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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-031 - Amendments to Section 16.7 of the Municipal CodeBILL NO. / ~ ~~~~ ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 16.7 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION 16.7 REGARDING PUBLIC SEWERS, AND THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR THE USE AND SERVICE THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Secticr. 1. Section 16.7 of the Code of Ordinances cf the City of Riverside, Missouri is hereby repealed in its entirety. Section 2. A new 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 CHARGED FOR THE USE AND SERVICE OF Section 1. SEWER SERVICE CHARGE. 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 the City of Riverside, Missouri (including those sewers built pursuant to a reciprocal agreement with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, on August 16, 1965) or having sewers available for connection or otherwise discharging sewage and industrial waste water or liquid into the 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 $1.3.64 per month. (b) For each single family residential sewer connection connected subsequent to May 1, 1991, a charge of $29.09 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 $0.77 per hundred cubic feet of water purchased, plus a service charge of $3.90 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 $1.15 per hundred cubic feet of water purchased and a service charge of $3.90 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 million by weight or having biochemical oxygen demand in excess of 300 parts per million by weight, there shall bs adde_d to this cha~~ge a suroharge eq,:ai to that surcharge charged to the City of Riverside by the City of Kansas City, Missouri, pursuant to the reciprocal sewer service agreement. (f) The City of Kansas City, Missouri treatment charges in the form of surcharges, service charges and volume charges as set forth in 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 200 feet of a dwelling, multiple family dwelling, commercial or industrial establishment be deemed to be an available sewer under this section of the ordinance. Section 3. RATE EXEMPTIONS. No sanitary sewer service shall be furnished or rendered free of charge to any person, firm or corporation, other than the City itself. SECTION 4. WATER METER REQUIRED. The quantity of water used on 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 water 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 said 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 monthly 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 representatives 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 validity of the remaining Sections." Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective May 1, 1995. 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 (UAL DAY OF ~ ~ i~~ , 1995. MAYOR ATT T: //``~~ ~ CITY CLERK -J ~ APPROVED THIS ~~(.~/ DAY OF ~ 1995. _ J / ~~ ~-~ ,~.~fiP,C Fv' MAYOR ,