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Prepared by LeAnn M. Even, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo,
IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
ORDINANCE NO. 5846
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SUBSECTION 1 OF TITLE 8, PUBLIC
UTILITIES, CHAPTER 3, SEWER REGULATIONS, ARTICLE A, USER
CHARGES AND FEES, SECTION 2, DETERMINATION OF RATES AND
CHARGES, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SUBSECTION 1
OF TITLE 8, PUBLIC UTILITIES, CHAPTER 3, SEWER REGULATIONS,
ARTICLE A, USER CHARGES AND FEES, SECTION 2, DETERMINATION
OF RATES AND CHARGES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA
AS FOLLOWS:
Subsection 1 of Title 8, Public Utilities, Chapter 3, Sewer Regulations, Article A, User Charges
and Fees, Section 2, Determination of Rates and Charges, of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Waterloo, Iowa, are hereby repealed and replaced as follows:
ARTICLE A. USER CHARGES AND FEES
SECTION:
8-3A-1: Wastewater Volume
8-3A-2: Determination Of Rates And Charges
8-3A-3: Charges And Fees
8-3A-4: Connection Charges
8-3A-4-1: Building Sewer Connection Charges; Determination
8-3A-4-2: Cross And Lateral Sewer Connection Charges
8-3A-4-3: Use Of Sewer Connection Charges
8-3A-4-4: Permitted Connections
8-3A-4-5: Violations And Penalties
8-3A-1: WASTEWATER VOLUME:
A. For purposes of establishing user charges, the quantity of wastewater discharged to
the POTW by a user shall be determined by and held to be the quantity of water used based on
water meter readings of the waterworks or private water supply unless otherwise approved by the
Superintendent. If a user shall use water which comes from a private water supply, the user shall
meter the water at his own expense when required by the Superintendent and shall pay the
appropriate user charges.
B. All charges and fees not otherwise provided for in this article shall be set by
resolution. (Ord. 4261, 10-6-1997)
8-3A-2: DETERMINATION OF RATES AND CHARGES:
Each connection to the POTW shall pay user charges in accordance with the following schedule:
1. The maximum monthly rate for residential accounts shall be based on one hundred
percent (100%) of the monthly water consumption during the winter months as determined and
recorded by Waterloo Waterworks. Industrial users will be billed on actual water consumption
unless otherwise approved by the General Manager. Any special or private contracts shall be
metered at the user's expense.
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2. Users who have their own private wells shall pay a minimum sixty nine dollars seventy six
cents ($69.76) per quarter, unless required to properly meter wastewater flows by the
Superintendent.
3. Users who are located outside of the limits of the City shall pay double the rates specified
herein, unless an agreement has been reached and signed between the City of Waterloo and the
contributing municipality or entity.
4. If the rates as specified in this section are not paid when due as required by this section,
there shall be added to the rates a penalty of five percent (5%). The Clerk shall certify to the
County Treasurer all sewer rates, charges or rentals and penalties delinquent.
5. A surcharge for wastewaters in excess of domestic strength and containing no such
chemical or other substances as would interfere with the proper operation of the purifying plant,
shall be computed according to the following formula:
BOD - $0.10/pound
TSS - 0.10/pound
TKN - 0.10/pound
6. The following sewer rental charge shall become effective beginning August 1, 2024:
Minimum monthly chargel $23.25
Minimum quarterly charge2 $69.76
Per Ccf. over minimum monthly charge3 $3.73
Notes:
1. Includes first 3 Ccf.
2. Includes first 9 Ccf.
3. Ccf = 100 cubic feet of metered water used or metered wastewater discharge if
provided in permit.
7. Effective July 1, 2026, sewer users with flow exceeding eight hundred million
(800,000,000) gallons per year are eligible for the following rates:
Minimum monthly charge $23.25 (includes first Ccf.)
Per Ccf. over minimum monthly charge $2.984
(Ccf = 100 cubic feet of metered water used or metered wastewater discharge if provided in
permit) Rates will be increased by the same applicable amount that rates under subsection A6 of
this section are increased.
(Ord. 4261, 10-6-1997; amd. Ord. 4482, 5-29-2001; Ord. 4699, 6-14-2004; Ord. 5091, 1-30-
2012; Ord. 5287, 6-8-2015; Ord. 5472, 11-13-2018; Ord. 5558, 6-1-2020; Ord. 5603, 6-7-2021;
Ord. 5645, 5-16-2022; Ord. 5702, 5-15-2023; Ord. 5769, 7-1-2024; Ord. 5796, 6-2-2025)
8-3A-3: CHARGES AND FEES:
A. Charges And Fees: The city may adopt charges and fees, which may include:
1. Fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the city's pretreatment
program.
2. Fees for monitoring, testing, inspections and surveillance procedures.
3. Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction.
4. Fees for permit applications.
5. Fees for filing appeals.
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6. Fees to specific contributing industrial users for consistent removal, by the city, of
pollutants otherwise subject to federal categorical pretreatment standard.
7. Other fees as the city may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein.
These fees relate solely to the matters identified above and are separate from all other fees
chargeable by the city.
B. City's Scheduling Of Charges And Fees:
1. A surveillance monitoring fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) per installation of
equipment shall be assessed against each user for which the city, rather than the user, installs
surveillance monitoring equipment for the purpose of conducting wastewater sampling.
2. A sampling fee of one hundred thirty dollars ($130.00) per site visit for the purpose of
wastewater sample collection shall be assessed against each user.
3. Fees for investigating accidental discharges shall be based on the time expended at
twenty three dollars ($23.00) per hour.
4. Laboratory testing fees shall be based on actual expenses incurred for each parameter
tested as specified in a fee schedule which the city shall approve and issue from time to time.
5. A wastewater discharge permit application fee shall be assessed each request for a
wastewater discharge permit in the amount of twenty five dollars ($25.00). Wastewater discharge
permit and/or permit renewal shall be assessed in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
An additional fee shall be assessed in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for past due
applications.
6. An appeal filing fee shall be assessed in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(Ord. 4261, 10-6-1997)
8-3A-4: CONNECTION CHARGES:
8-3A-4-1: BUILDING SEWER CONNECTION CHARGES; DETERMINATION:
The charge for connecting to an existing public sewer in the near vicinity of a property for which
it is desired that service be provided shall be determined as follows:
A. Where the property to be served has been specifically assessed for the sewer facilities prior
to the time of the application for connection, there shall be no additional connection charge,
unless at the time of assessment a deficiency was allowed. Then, the sewer connection charge
shall be equal to the deficiency previously allowed.
B. Where the property to be served has not been assessed or is not subject to an assessment of
a special tax for the construction of the sewer facilities to which connection is sought and said
sewer was built through assessments, the connection charge shall be equal to the average front
footage charge assessed to all property on the sewer involved applied to the front footage of the
property to be served. Where the property has frontage on two (2) intersecting streets, the
footage to which the charge shall be applied shall be the one considered the front in all usual
proceedings for assessments. Where unusual parcel shape would make the charge inequitable to
the owner or to the city, the frontage shall be taken as the lot width at the face of the building.
C. Where the property to be served has not been subject to assessment for the cost of the
public sewer, constructed before January 1, 1978, and the cost thereof was paid by general
taxation, the sewer connection charge shall be calculated on the basis of five dollars fifty cents
($5.50) per front foot of actual lot frontage, as hereinabove defined, plus fifty dollars ($50.00)
hookon.
D. Where the property to be served has not been subject to assessment for the cost of the
public sewer constructed after January 1, 1978, and before January 1, 1982, and the cost thereof
was paid by general taxation, the sewer connection charge shall be calculated on the basis of
fifteen dollars ($15.00) per front foot of actual lot frontage as hereinbefore defined or the actual
front footage construction cost (including engineering, real and administrative charges)
whichever charge is lesser, plus a hookon charge in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200.00)
per acre prorated to lesser portions of an acre with a minimum hookon charge of fifty dollars
($50.00) per hookon.
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E. Where the property to be served has not been subject to assessment for the cost of the
public sewer constructed after January 1, 1982, and the cost thereof was paid by general taxation,
the sewer connection charge shall be calculated on the basis of the actual front footage
construction cost (including engineering, real and administrative charges), plus a hookon charge
in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per acre prorated to lesser portions of an acre
with a minimum hookon charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) per hookon. (Ord. 4261, 10-6-1997)
F. The subject matter of this section is legally described as follows:
Property lying within the North One-half (1/2) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 14,
Township 88, Range 13 West, City of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, except right-of-way
of E. Shaulis Road and Hammond Avenue (hereinafter "described property").
All "described property" not currently assessed for the cost of the public sewer which proposes
to be served by the public sewer or any extension of the public sewer shall be assessed a hookon
charge at the rate of one thousand one hundred twenty four dollars sixty seven cents ($1,124.67)
per acre. This hookon charge shall be paid in full by the developer in lump sum within thirty (30)
days of the city council's acceptance of a subdivision final plat that is within the "described
property". The areas to be used for calculating the hookon fee shall include the entire area of the
subdivision, including street rights of way, and any included or adjoining areas not used for
residential or commercial development, including, without limitation, ponds, lakes, and parks.
Any area not included in a subdivision final plat but that is a part of the "described property" and
which proposes to hook on to the public sewer or any extension of it shall, at the time the
property owner or user applies to hook on to the public sewer or any extension of it, pay in full
any lump sum it owes to hook on to the public sewer or any extension of it. Hookon charges for
unplatted areas shall be determined by the size of the entire parcel being served.
G. The provisions of the hookon charge provided for in this section shall not apply to any
property covered by a specific hookon charge ordinance (Ord. 4469, 4-16-2001)
8-3A-4-2: CROSS AND LATERAL SEWER CONNECTION CHARGES:
Before a permit for a new cross or lateral sewer connection to a main sewer shall be granted, the
applicant shall have complied with the terms and conditions for such connection established by
the city council. Such terms and conditions may include, but not be limited to, engineering
design, construction standards, requirements for inspection of construction of the applicant's
sewer, and the setting of equitable fees to be paid for the right to connect to public sewer and all
facilities to which the sewer will be contributory. (Ord. 4261, 10-6-1997)
8-3A-4-3: USE OF SEWER CONNECTION CHARGES:
Such charges shall be due without regard to whether the facilities involved, trunk sewers or
POTW have been paid for in full or whether prior assessments and other resources will cover all
costs for such facilities. Connection charges shall be deemed a refund of amounts yet to be or
previously paid by the city from its funds for the additional service made available to the
applicant. (Ord. 4261, 10-6-1997)
8-3A-4-4: PERMITTED CONNECTIONS:
No building sewer connection shall be made to a public sanitary sewer which is not in front of
the property to be served unless the public sewer cannot feasibly be extended and the building
sewer can be connected without creating difficulties for other utilities in the street or unless any
such difficulties are offset by a definite public advantage in having the connection. No building
sewer shall be connected directly into a manhole more than six inches (6") above the flow line
therein. Where a public sewer is extended by an applicant at his own expense, it shall be
constructed in accordance with the specifications of the city for public sewers and connection
charges may be reduced by the cost thereof, in whole or in part. (Ord. 4261, 10-6-1997)
8-3A-4-5: VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES:
Any person which shall make a connection without paying connection charges due under this
section 8-3A-4 or in any manner violate the other terms of this section 8-3A-4 shall be, upon
conviction, deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to fine and imprisonment as provided
by law. (Ord. 4261, 10-6-1997)
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INTRODUCED:
PASSED 1st CONSIDERATION:
PASSED 2nd CONSIDERATION:
PASSED 3rd CONSIDERATION:
September 8, 2026
September 8, 2026
September 8, 2026
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of September 2026.
ATTEST:
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CERTIFICATE
I, Kelley Felchle, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify that the
preceding is a true and complete copy of Ordinance No. 5846 as passed and adopted by the
Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 8th day of September, 2026.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 8th day of September, 2026.
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