Codes to allow an additional charge, calculated on a per thousand cubic foot basis, to be applied to all volumes of service charges rendered within service areas outside the city to fully recover any and all costs associated with fees or charges imposed on the city water distribution system and sanitary sewer system during the applicable billing period for the use of rights of way within that service area. In addition this ordinance requests addition of authority within the Water and Sewer Codes to further define sewer service outside the City of Columbus, the definition of non contract sewer service areas and charges for non contract areas or areas where the contract has expired or been terminated.
FISCAL IMPACT
Fiscal Impact: Impacts on future revenues are not estimated because these provisions only apply when and if certain outside city contract situations are experienced.
BACKGROUND
This ordinance also requests additions to Columbus City Codes to define within the Codes the terms Wet Weather Charge and Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) and to further specify the terms by which sewer consumption and Wet Weather Charges will be billed. Ordinance 1904-2006 established within Columbus City Codes a Wet Weather Charge for recovery of costs of construction of projects necessary to meet the requirements of consent orders that mandate elimination of wet weather flow from Combined Sewer Overflows and Sanitary Sewer Overflows. The ordinance also explained the calculation of the charge based on an Equivalent Residential Unit of 2000 sq ft. The ordinance did not include definitions of the terms Wet Weather Charge and Equivalent Residential Unit in the amendments and additions made to Columbus City Codes, nor did the ordinance specify within Section 1147 the circumstances in which sewer consumption charges and Wet Weather Charges could be back billed. Provisions for back billing of wa...
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