HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-25 - Amendments to Section 16.7 of the Municipal CodeBILL NO. 9I- ORDINANCE N0. 91-p?~
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:
Section 1. Section 16.7 of the Code of Ordinances of 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City of Riverside, Missouri is hereby repealed in its entirety.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 $11.30
per month.
(b) For each single family residential sewer connection
connected subsequent to May 1, 1991, a charge of $26.75 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 $0.51 per hundred cubic
feet of water purchased, a service charge of 7 1/2$ of the
volume charge and a service charge of $2.40 per month or $4.20
per month where bills are rendered bi-monthly.
(d) For commercial establishments and industrial
establishments, a charge of $35.00 per month, a commodity
charge of $0.51 per hundred cubic feet of water purchased and a
service charge of $2.40 per month or $4.20 per month where
bills are rendered bi-monthly.
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 be
added to this charge a surchage equal 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 ur 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 200 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,
1991.
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 appropr' to Sections of the City Code.
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