[R.O. 1996 § 705.130; CC 1968 § 22-50; Ord. No. 191 § 1, 8-5-1957; Ord. No. 679 § 1, 4-16-1973; Ord. No. 783 § 2, 6-2-1975; Ord. No. 855 § 1, 9-7-1976; Ord. No. 1090 § 11, 10-6-1980; Ord. No. 1511 § 3, 5-5-1986; Ord. No. 1746 § 3, 6-20-1988; Ord. No. 1856 §§ 1
— 3, 8-7-1989; Ord.
No. 2608 §§ 1 — 2, 9-18-1995; Ord. No. 3007 §§ 1
— 2, 9-3-1997; Ord.
No. 3635 § 1, 12-1-2003; Ord. No. 4083 § 1, 7-16-2007; Ord. No. 4271 § 2, 11-2-2009; Ord. No. 4305 § 1, 7-19-2010; Ord. No. 4440 § 1, 7-15-2013; Ord. No. 4606 § 1, 8-15-2016; Ord.
No. 4842, 8-5-2019]
A.
The rates required and to be charged and
collected for the use and services of the sewerage system of the City,
said sewerage system being a part of the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage
System of said City, shall be as hereinafter provided. Said rates
shall be based upon a volume charge and a service charge.
1.
Volume Charges.
a.
For domestic users (one- and two-family
residences and multi-family residences with separate water meters
for each dwelling unit) volume charges shall be based upon the monthly
quantity of water used, except that for the billing periods most closely
corresponding to the months of May through December, inclusive, the
volume charge shall be based upon monthly averaged water used during
the winter period, said winter period being the billing period of
January through April, or actual monthly quantity of water used, whichever
is lesser; said charges shall be payable with each bill rendered throughout
the year. When water service accounts do not have an acceptable billing
history, the volume charge for any period outside the winter period
shall be the volume charge, or for domestic users the charge for seven
thousand five hundred (7,500) gallons per month, whichever is lesser.
b.
For Residential And Commercial Users:
[Ord. No. 5130, 7-18-2022]
(1)
The rate charged for all use and services of the sewerage system within and outside the City limits of Blue Springs for fiscal year 2022-2023, shall be an amount equal to sixty cents ($0.60) per one hundred (100) gallons billed in accordance Section 705.130(A)(1)(a) of the Code of Ordinances, City of Blue Springs.
(2)
The rate charged for all use and services of the sewerage system within and outside the City limits of Blue Springs for fiscal year 2023-2024, shall be an amount equal to sixty-five cents ($0.65) per one hundred (100) gallons billed in accordance Section 705.130(A)(1)(a) of the Code of Ordinances, City of Blue Springs.
(3)
The rate charged for all use and services of the sewerage system within and outside the City limits of Blue Springs for fiscal year 2024-2025, shall be an amount equal to seventy-one cents ($0.71) per one hundred (100) gallons billed in accordance Section 705.130(A)(1)(a) of the Code of Ordinances, City of Blue Springs.
(4)
The user volume charge
rates established in this Code apply to all users of the City's treatment
works, regardless of their location.
c.
The volume charge per month is based
on the total volume of water purchased by the customer during the
month.
2.
Service Charge. A service charge
shall be based on the cost of making available facilities and works
now or in the future necessary for sewage treatment and sending bills
for service. Such charges are made each month regardless of whether
or not any sewage or waste are actually discharged to the sewer during
the billing period.
[Ord. No. 5130, 7-18-2022]
a.
The service charge for fiscal year
2022-2023 to customers whose property being serviced is located within
the City limits of Blue Springs shall be nine dollars and fifty cents
($9.50) per month. The service charge for customers whose property
being serviced is outside the City limits of Blue Springs shall be
nineteen dollars ($19.00) per month.
b.
The service charge for fiscal year
2023-2024 to customers whose property being serviced is located within
the City limits of Blue Springs shall be ten dollars and five cents
($10.05) per month. The service charge for customers whose property
being serviced is outside the City limits of Blue Springs shall be
twenty dollars and ten cents ($20.10) per month.
c.
The service charge for fiscal year
2024-2025 to customers whose property being serviced is located within
the City limits of Blue Springs shall be ten dollars and fifty-five
cents ($10.55) per month. The service charge for customers whose property
being serviced is outside the City limits of Blue Springs shall be
twenty-one dollars and ten cents ($21.10) per month.
3.
The fiscal year for the City of Blue
Springs begins on October 1, such that fiscal year 2022-2023 begins
on October 1, 2022 and ends on September 30, 2023, etc.
[Ord. No. 5130, 7-18-2022]
4.
Security Deposit.
[Ord. No. 4651 § 9, 3-20-2017]
a.
Applications for sewer only service shall be made with the City's Utility Billing Department by the owner or the occupant of the property to be served and upon approval of the application, the owner or the occupant may begin utility services with the City's water and sewer. Monthly billings will be provided to the customer as defined in this Chapter 705, and shall be due and payable on the due date specified on the monthly bill.
(1)
If the sewer only customer is renting the property where services are being supplied, the City will require a security deposit in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00), and will be due and payable on the due date specified on the customer's first bill, and will be subject to penalty as specified in Section 705.180. The deposit shall be refunded, without interest, after twelve (12) consecutive months of on-time payments.
b.
If a sewer only customer has services disconnected for failure to pay bill as provided in Section 705.100, the City will require a security deposit if one is not already held. The security deposit shall be billed on the next bill, due on the due date specified on said bill and subject to penalty as defined in Section 705.090.
(1)
The security deposit
for residential customers shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(2)
The security deposit
for commercial customers shall be two (2) times the average billing
to the customer based on the average of either the previous six (6)
bills or all previous bills, if there are less than six (6).
(3)
The deposit shall be refunded without interest
after twelve (12) consecutive months of on-time payments.
[R.O. 1996 § 705.140; CC 1968 § 22-51; Ord. No. 191 § 2, 8-5-1957; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
The quantity of water used upon any
premises furnished with sewerage services by the Combined Waterworks
and Sewerage System of the City shall be measured by the water meter
or meters serving the premises; provided, however, that if any occupant
or owner of any premises connected with the sewerage system of the
City shall obtain water from a source other than the City's Combined
Waterworks and Sewerage System, then such occupant or owner shall
at their expense, install and maintain on said premises a water meter
or meters provided by the Water Department satisfactory to the Superintendent
of the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System of the City, or other
representative of the City, which meter shall measure all water received
on said premises from all sources, and, in such case, the sewerage
rates to be charged such customer shall be based upon the aggregate
quantity of water received on said premises as measured by said meter
or meters. The Public Works Director or assigned designee of the Combined
Waterworks and Sewerage System of the City or other representative
of the City shall have access to the premises of such customer at
all reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting and testing said
water meter or meters and reading the records thereof. The service
pipes, water meters, and fixtures on the customer's premises shall
be accessible to the Water Department for observation or inspection
at reasonable hours.
[R.O. 1996 § 705.150; CC 1968 § 22-52; Ord. No. 191 § 3, 8-5-1957; Ord. No. 1090 § 12, 10-6-1980; Ord. No. 1511 § 4, 5-5-1986]
Fiscal year-end balances in the Operation
and Maintenance Account and the Replacement Account shall be carried
over to the same accounts in the subsequent fiscal year, and shall
be used for no other purposes than those designated for these accounts.
Monies which have been transferred from other sources to meet temporary
shortages in the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund shall
be returned to their respective accounts upon appropriate adjustment
of the user charge rates for operation, maintenance and replacement.
The user charge rate(s) shall be adjusted so that the transferred
monies will be returned to their respective accounts within the fiscal
year following the fiscal year in which the monies were borrowed.
[R.O. 1996 § 705.160; CC 1968 § 22-53; Ord. No. 191 § 4, 8-5-1957]
No sewerage services shall be furnished
or rendered free of charge to any person.
[R.O. 1996 § 705.170; CC 1968 § 22-54; Ord. No. 191 § 5, 8-5-1957; Ord. No. 1090 § 13, 10-6-1980; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2017; Ord. No. 4651 § 10, 3-20-2017]
[R.O. 1996 § 705.180; CC 1968 § 22-55; Ord. No. 191 § 6, 8-5-1957; Ord. No. 326 § 1, 7-18-1966; Ord. No. 1090 § 14, 10-6-1980; Ord. No. 4651 § 11, 3-20-2017]
If any bill for sewer service shall
remain unpaid after the due date specified on the monthly bill, an
additional charge of ten percent (10%) shall be added to the total
unpaid balance.
[R.O. 1996 § 705.190; CC 1968 § 22-56; Ord. No. 2609 § 3, 9-18-1995; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2017; Ord. No. 4651 § 12, 3-20-2017]
If any bill for sewer service shall
remain unpaid after the due date specified on the monthly bill, water
service for the account may be immediately disconnected and shall
not be reconnected until all past due bills for services are paid
in full, including fees identified by the contracted water service
provider.
[R.O. 1996 § 705.200]
A.
Water service may be discontinued by the
Water Department for any of the following reasons:
1.
Nonpayment of any water bill due
and owing;
2.
For willful or indifferent waste
of water due to any cause;
3.
For failure to protect and maintain
the water service pipe or fixtures on the premises of the customer
in a condition satisfactory to the Water Department;
4.
For molesting or tampering by the
customer or others with the knowledge of the customer, with any water
meter, connection, service pipe, curb cock, seal, or any other appliance
of the Water Department controlling or regulating the customer's water
supply;
5.
For failure to provide the Water
Department free and reasonable access to the premises served, or for
obstructing the way of ingress to the water meter or other appliances
controlling or regulating the customer's water supply;
6.
For willful or indifferent discharge
of wastewater from a premises connected to the public water system;
7.
For violation of any rule or regulation
of the department.
B.
Discontinuing the supply of water to a
premises for any reason shall not prevent the Water Department from
pursuing any lawful remedy by action at law or otherwise for the remedy
of the violation.
[R.O. 1996 § 705.200; CC 1968 § 22-57; Ord. No. 191 § 8, 8-5-1957]
The occupant and user of the premises
receiving sewerage services or water and sewerage services combined
and the owner of said premises shall be jointly and severally liable
to pay for such services rendered on said premises. The City shall
have power to sue the occupant or the owner, or both, of such real
estate in a civil action to recover any sums due for such services,
plus a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court.
[R.O. 1996 § 705.220; CC 1968 § 22-58; Ord. No. 191 § 9, 8-5-1957; Ord. No. 1090 § 16, 10-6-1980; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
Application for sewerage services
to premises not connected with the City's sewerage system shall be
made to designated personnel of the City by the occupant or owner
of the premises to be served. Upon approval of such application, such
applicant shall have the right to connect with the sewerage system
of the City, such connection to be made by a competent plumber in
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Public Works Director
or designee of the City's Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System
and subject to their inspection and approval. All costs of such connection
to be borne by such applicant.
[R.O. 1996 § 705.240; Ord. No. 3942 § 1, 2-6-2006]
A.
This Section applies to landfills licensed
by the State of Missouri which are required by the State of Missouri
to maintain a leachate field as part of a leachate collection and/or
removal system that is connected to the City sewerage system.
B.
In addition to the license fees levied on businesses pursuant to Chapter 605 and fees established in Chapters 705 and 710 for water and sewerage, there is hereby imposed upon every person engaged in the business of operating and carrying on the business of the operation of landfill with a leachate field connected to City wastewater treatment facilities an additional user fee in an amount equal to three percent (3%) of all gross gate receipts derived from the acceptance of materials for disposal at the landfill.
C.
The user fee due under this Chapter shall
be paid to the City Finance Department monthly. The user fee due for
gross daily gate receipts collected during each month shall be due
and payable on or before the last day of the following month.
D.
Every person engaged in a business covered
by this Section shall file monthly reports with the City Finance Director
on forms prescribed by the Director giving such information as may
be necessary to determine the amounts to which the user fee shall
apply for the monthly period. The monthly reports shall be submitted
with the monthly payments.
E.
The City Finance Director or the Director's
authorized representative shall have the right to make such examination
and inspection of the books and records of the landfill as may be
necessary to determine the correctness of the reports required by
this Section. In addition, the City shall have the right to inspect
any documentation regarding the testing and monitoring of the output
of the leachate field which is required by the State of Missouri at
all reasonable times during business hours.
