HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-052 - Amendment to Section 16.7 of the Municipal Coder r,
BILL N0. ~)l -5?. ORDINANCE NO. `` ~C
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 16.7 OI' THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THL' CITY O1•' RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI AND ENACTING A
NEW SECTIODI 16.7 REGARDING PUBLIC SEWERS, AND THE RATES TO BE
CHARGED FOR THE USE AND SERV]:CE THEREOF.
IIE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEII OF TIIE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Sectior. 1. Section 16.7 of the Code of Ordinances cf the
City of Riverside, Missouri is hereby repealed .in its entirety.
Section 2. A nc.c~~ Section 16.7 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Riverside, Missouri is hereby enacted and shall
read as follows:
"Section 16.7 PUBLIC SEWERS - RATES TO BE CFIARGED FOR
TFIE USE AiJD SE?VICE OF
Section 1.' SEWER SERVICE CFIARGE. There is hereby
levied a charge to be known as a sewer service charge
against each person, firm or partnership and association
occupying or owning property having a sewer. connection with
the sewer system of Clie City of Riverside, Missouri
(including those sewers built pursuant to a reciprocal
agreement with *:~ie City of Kansas City, Missouri, on August
16, 1965) or ~-.aving sewers available for connection or
otherwise disc!iarging sewage and industrial waste water or
liquid into th<~ sewer system, said charge to be as follows:
(a) For each single family residential sewer connection
which was connected prior to May 1, 1991, a charge of
$14.30 per month.
(b) For each single family residential sewer connection
connected subsequent to May 1, 1991, a charge of $29.75 per
month.
(c) For each apartment house, mobile home park or other
multiple family residential sewer connection, a charge of
$5.00 per unit plus a commodity charge of $0.86 per hundred
cubic feet of water purchased, plus a service charge of
$4.20 per water meter and $1.77 per water meter, per
monthly sewer statement.
(d) For commercial establishments and industrial
establishments. a charge of $10.00 per month, a commodity
charge of $1.24, per hundred cubic feet of water purchased
and a service charge of $4.20 per month per water meter and
$1.77 per water meter, per monthly sewer statement.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this ordinance, the
rates are subject to Kansas City increases as set forth in
subsection (f) below.
(e) For waste from each commercial and industrial
establishment containing suspended solids in excess of 360
parts per m~.llion by weight or having biochemical oxygen
demand in excess of 300 parts per million by weight, there
shall be added tc this charge a surcharge equal to that
surcharge charged to the City of Riverside by the City of
Kansas City, Missouri, pursuant to the reciprocal sewer
service agreem^nt.
(f) The City of Kansas City, Missouri treatment charges in
the form of surcharges, service charges and volume charges
as set forth ir. subsections a-e above may from time to time
be amended by the City of Kansas City, Missouri and any
increase or decrease in said charges shall be added to or
deducted from the foregoing rates when adopted and
implemented by the City of Kansas City, Missouri.
Section 2. SEWER DEEMED AVAILABLE. A sewer is deemed
available when it is within 500 feet of the dwelling,
multiple family dwelling, commercial or industrial
establishment with elevation capable of serving property
and when the connection does not require the crossing of
privately owned property. Nothing in this section shall be
deemed to be applicable to an interceptor sewer nor shall
the presence of a service line within 500 feet of a
dwelling, mul}iple family dwelling, commercial or
industrial establishment be deemed to be an available seder
under this section of the ordinance.
Section 3. RATE EXEMPTIONS. No sanitary sewer
service shall ;,~ furnished or rendered free of charge to
any person, firir. or corporation, other than the City itself.
SECTION 4. WATER METER REQUIRED. The quantity of
water used nn any premises furnished with sanitary sewer
services by the sewer system of the City shall be measured
by the water meter or meters serving the premises,
provided, however, that if any occupant or owner of any
premises connected with the sewer system of the City shall
not have a Ovate: meter installed on his premises measuring
all water received thereon from all sources, then such
occupant or owner shall, at his expense, install and
maintain on paid premises a water meter or meters
satisfactory to the City Engineer or other designated
representative of the City, which meter shall measure all
water received on said premises from all sources. The City
Engineer or such other representative of the City shall
have access to the premises of such customer at all
reasonable times for the purpose of inspection and testing
said water meter or meters and reading the records thereof.
Section 5. BILLING PROCEDURE. The City Engineer, the
City Clerk, or .such other officers, representatives or
collecting agencies of the City as may be designated from
time to time,shall cause all bills for sewer services to be
rendered monthi.~~ as services accrue. All bills shall be
due and payable from and after the date of the bills are
rendered, at the office of the City Clerk or other place
designated by the Board of Aldermen, during regular hours
of business. The City's representative::. preparing such
bills shall calculate the amount of each bill for sewer
services and render such customary bill for such sewer
services.
Section 6. CONNECTION FEE. Application for sewer
services to premises not connected with the City sewer
system shall be made to the City Engineer accompanied by a
connection fee of $250.00 for each sewer connection. If
the application is for premises upon which a duplex is
located, and only one sewer connection is required for both
units in the duplex, then a single connection fee of
$250.00 shall be submitted. Provided however, if a
separate sewer connection is provided for each unit in the
duplex, then a connection fee of $250.00 must be submitted
for each such connection. This fee is a non-refundable
connection charge.
Section 7. PREVIOUS RATES. If the sewer charges set
forth in this ordinance are found by a court of law to be
unconstitutional, the previous Section 1 of Code Section
16.7, which was in effect prior to the passage of any
ordinance found to be unconstitutional, shall return to
full legal force and effect.
Section 8:. SEVERABILITY. Should any Section,
sentence or clause of this ordinance be declared invalid or
unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect the
valadity of the remaining Sections."
Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective May 1,
1996.
Section 4. All provisions of the Code of the City of
Riverside, Missouri which are inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed and deemed amended to conform with this ordinance.
The City Clerk is directed to incorporate the provisions of
this ordinance into the appropriate Sections of the City Code.
PASSED THIS .~~~ DAY OF
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK ~--
APPROVED THIS .~~~ DAY O
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F i/ ~~'" 1996.
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