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A. The city shall establish, by ordinance, rate classifications, service charges, inspection and permit fees, application and connection fees, and such other fees and charges necessary and sufficient in the opinion of the city council to pay for the following:

1. The costs associated with the development, adoption and implementation of a comprehensive sanitary sewer utility master plan;

2. The costs, including debt service and related financing expenses, of the construction and reconstruction of sanitary sewer facilities necessary and required for the handling of sewage that benefit the service area but not presently in existence;

3. The operation, repair, maintenance, improvement, replacement and reconstruction of sewer utility facilities that benefit the service area which presently exists;

4. The costs of monitoring, inspection, enforcement, and administration of the utility including, but not limited to, industrial discharge surveillance, private maintenance inspection, construction inspection, and other activities which are reasonably required for the proper and adequate implementation of the city’s sanitary sewer policies.

B. The rates and charges to be paid and collected pursuant hereto shall not be used for general or other governmental or proprietary purposes of the city except to pay for the equitable share of the costs of accounting, management, and government thereof incurred on behalf of the utility. (Ord. 5852 § 1, 2004.)