[CC 1974 §615.010; Ord. No. 797 §1, 2-1968; Ord. No. 804 §1, 4-1968;
Ord. No. 855 §1, 3-1970; Ord. No. 856 §1 — 2, 3-1970;
Ord. No. 1234 §1, 3-20-1990; Ord. No. 1327 §1, 9-7-1993; Ord.
No. 1522 §1, 7-10-2001; Ord. No. 1604 §§1 —
2, 7-1-2003; Ord. No. 1651 §1, 1-4-2005; Ord. No. 1734 §§1 — 6, 8-14-2007; Ord. No. 1768 §§1 —
2, 12-9-2008; Ord. No. 1782 §§1 — 2, 12-8-2009; Ord.
No. 1813 §1, 12-13-2011; Ord. No. 1830 §1, 11-13-2012; Ord. No. 1849 §§1––4, 12-10-2013; Ord. No. 15-006 §1, 6-9-2015; Ord. No. 15-013 §§1 — 2, 12-8-2015; Ord. No. 20-017, 12-16-2020]
A.
Beginning January 1, 2021, monthly water rates for all residential,
commercial and tax-exempt entities who are water users of the City
of Versailles, Missouri, are hereby established as follows, to wit:
1.
A minimum monthly charge of eighteen dollars ($18.00) per metered
user for the use of zero (0) to three thousand (3,000) gallons or
any portion thereof.
2.
In addition to the minimum charge there is hereby established,
an additional monthly charge of four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50)
per one thousand (1,000) gallons or any portion thereof for monthly
usage between three thousand (3,000) to fifty thousand (50,000) gallons.
3.
There is hereby established a monthly charge of three dollars
and fifty cents ($3.50) per one thousand (1,000) gallons or any portion
of one thousand (1,000) gallons for monthly usage between fifty thousand
(50,000) gallons up to one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons per
month.
4.
There is hereby established a monthly charge of two dollars
and seventy-five cents ($2.75) per one thousand (1,000) gallons or
any portion of one thousand (1,000) gallons for monthly usage over
one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons per month.
5.
There is hereby established a monthly charge for industrial
users of two dollars ($2.00) per one thousand (1,000) gallons or any
portion thereof. An "industrial user" is herein defined
as any user who employs at least fifty (50) full-time employees.
[Ord. No. 1749 §§1 — 2, 1-17-2008; Ord. No. 1831 §1, 11-13-2012]
A.
The
City of Versailles, Missouri, sewer user charges shall be billed on
a monthly basis.
B.
Water
and sewer user billing procedures and penalties are as follows, to
wit:
1.
Water and sewer billing shall be mailed to the users on the third
(3rd) Tuesday of each month and are due and payable on or before the
fifth (5th) day of the next succeeding month.
2.
All water and sewer users who have not paid their bill by the fifth
(5th) day of the next succeeding month after billing is mailed shall
be charged a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the original bill.
3.
All water and sewer users who have not paid their water and sewer
user charges by the tenth (10th) day of the month next succeeding
the mailing of the water and sewer bill shall have their water service
disconnected for non-payment of their water and sewer bill. Such disconnection
shall be without notice to the user.
4.
In the event the water and/or sewer user has not paid his or her water and sewer bill by 9:00 A.M. of the tenth (10th) of the month (or by 9:00 A.M. of the next succeeding business day in the event the tenth (10th) is a holiday or Saturday or Sunday) as provided in Section 700.012 (B)(3), then such user shall be placed on the disconnect list and shall be subject to pay a fifty dollar ($50.00) fee in addition to the water and sewer bill and penalty thereon in full prior to services being restored. This fifty dollar ($50.00) fee shall be payable irrespective of whether the actual physical disconnection of the water service has taken place.
[Ord. No. 1731 §§1 — 3, 7-9-2007]
A.
Landlords Responsible For Utility Bills. Every property
owner shall be responsible for any utility charges or fees left unpaid
by any tenant of the premises served by the water or sewer utility.
However, when an occupant is delinquent more than ninety (90) days,
the owner shall not be liable for sums due for more than ninety (90)
days of service. Further, where the landlord or property owner fails
to pay the utility charges, the City may refuse to provide any water
service to the property with the delinquent charge even in the name
of a subsequent tenant or new owner of the property.
B.
Delinquent Accounts. When a tenant is delinquent in payment
for thirty (30) days, the City shall make a good faith effort to notify
the owner of the premises receiving such service of the delinquency
and the amount thereof. Any notice of termination of service shall
be sent to both the occupant and owner of the premises receiving such
service. When an occupant is delinquent more than ninety (90) days,
the owner shall not be liable for sum for more than ninety (90) days
of service.
C.
Penalty — Severability — Effective Date. This
Section shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and approval,
except that landlords will not be liable for unpaid delinquent utility
bills incurred before the effective date of this Section unless the
utility customer remains a tenant of the landlord for ninety (90)
days past the effective date of this Section. The provisions of this
Section are severable as provided in Section 1.140, RSMo. Those provisions
of this Section which establish an offense are subject to the general
provisions provided by law, that is a penalty of zero dollars ($0.00)
to five hundred dollars ($500.00) or zero (0) to ninety (90) days
in jail, or both a fine and a jail sentence.
[Ord. No. 1119 §1, 6-5-1984; Ord. No. 1844 §1, 8-13-2013]
There is hereby established a water rate charge of three dollars
and fifty cents ($3.50) per each one thousand (1,000) gallons or portion
thereof for bulk water service users. Bulk water service users are
water purchasers who take delivery of City water in portable tanks.
[CC 1974 §580.010; Pg. 67 R.O. 1939]
No water main or any lateral thereof shall be tapped by any
person except an employee of the Water Department or by a licensed
plumber acting under the direction of the Water Superintendent or
by the Water Superintendent in person.
[CC 1974 §580.020; Ord. No. 671 §2, 8-1957; Ord. No. 1489 §1, 3-7-2000]
The duly appointed, qualified and acting Water Superintendent
or Water Commissioner of the City of Versailles shall furnish the
necessary labor to dig up a leaky or faulty lateral water line from
the City main to the property line of the private owner. If the old
water line shall be other than "Type K" copper pipe or tubing, then
the same shall be removed and copper pipe or tubing shall be installed
at the expense of the property owner by the Department of Public Works
with the property owner being responsible for all material and labor
from the property line to the building served and the repairs or the
installation shall be subject to the inspection and final approval
of the City Water Commissioner or any duly authorized agent appointed
by the Water Commissioner.
[CC 1974 §580.030; Pg. 68 R.O. 1939]
Water service in the City of Versailles to all water consumers
shall be by meter only. No water shall be applied to any consumer
until a meter has been installed as hereinafter provided for.
[CC 1974 §580.050; Pg. 68 R.O. 1939; Ord. No. 1706 §§1 —
4, 11-7-2006; Ord. No. 1709 §§1 — 4, 12-5-2006; Ord.
No. 1811 §1, 12-13-2011]
A.
There
is hereby established a water and sewer utility deposit in the sum
of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for all water and sewer users
in the City of Versailles, Missouri, who apply for water and sewer
service from the City after the date this Subsection goes into effect.
[Ord. No. 17-006 § 1, 4-4-2017]
B.
Upon
discontinuing water and sewer service of a customer, the utility deposit
shall be first applied to any unpaid water and sewer bill owed the
City and the balance, if any, or all of the utility deposit if there
are no unpaid water or sewer bill owed by the customer at the time
the service is discontinued, shall be returned to the customer.
C.
As
used herein, the term "water and sewer users" shall
include all adults who occupy the residence, building or other facility
where the water and sewer service is being provided by the City. Further,
any persons who shall be a partner in a partnership, primary shareholder
in a family or closely held corporation, LLC or other type of business
entity shall be deemed a water and sewer user.
D.
Any
water and sewer user as herein defined who shall be in arrears in
his or her water and sewer bill shall not be permitted to re-establish
a water and sewer service within the City until all delinquent water
and sewer bills are paid in full.
[CC 1974 §580.110; Ord. No. 788 §§1 — 2, 12-1967; Ord. No.
1701 §1, 7-11-2006]
A.
No
material shall be used for water lines connecting water mains of the
City and the water user's residential or business property up to one
(1) inch diameter, except "Type K" soft copper waterline or Blue Poly
pipe. Lines larger than one (1) inch in diameter may use C-900 PVC
gasketed joint pipe DR18 with approval by the City Public Works Department.
When installing non-copper lines, the installer must also install
a twelve (12) gauge coated solid copper wire to run parallel with
and in close proximity thereto.
B.
The
proper City Officials shall be authorized to refuse to allow tapping
of City water mains with any other material than that provided for
herein and shall further be authorized to discontinue service to any
user who shall hereafter change said lines to any other material than
that specified herein.
[CC 1974 §580.120; Pg. 70 R.O. 1939]
All water meters shall be located in a convenient place for
the City inspection and reading and must be provided with a permanent
meter box of standard type with a cover well secured thereon and removable
for City inspection and reading. Such meter boxes shall be at least
eighteen (18) inches in diameter and the meter dial on the meter therein
shall be so installed or raised as to be within sixteen (16) inches
of the ground surface of the box.
[CC 1974 §580.140; Pg. 71 R.O. 1939]
The consumer of City water under the control of said City of
Versailles through its Water Department is a mere licensee and the
application for City water, the installation and furnishing of service
thereunder constitutes no contract on the part of the City to furnish
said water for any definite time or in any definite amount or in any
manner than with reasonable care and the right is expressly maintainer
and reserved by the City to discontinue said service or any part thereof
at such time and for such periods as to the said City shall seem proper.
This Section shall be construed so as to permit the City in time of
fire, drought or other necessity to limit or wholly deny such service
to its consumers and any customer failing to obey the proper orders
under the provision of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Whenever in the estimation of the said Water Committee it shall be
necessary to limit or entirely cease the furnishing of City water,
they shall so notify the Mayor, in writing and the Mayor shall thereupon
issue his/her proclamation based on said notice giving the time said
service is to be discontinued or the manner in which the same is to
be limited. Said proclamation shall be by at least five (5) written
or printed handbills posted in at least five (5) public places within
the said City and the said Water Committee and Mayor, acting under
the provisions of this Section, may limit and fix certain hours for
sprinkling of lawns and gardens and streets or may wholly prohibit
the same.
[CC 1974 §580.150; Pg. 71 R.O. 1939]
Any consumer of City water who shall suffer or permit any person
not a licensed consumer to use water from his/her premises, or shall
suffer any private hydrant to remain open or exposed and shall suffer
or permit any unnecessary waste of water thereon, or shall negligently
cause, suffer or permit waste of water because of plumbing fixtures
being out of repair or otherwise shall forfeit all rights and privileges
and the City Water Superintendent shall at once cut off the water
from the premises of such consumer. Any person who shall waste any
City water from any public watering trough, public drinking fountain,
public faucet, fire hydrant or any hydrant or faucet on the premises
of another shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[CC 1974 §580.160; Pg. 71 R.O. 1939]
Any person who shall tamper with any property of the City Water
Department or who shall damage or injure any main, lateral, hydrant,
public fountain or public stock trough or other property of the City
used with or a part of the City water system shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor.
[CC 1974 §580.210; Ord. No. 961 §§l — 2, 6-1975]
A.
All
new water connections to existing public water mains and lines shall
only be made by authorized employees of the Water Department of the
City of Versailles or by the authority of the Water Commissioner of
the City of Versailles.
B.
There
shall be furnished with each connection by the City of Versailles
a corporation stop, a brass gooseneck and a shutoff valve together
with the labor to install same.
[Ord. No. 1834 §§1—3, 1-8-2013; Ord. No. 22-022, 10-11-2022]
A.
Lead Ban — General Policy.
1.
Purpose. The purpose of this Section is:
2.
Application. This Section shall apply to all premises served
by the public drinking water system of the City of Versailles, Missouri.
3.
Policy. This Section will be reasonably interpreted by the Water
Purveyor. It is the purveyor's intent to ban the use of lead-based
material in the construction or modification of the City's drinking
water system or private plumbing connected to the City system. The
cooperation of all consumers is required to implement the lead ban.
If, in the judgment of the Water Purveyor or his/her authorized
representative, lead-based materials have been used in new construction
or modifications after January 1, 1989, due notice shall be given
to the consumer. The consumer shall immediately comply by having the
lead-based materials removed from the plumbing system and replaced
with lead-free materials. If the lead-based materials are not removed
from the plumbing system, the Water Purveyor shall have the right
to discontinue water service to the premises.
B.
CONSUMER
LEAD-BASED MATERIALS
LEAD-FREE
PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SYSTEM
WATER PURVEYOR
Definitions. The following definitions
shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Section:
The owner or person in control of any premises supplied by
or in any manner connected to a public water system.
Any material containing lead in excess of the quantities
specified in the definition of "lead-free."
Any publicly or privately owned water systems supplying water
to the general public which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary
and domestic purposes and meets the requirements of the Missouri Department
of Natural Resources.
The owner, operator, or individual in responsible charge
of a public water system.
