A. The charges established in VMC 14.12.040 are to recover from users the capital and operation cost of the facility as referred to in VMC 14.12.040; however, such user charges do not include the capital cost of currently unallocated capacity.

B. Each user of the facility shall pay the city such fees for its use thereof as are set by VMC 14.12.040. In addition, each such customer who wishes to reserve capacity in the facility for its own use may, by contract approved by the director and the city attorney, agree to pay each month after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, a reserve capacity charge as set by this section. Such user shall thereafter be allowed to discharge flow, BOD and suspended solids up to its thus reserved amount, at the rates set by VMC 14.12.040, and such capacity is guaranteed to such users by the city from September 1979 to and beyond the life of bonds issued for the construction of the facility.

C. Customers who thus have reserved capacity shall pay for the amount beyond their allocated capacity at the following reserve capacity charges; an annual charge of $10,200 for each million gallons of peak hourly flow rates, plus $2,460 for each one million gallons of peak monthly flow rates, plus $285.00 per each 100 pounds of BOD, and $79.00 for each 100 pounds of suspended solids. Such charge shall be terminated by the city upon final payment by it of revenue bonds issued to pay for the facility.

D. All the above “reserve capacity charges” are to pay the capital costs (only) of such increased capacity. (Ord. M-4359 § 4, 2021; Ord. M-2705, 1987)