HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-17 - Setting of Sewer RatesBILL NO. ~~7
ORDINANCE NO. g4-~7
AN ORDINANCE SETTING NEW SEWER RATES PURSUANT TO REQUIRE-
MENTS OF CONTRACT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
1. Section 1 of Code Section 16.7 regarding the rates to
be charged for the use and service of public sewers is hereby
amended by repealing the present Section 1 of Code Section 16.7
and enacting in lieu thereof a new Section 1 of Code Section
16.7, to read as follows:
SECTION 1. 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, a charge of $7.58 per month.
(b) For each apartment house, mobile home park or
other multiple family residential sewer connection, a sewer
charge of $.31 cents per 100 cubic feet of water purchased,
plus an addition thereto of a service charge of seven and
one-half percent (7 1/2$) of the volume charge, plus an
addition thereto of a service charge of X3.57 per month.
(c) For each commerc:
of $.31 cents per 100 cub:
an addition thereto of a
(10$) of the volume charge
$3,00 per month, plus an
charge of $3.57 per month.
al establishment, a sewer charge
c feet of water purchased, plus
service charge of ten percent
with a minimum service charge of
addition thereto of a service
(d) For each industrial establishment, a sewer charge
of $.31 cents per 100 cubic feet of water purchased plus an
addition thereto of a service charge of twenty five percent
(25$) of the volume charge with a minimum service charge of
$5.00 per month, plus an addition thereto of a service
charge of X3.57 per month.
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(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 surcharge equal to that
surcharge charged to the City of Riverside by the City of
Kansas City, Missouri, pursuant to the reciprocal sewer
service agreement.
2. 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 this ordinance, shall return to full legal force
and effect.
3. 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.
4. This ordinance shall become effective June 1, 1984.
PASSED THIS 5th DAY OF June I ~-., _, !~~ 84~`
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APPROVED THIS 5th DAY OF June , ,~198~.
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