[Ord. No. 5224 §1, 9-26-2011; Ord. No. 5436 § 1, 8-24-2015; Ord. No. 5511 § 1, 12-12-2016]
A.
Lateral Sewer Repair Fund Fee Imposed.
1.
Effective with the 2011 Real Property Tax Year, the maximum
annual fee of twenty-eight dollars ($28.00) levied and imposed pursuant
to voter approval, Ord. 2006, and Sections 249.422 et seq. RSMo.,
in 1999 shall be reduced to an annual fee of eighteen dollars ($18.00)
levied and imposed for each lateral sewer service line on residential
property having six (6) or less dwelling units to provide the funds
to pay the cost of certain repairs of defective lateral sewer service
lines on or connecting such dwelling units, including all defective
portions of the lateral sewer service line from the residential structure
to its connection with the public sewer system line.
2.
Effective with the 2015 Real Property Tax Year, such annual
fee shall be increased back to the maximum annual fee of twenty-eight
dollars ($28.00) levied and imposed for each lateral sewer service
line on residential property having six (6) or less dwelling units
to provide the funds to pay the cost of certain repairs of defective
lateral sewer service lines on or connecting such dwelling units,
including all defective portions of the lateral sewer service line
from the residential structure to its connection with the public sewer
system line.
B.
Condominium Property — How Treated. Such fee is also imposed
upon condominiums with six (6) or less condominium units served by
a common lateral sewer line, and, in such instance, each condominium
unit shall be responsible for its proportionate share of the fee.
Any condominium unit that is served by its own individual lateral
sewer line shall be considered an individual residence and assessed
the fee regardless of the number of units in the building or development.
Any condominium owner or association that disputes its classification
hereunder or the calculation of the particular fee which appears on
the annual real property tax bill shall notify the St. Louis County
Collector of Revenue and resolve such dispute.
C.
Collection Of Fee. Such fees are and shall be collected by St. Louis
County on behalf of the City through annual real property tax bills
due each December 31 and promptly transferred to the City.
D.
Fund. The funds collected for repairs of defective lateral sewer
service lines shall be deposited in a special account, to be known
as the ''Sewer Lateral Repair Program Fund," which shall be established
and administered by the Finance Department to be used solely for the
purpose of paying for costs reasonably associated with and necessary
to administer and carry out such repairs. For claims received on or
before September 30, 2023, the fund shall reimburse the property owner
for fifty percent (50%) of approved and documented repair and video
inspection costs, up to a maximum amount of seven thousand five hundred
dollars ($7,500.00). For claims received on or after October 1, 2023;
the fund shall reimburse the property owner for seventy percent (70%)
of approved and documented repair and video inspection costs, up to
a maximum amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00).
All interest generated on such deposited funds shall accrue to the
special account established for the repair of lateral sewer service
lines.
[Ord. No. 5856, 9-14-2023]
E.
Program Policies. The Finance Director may adopt such policies, procedures,
forms, and requirements, not inconsistent herewith, as he or she deems
appropriate from time to time to administer the Sewer Lateral Repair
Program Fund, and the Public Works Director may adopt such policies,
procedures, forms, and requirements, not inconsistent herewith, as
he or she deems appropriate from time to time to administer the Sewer
Lateral Repair Program.
