Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-10-15

f. b. O. D., as used herein is
defined as the five (5) day Bio
chemical oxygen Demand of the
sewage or industrial waste and p.
p. m, as parts per million.
Section IL. 1t is hereby declared
necessary and determined to levy
and collect the service charges
hereinafter provided for upon each
lot, parcel of land, or premises
served by a, sewer connection in or
into the Port Clinton Sewerage
System, or otherwise discharging
sewage, industrial wastes or other
liquids into said system, or any
parts thereof, for the purpose of
paying the costs and expenses of
operation, maintenance, manage
ment, repair, enlargement, financ-
ing, replacement or construction OF
| said public improvements. The rates
of said charges are deemed ana
hereby found and determined to be
just and equitable as herein estab-
lished.
Section III. For the purposes
enumerated in Section II and VII
hereof, there is hereby levied and
assessed upon each lot, parcel of
land, building or premises having
any sewer connection to or into the
Port Clinton Sewerage system, or
otherwise discharging sewage, in
| duStrial wastes, water or other IL
| quids, either directly or indirectly
| into any Of the said sewerage sys-
| tenn of said city, a sewer service
charge, payable as hereinafter pro-
vided, and in the amount determin-
| able as follows:
a. Until further provided by
Council the sewer service charge
| in the City OF Port Clinton, Ohio.
on all property from which ordinary
sewage or industrial wastes or both
is discharged through or into the
Port Clinton Sewerage System,
shall be based and paid upon the
| quantity of water used thereon or
| therein as the same is measured by
! the water meter or meters there in
use and authorized by the Board
of Public Utilities, as follows:
First $4,000 cubic feet at $500
per thousand cubic feet per quar-
| ter year:
Second $4,000 cubic feet at $1.65
| per thousand cubic feet per quar-
ter year;
Third 10000 cubic feet at $3.50
per thousand cubic feet per quar-
ter year; and
All over los, 900 cubic feet at $1.1O
! per thousand cubic feet per quarter
| year;
| provided that the minimum sewer
| service charge shall be 1920 per
| quarter for each water meter
b. The sewer service charge for
| industrial or commercial water
| users diScharging cooling water or
| process water not containing or
| ganic matter to or into the sewer
| age system or part thereof, proNid
! ing such water is separately meter
ed to the satisfaction of the Super
| intendent of Sewage Treatment
| shall be S 40 per thousand cubic feet
for such cooling or process water
1 a &c. \, q p OF inc in
| dustrial wastes into the sewerage
| system shall be fixed by the super
| intendent of Sewage Treatment and
in the event that factory, indus
trial or commercial enterprise dis
charges such industrial wastes into
the sewerage system, the sewer ser
vice charge shall be computed or
the amount of b. O. ID. or suspend
ed solids in p. p. m, whichever Is
greater) in excess of $50 p. p. m.
and such excess shall be charged
proratar in addition to the regular
sewer service charge based on meter
readings, computed on a base OF
$50 p. p. IN.
d. Whenever the hydrogen ior
concentration of industrial wastes
as measured by the PHI value is less
than G % or greater than 100 during
the billing period for which any
bill is rendered, the sewer service
charge shall be as set forth in Sec
tion ga of this ordinance plus
twenty five percent (25go), proVid
ed, however, that the city may re
fuse to accept any waste having {
PHI value less than 60 or create
than 100. This special rate shall
not be put into effect until afte
| the offending industry has beer
given a thirty days notice and M
corrective measures have beer
! taken.
e. In the event a lot, parcel o
land building or other PREMISE
| discharging sewage, industria
waste, water or other liquids int
the city sewerage system, eithe
directly or indirectly, is not a use
Of water supplied by the Wate
Works Department of said city, o.
is a combined user of such waite
together with water obtained from
any other source, then, in either o
such cases, the amount of water 81
used shall be otherwise measured
or determined by the Superintend
ent of Sewage Treatment in orde
to determine the sewer service
charge to be charged as provided
in this ordinance, or the owner o
other interested party, at his owl
expense, may install and maintain
a water meter acceptable to tn
Superintendent of Sewage Treat
ment, for said purpose
f. In the event lot parcel o
land, building or premises dis
charges industrial wastes, sewage
water or other liquids, either direct
ly or indirectly, into the city sewer
| age system and the Superintenden
of Sewage Treatment or Board o
Public Utilities finds that it is no
practical to measure such waste
: by meter, such wastes shall b
measured in such manner and b
such method as he or it may fin
, practicable in the light of the con
ditions and attendant circumstance
of the case, in order to determin
the sewer service charge, accordin
: to the rates provided in this ordi
nance or any amendment thereo
&. In the event a lot, parcel Q
land, building or other premise
| not located within the corporatio
: | limits of the City of Port Clintol
discharges sewage, Industrial vast
water or other liquids into the cit
] | sewerage system, either directly q
| indirectly, the sewer service charg
f shall be one hundred per Ger
. | G00%) more than the charge fo
: a similar service within the city.
h. The sewer service charge pro
vided in this ordinance shall /
payable at the office of the POI
:, | Clinton Water Works of said Cit
. and shall be payable at the sam
time as water bills are paid
Section ". That the City wi
. receive and ultimately will tres
, any and all industrial wastes, pro
vided. however, the city reserve
the right:
a. to refuse to receive and tres