§ 27-47. Established.  


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  • There is hereby established a sewer availability (plant investment) fee, a user service charge, and a sewer usage (volume) charge for the use of the sanitary sewerage system by all residences, apartment houses, multiple-family dwelling units, mobile homes, public, parochial and private schools, academies and other such training institutions, all churches, synagogues, temples and other places of worship, and all orphanages, and other not-for-profit, residential institutions. The sewer availability (plant investment) fee is based on the rates set forth in section 27-48. Actual rates for sewer usage (volume) and sewer service are adjusted annually by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index. Usage and service rates are published in the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish and in the Progressive Jefferson, the publication ordinarily accompanying the water bills themselves.

(Code 1961, § 17-45.15.1(a); Ord. No. 15322, § 1(a), 10-20-82; Ord. No. 19235, 11-16-94; Ord. No. 21029, § 2, 7-26-00; Ord. No. 21297, § 3, 6-6-01)