Cross References — Application/contract for water services
is on file in the city clerk's office; app. I, user charge ordinance/wastewater
system, is on file in the city offices.
[CC 1984 §112.010; Ord. No. 1988-3 §112.010, 5-9-1988; Ord. No. 1996-7(112.010(1)) §112.010(1), 9-23-1996; Ord. No. 2003-02, 1-27-2003; Ord. No. 2004-1, 1-26-2004; Ord. No. 2004-9, 11-22-2004; Ord. No. 2005-9, 12-5-2005; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-11-2006; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-17-2007; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-22-2008; Ord. No. 705:010, 2-2-2009; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-21-2009; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-13-2010; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-17-2012; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-23-2013; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-22-2014; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-14-2015; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-12-2016; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-11-2017; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-10-2018; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-13-2021; Ord. No. 705:010, 12-12-2022]
A.
The
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City shall act as ex-officio of
Board of Waterworks Commissioners for the management and operation
of the Municipal Waterworks. The Board of Aldermen shall make all
necessary rules and regulations in the operation and management of
said waterworks. Provided, however, that they shall receive no additional
compensation for acting as such, other than regular salary as members
of the Board of Aldermen of this City.
B.
The
following rates shall apply to the purchase of water from the Municipal
Waterworks:
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Residential service charge
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$14.08 per meter per month
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Plus usage charge
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$0.66 per hundred gallons used per month
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Seneca R-7 schools
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$14.08 per meter per month
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$0.66 per hundred gallons used per month
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Outside City limits
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$21.62 per meter per month
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$0.92 per hundred gallons used per month
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This Section includes the Water Rate Study on file in the City
offices, which represents the estimated budget costs and rate calculation
methods used to develop the rate structure.
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Cross Reference — Water rate study is on file in the
city offices.
[Ord. No. 1998-3, 8-10-1998]
Consumers of City water outside the City limits shall be charged for water consumed by them at the rate provided for consumers within the City limits, plus fifty percent (50%), with the rates calculated as set forth in Section 705.010.
[CC 1984 §112.020; Ord. No. 705.020, 4-24-2006]
A.
The
following rules and regulations shall govern the sale, consumption
and use of water purchased from the municipal waterworks and the operation
thereof:
1.
Every industrial, commercial or residential developer shall make
his/her application to the Water Superintendent stating in said application
that he/she desires to connect with the water main of the City, stating
the name of the plumber, the location of the property, and that he/she
will guarantee that all paving cuts shall be replaced according to
the ordinances of this City concerning paving. If upon the approval
of the application by the Water Superintendent as to the construction,
the type of pipe and the fact that it was installed in good workmanlike
manner, and that all excavations shall be filled and all paving replaced,
the Water Superintendent shall grant a connection to the City lines.
2.
Every single resident consumer shall make his or her application
to the Water Superintendent who will connect a service line from the
main to the closest property line of the applicant and shall set a
water meter in an approved vault. It shall be the applicant's or their
agent's responsibility to connect to the meter.
[CC 1984 §112.030; Ord. No. 112.030(1), 3-10-1997]
The Water Superintendent shall oversee the reading of all water
meters within the City. He/she shall superintend the operation of
the Municipal Waterworks and see that all machinery and apparatus
thereto belonging are kept in good repair and working order and perform
such other duties as may be required of him/her from time to time
by the Water Commissioner. It shall be his/her further duty to enforce
all regulations heretofore or hereafter adopted by the Board of Aldermen
for the regulation and operation of the waterworks.
[CC 1984 §112.040; Ord. No. 1988-4 §112.040(4,9), 5-9-1988; Ord. No. 1997-10(112.040) §112.040(5,7,9), 1-13-1997; Ord. No. 1997-4(112.040) §112.040, 7-28-1997; Ord. No. 2004-2, 1-26-2004; Ord. No. 705:040, 5-27-2014; Ord. No. 705:040, 11-14-2022
A.
It
shall be the duty of the City Clerk to collect all water rents and
to keep proper accounts at all times. It shall be the duty of the
City Clerk on or before the first (1st) day of each month to mail
users of City water a statement which shall show the amount of water
used by each person and the amount due the City for such water for
the month previous to the rendering of said bill. Said statement shall
incorporate charges for sewer usage and solid waste pickup.
B.
All
bills rendered to consumers for water shall be paid to the City Clerk.
He/she shall issue his/her receipt therefor and on or before the third
(3rd) Tuesday of each month shall file his/her written reports under
oath with the Mayor showing the total amount of money collected for
water service up to the first (1st) day of the preceding month; the
balance of money on and as of the date of the current report; all
the delinquent accounts, including the names of those delinquents;
the amount due and required to reinstate service, if service shall
have been discontinued.
C.
All
persons hereafter contracting for service with the City for water
shall sign a contract with the City agreeing to be subject to rules
and regulations that are now or hereafter may be established. If the
said parties seeking water service are married, the said contract
shall be signed by both husband and wife and said contract shall also
direct to whom the refund shall be paid. Said contract shall give
the date that it is entered into, the street and number of the said
premises, and the owner of said premises.
D.
Deposits Required.
1.
All residential rental consumers of water hereafter contracting
for water from the Water Department of the City of Seneca shall deposit
with the City Clerk the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
2.
All owner-occupied homes (where the owner exhibits a copy of
his/her deed to the City Clerk) shall deposit sixty dollars ($60.00)
and the initial meter installation charge.
3.
All commercial consumers of water hereafter contracting for
water from the Water Department of the City of Seneca shall deposit
one hundred dollars ($100.00).
E.
All
money deposited with the City Clerk of Seneca to secure the payment
of accounts incurred for water shall remain with him/her until service
is terminated and until such time as all accounts for water, sewer
and solid waste pickup shall have been satisfied.
F.
Whenever
any consumer of water shall order his/her service discontinued, the
City Clerk, upon the payment by the consumer of all amounts due the
Water Department, shall pay the consumer the amount of his/her deposit
and order the department employees to take charge of the meter belonging
to the City.
G.
Payment for utility bills is due no later than the fifteenth (15th)
day of the month following the month of consumption. Any bill not
paid by the fifteenth (15th) will include a late charge of five dollars
($5.00). Any bill which a notice is sent out for on or after the twentieth
(20th) of the month will include an additional billing fee of five
dollars ($5.00). On the twenty-fifth (25th) day of the month, water
service will be discontinued for any consumer who is delinquent in
payment and charged a disconnect fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). To
reinstate the service a reconnect fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) will
be made to the City Clerk prior to such reconnection, including payment
of services up through the date of discontinuance. After the second
disconnect the consumer will be required to pay a deposit to reinstate
the service.
[Ord. No. 1998-2, 8-10-1998; Ord. No. 705.045, 4-9-2012]
A.
No
water service connections may be made to the City water system to
serve property outside the City except upon approval by the Board
of Aldermen and if the following conditions are met:
1.
The place desiring water service, whether residential, development,
subdivision, business or whatever, agrees in writing that any construction,
development, subdividing or other activity to be done on the tract
of land requesting water hookup be done in accordance with all City
codes, ordinances and regulations;
2.
The applicant for water hookup be all the owners of any interest
in the property to be served by water service, and the applicant agrees
to hook up to City water at the applicant's expense, and said applicant
receiving water from the City, who is located outside the City limits
of Seneca, Missouri, shall be charged for the water consumed by said
applicant at one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the rate charged
to users of City water located within the City limits of the City
of Seneca;
3.
The property desiring water hookup be adjacent to the City and that
the applicant submit written approval of all property owners lying
between him/her and the City to be annexed to the City and that the
person desiring water hookup allow any person to tap into the water
line extension;
4.
The applicant pay for the cost of laying the pipe and all other costs
involved in extending the water line, including acquisition of any
and all necessary easements as may be required by the City Manager
or City Attorney;
5.
The water line be laid where directed by the appropriate City Official
and according to the specifications set out by the City Building Inspector
or other appropriate City Officials pursuant to the ordinances, codes
and other regulations of the City; and
6.
The applicant pay the costs of an annexation election if a special
election is deemed advisable by the Board of Aldermen.
[CC 1984 §112.050; Ord. No. 1988-4 §112.040(8), 5-9-1988]
A.
Circumventing Water. If any person, partnership, firm or
corporation shall in anyway attempt or permit, while a consumer of
water furnished by the City, to defraud the City by circumventing
any meter, or by any other manner, it shall be the duty of the Water
Superintendent, upon the instructions of the Board of Aldermen, to
disconnect the service of said consumer.
B.
Water Meters. All water meters within the City shall be
installed at the curb line of the property, where possible, of the
consumer receiving service or in a convenient place and in a meter
box having the inside diameter of not less than fifteen (15) inches.
C.
Water Shortage Emergency.
1.
Whenever an emergency shall exist for the reason of shortage of water
supply of the Municipal Waterworks, which shortage shall endanger
the health of the inhabitants of the City, and the property therein,
the Board of Waterworks Commissioners shall have the power and authority
to declare, by proclamation, that which exists, and shall have the
further authority to order and enforce the discontinuance and use
of water by all consumers for the following purposes, to-wit: sprinkling
lawns and gardens, washing motor cars or other vehicles, flushing
ditches, washing sidewalks and porches, use in swimming pools, and
the general use of water through a garden or other hose, or the wasting
of water in any manner.
2.
The proclamation required by the foregoing Subparagraph (1) of this
Subsection shall be issued by the Mayor, and shall state the effective
date of such order and what uses the water from the municipal plant
are prohibited and shall further state the length of time such order
is to remain in effect; however, provided that the proclamation may
state that the order therein contained is to remain in effect until
revoked by a subsequent proclamation. Notice of the adoption and issuance
of the proclamation shall be given to water consumers by publishing
of the same in some newspaper published in the City or by posting
copies thereof in at least ten (10) public places in the City, including
the City Hall and Post Office, whichever may be deemed by the Board
of Commissioners the best manner of giving notice of the adoption
thereof, to the greatest number of consumers.
3.
Any consumer who shall violate any such proclamation by use of water
in violation of the prohibition therein contained, shall forfeit their
right to water during said emergency. It shall be the duty of the
Water Superintendent to discontinue service until notified by the
Board of Commissioners to again service said user.
D.
Access To Property. The consumer shall agree that the properly
authorized agent of the City shall at all reasonable hours have full
access to the consumer's premises for the purpose of testing, examining,
repairing or removing of the meter or any other material and appliance
and that no one is permitted to remove, repair or tamper with such
material or appliance, who is not an agent of the City. The consumer
shall further agree that the properly authorized agent of the City
shall at all times have access to the premises to read said meter
and make any inspection concerning the water system.
E.
Water Superintendent — Non-Performance Of Duties. The
Water Superintendent, or any other assistant, who shall willfully
and knowingly fail to perform the duty of his/her office, shall be
subject to removal from office, and in addition thereto his/her bond
shall be liable for any loss which might arise by negligence or failure
to perform his/her duty.
F.
Penalty For Violation. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00)
nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
[Ord. No. 705.055 Art. I, 2-12-2007]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
A public water system which serves at least fifteen (15)
service connections or regularly serves at least twenty-five (25)
residents on a year-round basis.
Any actual or potential connection or structural arrangement
between a public water system and any other source or system through
which it is possible to introduce into any part of the public water
system any used water, industrial fluid, gas or substance other than
the intended potable water with which the system is supplied. By-pass
arrangements, jumper connections, removable sections, swivel or changeover
devices and any other temporary or permanent devices through which,
or because of which, backflow can or may occur are considered cross-connections.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The negative logarithm of the concentration of hydrogen ions
in an aqueous solution.
A system for provision to the public of piped water for human
consumption, if the system has at least fifteen (15) service connections
or regularly serves at least twenty-five (25) individuals daily at
least sixty (60) days out of the year. The system includes any collection,
treatment, storage or distribution facilities used in connection with
the system. A public water system is either a community water system
or a non-community water system.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
Each individual connection of a user to a water main or pipe
for the purpose of conveying water to a point of use.
Any water line or pipe connected to a public water supply's
distribution main or pipe that conveys water to a point of use. Each
service line is owned and maintained by the customer at that service
connection and such line being at the customer's side of the meter.
Is mandatory; MAY — is permissive
The Superintendent of Water Works, who is in responsible
charge of the operation and maintenance of the public water supply
serving the City.
All piping, conduits, valves, hydrants, storage facilities,
pumps and other appurtenances, excluding service connections, which
serve to deliver water from a water treatment plant or source to the
public.
Any water main line or pipe which conveys water to a point
of use from a water treatment plant, source or water storage facility.
Water mains are owned and maintained by the City.
A water volume measuring and recording device furnished and/or
installed by the City or furnished and/or installed by a user and
approved by the City. Each individual service connection shall have
a water meter.
A facility which uses specific processes such as sedimentation,
coagulation, filtration, disinfection, aeration, oxidation, ion exchange,
fluoridation or other processes which serve to add components or to
alter or remove contaminants from a water supply source.
[Ord. No. 705.055 Art. II, 2-12-2007]
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human
employment, recreation, residence or other purposes, situated within
the City and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which
there is now located or may in the future be located access to a public
water system within one hundred (100) feet of the property line, is
hereby required to connect to such facilities in accordance with the
provisions of this Article within sixty (60) days (suggested deadline)
after date of official notice to do so.
[Ord. No. 705.055 Art. III, 2-12-2007]
A.
Before
commencement of construction of a privately owned public water system
in the City's jurisdiction, the owner shall first obtain a written
permit signed by the Superintendent. The application for such permit
shall be made on a form furnished by the City, which the applicant
shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information
as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent. A permit and inspection
fee of _______ dollars shall be paid to the City at the time the application
is filed.
B.
No
statement contained in this Article shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health
Officer.
C.
When
a public water system becomes available, customers that connect must
physically disconnect from the existing private system (well) in accordance
with the City's cross-connection prevention ordinance. The well shall
then be properly plugged in accordance with guidelines established
by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Division of Geology
and Land Survey (DGLS) and outlined in State Regulation 10 CSR 23
— 3.110, as amended, unless the owner wants to keep it functional
for uses other than providing drinking water. A well may only be kept
if it remains physically disconnected from the public water supply's
distribution system, has a functional pump, is connected to an electrical
service and is pumped at least once in a twelve (12) month period.
Upon connecting to the public water system, the appropriate
DNR regional office shall be notified, in writing, that the connection(s)
have been completed.
[Ord. No. 705.055 Art. IV, 2-12-2007]
A.
No
unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening
into, use, alter or disturb any public water system or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
B.
There
shall be two (2) classes of water system connection permits:
1.
For residential and commercial service, and
2.
Industrial service.
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In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall
be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit
and inspection fee of _______ dollars for a residential or commercial
building permit and _______ dollars for an industrial permit shall
be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
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C.
All
costs and expenses incident to the installation of the service line
and connection to the public water system shall be borne by the owner.
The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may
directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the water
service.
D.
A separate
and independent service connection shall be provided for every building.
E.
The
size, alignment, material used in the construction of new or the replacement
of the existing public water system and the methods to be used in
excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling
the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the most recent
edition of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), Public
Drinking Water Program, Design Guide for Community Public Water Supplies.
A permit to construct, issued by MDNR, will be received prior to construction,
alteration or extension of the water system.
F.
The
applicant for a public water system connection permit shall notify
the Superintendent when service line is ready for inspection and connection
to the water system. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Superintendent or his representative.
G.
All
excavations for public water system improvements, replacements or
repairs shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so
as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways
and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall
be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City.
[Ord. No. 705.055 Art. V, 2-12-2007]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is part of the public water system.
Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate
arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
[Ord. No. 705.055 Art. VI, 2-12-2007]
A.
The
Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter
all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
B.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection (A) above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City employees and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions.
C.
The
Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter
all private properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated
easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the
public water system lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent
work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with
the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private
property involved.
[Ord. No. 705.055 Art. VII, 2-12-2007]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Article except Section 705.100 shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection (A) above shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each violation. Each twenty-four (24) hour period in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.
Any
person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall become
liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the
City by reason of such violation.
