[Ord. No. 541 §1, 1-19-1980]
A. 
The City of Lake Tapawingo, Missouri, shall collect sewer service charges for the use of and the services provided by the wastewater treatment system. Such charges will be collected from the owners or occupants of each lot, parcel of real estate, or building which;
1. 
Is connected to the wastewater treatment system; or
2. 
Discharges wastewater of any type either directly or indirectly into said wastewater treatment system; or
3. 
Is not connected, but has said wastewater treatment services available to such property. Under this provision, the owner of the property which has services available will be charged the base rate as defined in Section 710.230.
B. 
"Available" as used in this Section is defined to mean that public wastewater treatment services are provided by the City of Lake Tapawingo, Missouri, within one hundred (100) feet of the property line, or within two hundred (200) feet of a proposed building.
C. 
The said charges are to be used to pay the cost of operation and maintenance, including replacement and expansion of the wastewater treatment system, and for paying the principal and interest on the negotiable interest bearing sanitary sewer revenue bonds.
[Ord. No. 541 §2, 1-19-1980]
The governing body of the City of Lake Tapawingo, Missouri, hereby finds and determines that the rates, fees and charges for the use and services of the wastewater treatment system necessary and adequate at this time to meet the requirements of Section 250.010 to 250.250, inclusive, 1957 Supplement to the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1949, are as hereinafter specified.
[Ord. No. 541 §3, 1-19-1980; Ord. No. 995, 6-6-2019]
A. 
Provision for adjustment of commercial or industrial sewer service rates.
1. 
If at any time the Sewer Commissioner finds a particular user is discharging a waste of unusual strength, or places an unusual burden upon the wastewater treatment system, he/she shall present a recommendation to the Board for an appropriate additional charge, or for other recommended action.
2. 
If a substantial part of the waste discharge of a commercial or industrial user is not discharged into the public sanitary sewer or if, in any particular case, special and unusual circumstances shall make the application of the sewer rates and charges hereinbefore specified inequitable and unfair when applied to any commercial or industrial user, then, in any such case, the Board of Aldermen of the City shall have the right to modify the foregoing rates with respect to such customer and, in such case, may enter into contracts which shall provide for equitable and fair rates and charges for sewer services.
3. 
Justification for adjustments to water consumption shall be studied and reported in the form of an engineering report, and submitted to the Sewer Commissioner. The cost of engineering surveys or reports, or special metering devices used to determine any adjustments shall be borne by the user. All agreements for adjustments of water consumption previously approved by the City and all future agreements shall be reviewed annually by the Sewer Commissioner.
B. 
Additional conditions in certain instances shall include:
1. 
For commercial and industrial users, the charge imposed pursuant to the provisions of Section 700.040 shall be calculated on a monthly basis on the gross consumption of water used by the customer during the month as shown by the water meter serving the customer's premises. Where the water meter is read on other than a monthly basis, the total water consumption for the period covered by such reading shall be prorated equally over such period, and the monthly rates hereinbefore specified shall be applied to each month in such period. If a single user's water consumption is measured by several meters, the total water consumption of such user as shown by all such meters shall be the basis on which such user's sewer service charges are computed and not on the basis of each separate meter reading. Several meters shall be counted as one (1) meter only where they serve one (1) building. The Water Commissioner shall be responsible for determining where meters do or do not serve one (1) building.
2. 
For individually metered residential units, the charge imposed pursuant to provisions of Section 700.040 shall be calculated each month based on the monthly water consumption as shown by the water meter serving the customer's residence. Where the water meter is read on other than a monthly basis, the total water consumption for the period covered by such a reading shall be prorated equally over such period, and the monthly rates hereinbefore specified shall be applied to each month in such period.
3. 
Residential water consumption data will be provided by the Water Department. It shall be the responsibility of the Water Commissioner to review all accounts being billed on consumption to determine if this consumption should be adjusted upward. If, in the judgment of the Water Commissioner, the consumption should be adjusted upward, this shall be done during the next billing month following such findings.
[Ord. No. 541 §4, 1-19-1980]
A. 
All bills for the use and service of the wastewater treatment system shall be due and payable at such place as the Board of Aldermen of the City may from time to time specify.
B. 
The City Treasurer shall be responsible for rendering such bills and shall when reasonably possible provide a combination utility billing which shall include the charges for the services of the wastewater treatment system and the Water Department and such other services as may be provided from time to time.
C. 
The Board of Aldermen shall establish a due date for utility billings. If the billing is not paid (10) days after the due date, an additional charge of ten percent (10%) shall be added thereto. After any such subsequent bill shall remain unpaid for a period of forty-five (45) days after the rendition thereof, an additional charge of ten percent (10%) on the entire past due balance shall be added thereto and sewer services to such premises may be discontinued and shall not be resumed until all past due bills are paid in full, together with the City's cost of disconnecting and reconnecting the sanitary sewer and any court costs and attorney fees. Minimum monthly charges may continue to accrue but without further penalty. Any such costs shall become a lien against the real estate.
[Ord. No. 963 §1, 10-20-2016]
D. 
The City Treasurer shall add all direct collection costs incurred including but not limited to attorney fees and to cover administrative costs, a fee of one dollar ($1.00) per month or two percent (2%) of the unpaid balance per month whichever is greater.
E. 
It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer or other representative of the City charged with the duty of collecting and receiving payment for sewer services to notify the Sewer Commissioner of the premises which, because of delinquency in payment of bills, are no longer entitled to sewer services, and such Commissioner shall take the necessary steps to have the sewer lead disconnected from the premises so in arrears, and the City shall proceed to enforce collection of such charges by any legal remedy available to it.
F. 
Living quarters shall not be disconnected during the period October first (1st) through March thirty-first (31st).
[Ord. No. 541 §6, 1-19-1980]
The City Treasurer shall provide as he/she deems necessary for the collection of advance deposits or a letter of guaranty of payment from customers requesting application for sewer service, or from customers who have continually been delinquent rendering payment of the sewer service charge.
[Ord. No. 541 §7, 1-19-1980; Ord. No. 899 §13, 8-18-2010]
A. 
No person shall reconnect a sewer service without written permission from the Sewer Commissioner when such service has been disconnected for non-payment of a sewer service bill, unless such bill, including all charges for disconnecting and reconnecting have been paid in full.
B. 
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the general penalty provisions contained in Section 100.040.
[Ord. No. 541 §8, 1-19-1980]
A. 
Any surcharge resulting from wastewaters of excessive strength shall be shown on the sanitary sewer bill as a separate item. The amount of the surcharge shall be payable at the same time as the sewer service charge.
B. 
Surcharge revenue collected shall be deposited with the City Treasurer in the Sanitary Sewer Fund, and shall be used to pay the cost of operation and maintenance, including replacement and expansion of the wastewater treatment system.
C. 
Where, in the judgment of the Sewer Commissioner, special conditions exist to the extent that the surcharge levied will result in inequitable or unfair charges for either the City or the establishment, he/she shall refer all pertinent facts and circumstances to the Board of Aldermen with his/her recommendations for an equitable charge.
[Ord. No. 541 §9, 1-19-1980]
A. 
The City will annually review its user charge system and when appropriate make adjustments to insure users bear their proportionate cost of service.
B. 
To provide for the replacement of wastewater treatment equipment, an amount will be deposited in the Sanitary Sewer Fund depreciation and replacement account each year. This amount will initially be set at four percent (4%) of the amount of the total sewer service charge.