[R.O. 2008 § 700.030; R.O. 2007
§ 700.030; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(B), 4-17-1990]
The following rules and regulations
shall govern and be enforced by the City of O'Fallon and its agents.
These rules and regulations apply to all persons, firms, corporations,
partnerships, etc., using or intending to use water and/or sewer services
provided by the City of O'Fallon.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.040; R.O. 2007
§ 700.040; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(C), 4-17-1990]
All persons, firms, corporations,
partnerships, etc., desiring to obtain water and/or sewer services
from the City of O'Fallon, shall first make application to obtain
such services. All applicants shall follow and meet requirements set
forth in this Chapter. Failure to do so may result in disconnection
of service and other penalties as defined herein.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.050; R.O. 2007
§ 700.050; Ord. No. 6145 § 1, 9-24-2015]
Connections to the City's water system
shall be requested, connections fees paid in full, meter installed,
and the connection inspected and approved prior to initiation of service.
The connection fee shall be only for the right to connect, with all
costs and installation the responsibility of the property owner requesting
service. Meters for service shall be purchased directly from the City.
All metered service installations shall be located in approved meter
wells at or near the property lines within City easements or right-of-way.
Metered services, connections, and installation procedures shall be
of the type approved by the City.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.060; R.O. 2007
§ 700.060; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(G), 4-17-1990]
The City shall have the right to
inspect meters and all other fixtures and appliances for the use of
water whenever deemed necessary by the City for the purpose of regulating
such use, keeping an accurate account thereof and preventing waste,
leakage or other violations of these rules and regulations, and for
such purpose it shall be the duty of the water customer to allow the
City access to their premises at reasonable times and intervals; and
should any user refuse to allow such access, upon order of the City,
the water supply may be cut off and withheld from any such water customer
or user so refusing.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.070; R.O. 2007
§ 700.070; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(D – E), 4-17-1990]
A.
The City reserves the right, at any time,
to shut off water in their distribution mains for the purpose of making
repairs or extensions or for any other purpose they deem necessary
in the best interests of the system and it's customers. All customers
are hereby cautioned and risk of damage is hereby assumed by the water
customer and/or user. Customers and users are advised to take measures
to prevent water tanks from draining, boilers from collapsing and
to follow standard backflow prevention measures. It is expressly understood
and agreed by and between the customer/water user and the City, that
no claim shall be made against the City by reason of breaks, leaks,
bursting, repairs or maintenance of any water pipes or water facilities
owned by the City or for any failure to supply water for any reason.
B.
The City reserves the right to shut off
the supply of water from any water customer or user at any time so
long as the service pipe through which such user may be supplied,
or any meter, or other part of such pipe may be out of order or in
disrepair for the proper supply of water through same.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.080; R.O. 2007
§ 700.080; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(H), 4-17-1990]
The City requires that any break
or leak in a water service pipe, from the curb box to the meter be
promptly repaired at the expense of the water user where remote meters
are involved. Any break or leak in water service pipes from the water
main to the curb box or exterior meter box is the responsibility of
the City. Any break or leak beyond that point is the responsibility
of the customer. No customer, owner, tenant or other person in charge
of any premises provided with water connection shall negligently or
willfully permit or commit any waste of water by leakage, useless
or careless discharge of flow, freezing of pipes or other fixtures,
etc. When the supply of water is shut off due to the fault of the
water user under the provisions of any of the rules, regulations,
or ordinances of this City, a fee shall be charged for shutting off
and turning on the water service as authorized and approved herein.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.090; R.O. 2007
§ 700.090; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(J), 4-17-1990]
No water or sewer pipe of any kind,
including water service lines and sewer pipe laterals, shall be installed
within any right-of-way or easement of the City or be connected to
the water or sewer system, unless connection fees are paid, and approval
is given by the City. All usages shall be billed accordingly as set
forth herein.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.100; R.O. 2007
§ 700.100; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(K), 4-17-1990]
A water service connection is for
the sole use of the water customer or user and does not permit the
transfer of water from one (1) property to any other customer or user
in any way. If a specific emergency situation exists that would make
such an arrangement advisable, it shall be done only on specific written
permission of the City.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.110; R.O. 2007
§ 700.110; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(L), 4-17-1990]
The City requires each user of water
and/or sewer services provided by the City to install and maintain
a separate connection with the City water and sewer mains; customer
connections intended to serve one (1) property shall not serve any
other property in any way.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.120; R.O. 2007
§ 700.120; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(M), 4-17-1990]
Line extensions and connections to
the City Water and Sewer System, when made, shall be at the sole cost
of the user or customer. All connections shall be subject to the City's
approved inspection.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.130; R.O. 2007
§ 700.130; Ord. No. 1810 Art. III § 3, 4-17-1990]
Each sewer customer and/or user shall
abide by and agree to follow any and all regulations and requirements
set forth pertaining to use of public sewers, collection and treatment
of wastes, as set forth herein, the City Public Use Sewer Ordinance,
the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the United States
Environmental Protection Agency.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.140; R.O. 2007
§ 700.140; Ord. No. 1810 Art. IX § 1, 4-17-1990; Ord. No. 3003 § 2, 1-19-1993]
A.
All connections to the City Sewer System
shall be subject to the City Public User Sewer ordinance which regulates
the amount and type of wastes that may be discharged as well as specifying
requirements that are applicable to the City's Pretreatment Program
and as regulated by the United States Environment Protection Agency
and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
B.
All political subdivisions who are served
by the City of O'Fallon shall adopt a similar user charge ordinance.
C.
The user charge rates will be established
so that adequate revenue is generated to properly operate and maintain
the City's sewerage facilities. The minimum user charge rates will
be established by calculating the costs associated with plant and
pumping station operations and maintenance, sewer line maintenance,
inflow and infiltration treatment, sewerage replacement schedule,
administration, debt service and generate sufficient reserve to maintain
minimum bond coverage. The estimated flows from the users will be
divided into the costs applicable to those users, to arrive at a cost
per one thousand (1,000) gallons of wastewater treated. The City reserves
the right to set a minimum charge for each billing period. Administrative
and line maintenance costs will apply only to those areas which use
these services.
D.
The user charge rate shall be reviewed
annually.
E.
A depreciation, repair and replacement
account shall be established in the amount of ninety-four thousand
twenty-eight dollars ($94,028.00) a year, including interest accrued
on the account for twenty (20) years.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.150; R.O. 2007
§ 700.150; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(P), 4-17-1990]
The City reserves the right to interrupt
sewer service in its collecting sewers at any time, without notice,
to make repairs, extensions or alterations to the collecting sewers
or pump station equipment, and on occasion of such limited service
may require customer not to discharge into the collecting sewers for
a reasonable period of time. When it is reasonably possible, the City
will notify affected customers in advance when sewer service will
be limited.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.160; R.O. 2007
§ 700.160; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(O), 4-17-1990]
As a condition of furnishing service,
the City shall not be responsible for damages for any failure to remove
wastewater from the customer's premises or for backup of wastewater
into customer's premises or for interruption of service for any reason.
The City shall not be liable for damages resulting to customer or
third persons, unless due to negligence on the part of the City and
in absence of any contributory negligence on the part of the customer
or such third party. The City shall not be liable for damages caused
by an interruption of sewer service or for damages caused by defective
piping and appliances on the customer's premises, or for any defect
in customer's sewer lateral service line.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.170; R.O. 2007
§ 700.170; Ord. No. 1810 Art. I § 1(N), 4-17-1990]
It is required that any break or
leak in a sewer service pipe (lateral) be promptly repaired at the
expense of the user. It shall be the City's option to repair breaks
or leaks in a sewer service lateral underneath roadways and in utility
easements from the sewer main to the customers property line and the
City reserves the right to bill and collect the cost of repairs from
the user or property owner. It shall be the customers responsibility
to keep the sewer lateral service line clean from stoppage and to
clear the sewer lateral service line from the point of connection
to the sewer main.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.175; Ord. No. 5491 § 1, 8-13-2009; Ord.
No. 5499 § 1, 8-27-2009; Ord. No. 5616 §§ 1
– 2, 8-26-2010; Ord. No. 5727A §§ 1
– 2, 9-8-2011; Ord. No. 5815 §§ 1
– 2, 9-27-2012; Ord. No. 5933 §§ 1
– 2, 9-12-2013; Ord. No. 6032 §§ 1
– 2, 9-11-2014; Ord. No. 6143 §§ 1 – 2, 9-24-2015; Ord. No. 6255 §§ 1
– 2, 9-22-2016; Ord. No. 6384, 9-14-2017; Ord. No. 6505, 9-27-2018; Ord. No. 6607, 9-27-2019]
A.
There is hereby levied and assessed against
all residential property having six (6) or fewer dwelling units an
annual fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) for the repair of lateral sewer
service lines on or connecting such property with the public sewer
system line.
B.
The fee imposed hereby shall be imposed
upon condominiums that have six (6) or fewer condominium units per
building, and each condominium unit shall be responsible for its proportionate
share of any fee charged pursuant to this Chapter, and, in addition,
any condominium unit shall, if determined to be responsible for and
served by its own individual lateral sewer line, be treated as an
individual residence regardless of the number of units in the development.
C.
The fund collected pursuant to this Section
shall be deposited in a special account to be used solely for the
purpose of paying for all or a portion of the costs reasonably associated
with and necessary to administer and carry out the defective sewer
lateral service line repairs.
D.
The fee levied hereby shall be added to
the general tax levy bills of property owners within the City and
may be charged a fee in the same manner and to the same extent as
provided for the collection of delinquent real estate taxes and tax
bills.
[R.O. 2008 § 700.180; R.O. 2007
§ 700.180; Ord. No. 1843 § 1, 10-4-1990]
The existing combined waterworks
and sewerage system of the City of O'Fallon, Missouri, shall be and
the same is hereby separated into a waterworks system and a sewerage
system, and said waterworks system and all future improvements and
extensions thereto and said sewerage system and all future improvements
and extensions thereto shall hereafter be operated and maintained
as separate and distinct systems from one another.
