HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-19 - Amendments to Section 16.7 of the Municipal CodeBILL N0. ~-/9
ORDINANCE N0. (~~-~ I
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CODE SECTION 16.7 RELATIVE TO SEWER CHARGES.
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 $7.08 per month.
(b) For each apartment house, mobile home park
or other multiple family residential sewer connection,
a sewer charge of $.27 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 $3.20 per month.
(c) For each commercial establishment, a sewer
charge of $.27 cents per 100 cubic feet of water
purchased, plus an addition thereto of a service charge
of ten percent (10%) of the volume charge, plus an
addition thereto of a service charge of $3.20 per month.
(d) For each industrial establishment, a sewer
._ charge of $.27 cents per cubic feet of water purchased
plus an addition thereto of a service charge of twenty
five percent (25%) of the volume charge per month, plus
an addition thereto of a service charge of $3.20 per
month.
(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 surcharged 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.
PASSED THIS Jai• DAY OF c•y~ 1981.
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CITY LERK
APPROVED THIS ~ DAY OF 1981.
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