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. C�t� of ORONO d • _ RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL �`�:;°',!•� � NO. 15 2�5 � :;', , � _ � '�': ADJUSTING SEWER BILLING UNITS FOR FOR COLLECTION IN 1983 AND 1984 WHEREAS, pursuant to Municipal Code Section 25.810 , the City Council establishes and regulates rates and charges for the collection and treatment of sanitary sewage from properties connected to the City' s sanitary sewer system; and � � WHEREAS, the a-ccounting system of the City for the determination of the amount to be collected from each user is based on one or more "units" of service provided; a�nd WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council to apportion the cost of operating and maintaining the City sewage collection system in as fair and equitable a manner as possible based upon a . reasonable determination of each property' s actual use of the system. NOW, THEREFORE BE ITRESOLVEDby the City Council of the City of Orono , as follows: � �' 1 . Sewer & Water "assessment units" are calculated for purposes of determining potentialor ultimate servicerequirements and hence system design capacity and/or apportionment of system construction or availability costs. Henceforth, and unless otherwise directed , �. determination of "assessment uni'ts" shall be based upon the standard � � Sewer Availability Charge (SAC) formula of the Metropolitan Waste • � Control Commission. 2. . Each sewer "billing unit" shall constitute 1�0, 000 gallons of sewage flow per year . Flows less than 100,�00 gallons per year shall be billed a minimum rate of one "billing unit" . Flows in excess of 10� , 000 gallons per year shall have the number of "billing units" rounded up to the next even whole number of "billing units" . "Billing units" shall not be charged except in whole numbers, 3 . Residential "billing units" shall be determined according to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission SAC formula, as follows: a) Each separate dwelling unit shall constitute one (1) "billing unit" . b) Each duplex dwelling shall constitute two (2) "billing units" . c) Each multiple dwelling with three (3) or more dwelling units in one building all connected at one service location shall have the total number of "billing units" determined by multiplying 0. 8 times the number of dwelling units and rounding up to the next whole number . 4. Mixed residential and commercial use buildings shall have the number of "billing units" determined by adding the separately calculated number of residential and commercial "billing units" and roundinq up to the next whole number .