14.40.015 Customer classifications | Lynnwood Municipal Code

14.40.015 Customer classifications.

Customer charges have two parts; a fixed base charge and a flow or volume charge determined by the water meter readings and the strength or nature of the wastewater the account produces. For the combined flow and wastewater strength charge customers will be placed in one of the following classes, which most closely fits their operation, based on the nature or strength of their wastewater. Charges associated with each classification are set forth in LMC 14.40.035, Table 2.

CLASSIFICATIONS	BOD+TSS mg/l
1. Low Strength (<425 mg/l)
Platers	167
Photo studios	242
Photo finish labs	265
Printers/copy centers	325
Laundromats	325
Tavern – no food preparation	350
Car washes	350
Nursing homes	350
Chemical processors	388
2. Average Strength (<550 mg/l)
Coating and engraving services	425
Funeral services – no embalming	425
Domestic waste	425
General retail, business office	425
Hotels and motels – no restaurant	450
Hospitals	450
Soft drink beverage manufacturing	531
3. Medium Strength (<1,200 mg/l)
Auto dealer, body shops and auto repair	550
Bowling alleys – no restaurant	670
Grocery stores, all fish processing	700
Hotels and motels – with restaurant	950
Commercial laundries	950
Meat distributors and markets	1,050
Bakeries	1,063
Vehicle parts manufacturer	1,121
4. High Strength (<1,500 mg/l)
Bakery stores	1,200
Restaurants, taverns – with grease control	1,200
Bowling alleys – with restaurant, grease control	1,200
5. Very High Strength (≥1,500 mg/l)
Grocery stores – full service	1,500
Funeral service – with embalming	1,500
Restaurants, taverns – without grease control	1,550
Bowling alleys – with restaurant, no grease control	1,550
Candy producers	1,650
(BOD – biochemical oxygen demand; TSS – total suspended solids; mg/l – milligrams per liter)

(Ord. 2530 § 2, 2004)