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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO 3sz ORDINANCE NO. 15 ~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO SEWER SERVICE CHARGES. BE I'F ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. Presently, the County Department of Environmental Management charges its customers based upon the water drawn through it meter. This procedure unfairly charges customers for water not disposed of~in the public sewer system. "this bill allows customers to document accurate readings of discharge into the county sewer system and allows for customers to be charged only for the amount actually discharged into the county system. SECTION 2. Chapter 2I, article 4, section 21-29, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is amended to read as follows: Section 21-29. Sewer user charges for nonresidential customers. Sewer user charges for nonresidential customers, including those connected to gang cesspools, shall be assessed to all lots accessible to a public sewer whether connected or not. User charges for sewer service to nonresidential customers, which include industrial, commercial, agricultural, governmental and miscellaneous services users, hotels, and service stations shall be based on water volume usage based on water meter reading and shall be assessed according to the schedule shown under section 21-36.1; provided that water consumed for the purpose of coolers or swimming pools shall not be included in water consumption totals on which these rates are based. No sewer charges shall be levied on water used for irrigation or other uses [only when separate water meters are installed for such purposes and the water drawn through such meters is not discharged into the sanitary sewage system.] when the water is not discharged into the sewer system and a separate metering system is installed to provide a method of accounting for the amount of water which is or is not subject to the sewer use charges, as the case may be. A minimum monthly charge shall be applicable and shall be equal to the schedule under section 21-36.1. Unoccupied units will be assessed a monthly maintenance fee equal to the current minimum monthly charge. SF,CTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included.