[CC 1988 §28-1; Ord.
No. 2779 §3, 5-20-1985]
The existing waterworks of the City and the existing sewage
works of the City, and all future improvements and extensions thereto,
whether to the waterworks or to the sewage works or to both, are combined,
and it is hereby declared that such waterworks and such sewage works,
and all future improvements and extensions thereto, as aforesaid,
thenceforth be operated and maintained as a combined waterworks and
sewage works.
[Ord. No. 3735 §1, 7-16-2007]
A.
General. The following factors should be considered in providing
adequate separation:
1.
Materials and type of joints for water and sewer pipes;
2.
Soil conditions;
3.
Service and branch connections into the water main and sewer line;
4.
Compensating variations in the horizontal and vertical separations;
5.
Space for repair and alterations of water and sewer pipes; and
6.
Off-setting of water mains around manholes.
B.
Parallel Installation. Water mains shall be laid at least
ten (10) feet horizontally from any existing or proposed sewer. The
distance shall be measured edge to edge. In cases where it is not
practical to maintain a ten (10) foot separation, the City may allow
deviation on a case-by-case basis, if supported by data from a design
engineer. Such deviation may allow installation of the water main
closer to a sewer, provided that the water main is laid in a separate
trench or on an undisturbed earth shelf located on one (1) side of
the sewer and on either case, at such an elevation that the bottom
of the water main is at least eighteen (18) inches above the top of
the sewer. In areas where the recommended separations cannot be obtained,
either the water line or the sewer line shall be constructed of mechanical
joint pipe or cased in a continuous casing.
C.
Crossings. Water mains crossing sewers shall be laid to
provide a minimum vertical clear distance of eighteen (18) inches
between the outside of the water main and the outside of the sewer.
This shall be the case where the water main is either above or below
the sewer. At crossings, the full length of water pipe shall be located
so both joints will be as far from the sewer as possible but in no
case less than ten (10) feet. Special structural support for the water
and sewer pipes may be required. In areas where the recommended separations
cannot be obtained, either the water line or the sewer line shall
be constructed of mechanical joint pipe or cased in a continuous casing
that extends no less than ten (10) feet on both sides of the crossing.
E.
Force Mains. There shall be at least a ten (10) foot horizontal
separation between water mains and sanitary sewer force mains and
they shall be in separate trenches. In areas where these separations
cannot be obtained, either the water line or the sewer line shall
be cased in a continuous casing.
F.
Sewer Manholes. No water line shall be located closer than
ten (10) feet to any part of a combined sewer manhole.
The term "licensed plumber" as used in this
Title shall mean a person licensed to do business by the City of De
Soto.
[CC 1988 §28-59; Ord.
No. 3454 §2, 3-19-2001; Ord. No. 3553 §1, 2-18-2004; Ord.
No. 3637 §1, 8-15-2005; Ord. No. 3640 §1, 9-19-2005; Ord.
No. 3809 §1, 4-20-2009; Ord. No. 3996 §1, 12-16-2013; Ord. No. 4065 §§1 —
2, 6-20-2016]
A.
Application. Application for water, sewer and trash
service shall be made by the owner or occupant of the property to
be serviced, to the City Manager or person so designated.
B.
Deposit.
1.
Upon approval of such application, service will begin upon payment
of a one hundred fifty dollar ($150.00) deposit.
2.
Owner-occupants shall be entitled to a refund of such a deposit
when the owner occupant shall have made timely fee payments for a
continuous twelve-month period. In the event that a deposit has been
refunded and the owner-occupant experiences an interruption in service,
the outstanding balance shall be paid in full along with applicable
reconnection fees. In addition, a deposit of one hundred fifty dollars
($150.00) shall be required which will not be eligible for refund
under this Section, until such a time that service is discontinued
and all outstanding indebtedness to the City is cured.
3.
Renter-occupants shall be eligible for a refund upon discontinuance
of service to the applicant and payment by the applicant of all outstanding
indebtedness to the City.
C.
Connection Fees — Inside City Limits/Outside City Limits.
[Ord. No. 4705, 12-21-2020]
1.
Water connection. In the event water service
is being installed to a residence or commercial building, the applicant
shall be required to pay the connection charge of one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) for a three-quarter (3/4) inch tap. The tap fee for greater
than three-quarter (3/4) shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000.00),
plus the cost for materials.
2.
Sewer connection. In the event sewer service
is being installed to a residence or commercial building, the applicant
shall be required to pay the connection charge of one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) for a sewer tap.
3.
Water and sewer connections for a developer of a residential subdivision
which is defined as a single subdivision as approved by the City of
De Soto shall be as follows:
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Number of Parcels
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Water and Sewer Connection Fees, Each Connection
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10 — 19 Parcels = 10% discount
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$900.00 Water; $900.00 Sewer
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20 — 29 Parcels = 20% discount
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$800.00 Water; $900.00 Sewer
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30 — 39 Parcels = 30% discount
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$700.00 Water; $700.00 Sewer
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40 — 49 Parcels = 40% discount
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$600.00 Water; $600.00 Sewer
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50+ Parcels = 50% discount
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$500.00 Water; $500.00 Sewer
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4.
These rates are retroactive to developments previously constructed
along with future developments. The Council will revisit this Section
every three (3) years or as they feel necessary. No discounts would
apply to connections that would be made after the years defined as
follows:
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Number of Parcels
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10 — 19 Parcels: 3 years to complete
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20 — 29 Parcels: 5 years to complete
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30 — 39 Parcels: 7 years to complete
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40 — 49 Parcels: 9 years to complete
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50+ Parcels: 12 years to complete
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D.
Damage To City Property.
1.
The owner or occupant shall properly protect the City's
property and permit no one to inspect or tamper with the City's
waterworks, including the meter, except the City's agents or
person authorized by law. The owner(s) and occupant(s) may be liable
for the cost of repair or replacement of any part of the City's
waterworks that is damaged by the owner, occupant, their agents, guests
or invitees. The customer and occupant assume all responsibility for
owner's and occupant's waterworks and any water conveyed
therein, and shall protect and save the City harmless from all claims
for injury or damage to any person or property, or caused by water
leaking from, or any defect in the owner's or occupant's
waterworks.
2.
If any portion of the City's waterworks is damaged by an owner or occupant, their agents, guests or invitees, the cost for the repair and/or replacement of the damaged City waterworks may be added to the monthly billing for services pursuant to Section 700.050 of the code of the City of DeSoto. The costs for repair and/or replacement shall include the cost of any replacement parts, the reasonable labor cost for the repair and/or replacement and any other costs that are directly related to the repair and/or replacement of the City's waterworks.
[CC 1988 §28-59.1; Ord. No. 3454 §3, 3-19-2001; Ord. No. 4958, 6-15-2020]
A.
The
following rates for water service are hereby established for all users
within the City. The same shall be applied to the amount of water
consumed for the preceding month or fraction thereof:
1.
Inside City limits.
a.
Minimum quantity of water used per month shall be two thousand (2,000)
gallons, which shall be billed at nine dollars seventy-five cents
($9.75).
b.
Additional usage shall be billed at a rate of two dollars twenty-five
cents ($2.25) per thousand (1,000) gallons.
c.
Rate will increase three percent (3%) annually on November first
(1st) of each year.
[CC 1988 §28-60; Ord.
No. 3454 §4, 3-19-2001]
A.
Inside City Limits.
1.
Minimum quantity of sewer used per month shall be two thousand (2,000)
gallons, which shall be billed at three dollars seventy-five cents
($3.75).
2.
Additional usage shall be billed at a rate of two dollars twenty-five
cents ($2.25) per thousand (1,000) gallons.
3.
Rate will increase three percent (3%) annually on June first (1st)
of each year.
[CC 1988 §28-61; Ord.
No. 1194 §4, 10-22-1959; Ord. No. 2149 §3, 6-5-1967]
All water meters shall be read and bills for water and sewage
services shall be rendered monthly as such services accrue, the billing
to be included with all other municipal services on a municipal services
bill. The City Manager or other officer or representative of the City
designated to prepare and render bills for water and sewage services
shall calculate monthly the amount of each bill for water service
and shall add thereto the amount of such customer's bill for sewage
service and shall render monthly to each customer a combined bill
for such water and sewage services, along with the customer's bill
for any other municipal services.
[CC 1988 §28-61.1; Ord. No. 3131 §28-61.1, 5-17-1993; Ord. No. 3640 §2, 9-19-2005]
A.
Fee Period. The Missouri State "primacy fee" will be collected
for an annual fee period from September first (1st) through August
thirty-first (31st) of the succeeding calendar year. The "primacy
fee" will be reflected on the July water bill in the period for which
it is due and will be stated separately on the bill as a "State fee".
Payment will be due before the end of the annual fee period on August
thirty-first (31st) of each year.
B.
Collection. The City water system shall use all customary
and regular rate collection practices when customers fail to pay the
"primacy fee" by the due date, including imposition of a reasonable
penalty and shutoff of water service to the customer.
C.
Amount. The charge assessed against each customer of the
City utility as established by the State is determined on the basis
of meter size as stated below. The City shall use its records to determine
the initial fee which, unless challenged within thirty (30) days after
the date the fee becomes delinquent, shall be conclusively presumed
to be accurate:
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For customers with a meter of 1 inch or smaller
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$1.84/year
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Meter size more than 1 and less than 2 inches
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$5.00/year
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Meter size more than 2 and less than 4 inches
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$25.00/year
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The customers served by multiple connections shall pay an annual
"primacy fee" based on the rates listed above for each connection,
except that no single facility served by multiple connections shall
pay a total of more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) per
year.
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D.
Remitting Fees To State. The fees collected shall be enumerated
on a form provided by the Department of Natural Resources. The fees
collected shall be remitted to the Department of Natural Resources
within sixty (60) days following the end of each calendar quarter;
the calendar quarters ending on September thirtieth (30th), December
thirty-first (31st), March thirty-first (31st) and June thirtieth
(30th). No remittance or report is required for any quarter during
which fees were not collected. The City water system shall keep two
percent (2%) of the fees remitted for the purpose of reimbursing its
expenses for billing and collection of these fees.
E.
Records To Be Kept. The books and records documenting the
collection of fees from the customers shall be preserved by the water
system for a period of at least three (3) years. The books and records
documenting the collection of fees from the customers shall be subject
to inspection by the appropriate State authority during business hours.
F.
Authority Of City Manager. The City Manager is directed
to obtain the necessary services and supplies to comply with this
decision, including new State billing forms and computer programming
services as are required.
[CC 1988 §28-61.2; Ord. No. 3442 §§1 — 2, 1-17-2001]
A.
Fee Period. The Missouri State "service connection fee"
will be collected for an annual fee period from September first (1st)
through August thirty-first (31st) of the succeeding calendar year.
The "service connection fee" will be reflected on the July water/sewer
bill in the period for which it is due and will be stated separately
on the bill as a "State fee". Payment will be due before the end of
the annual fee period on August thirty-first (31st) of each year beginning
in the year 2001.
B.
Collection. The City sewer system shall use all customary
and regular rate collection practices when customers fail to pay the
"service connection fee" by the due date, including imposition of
a reasonable penalty and shutoff of sewer service to the customer.
C.
Amount. The charge assessed against each customer of the
City utility as established by the State is determined on the basis
of meter size as stated below. The City shall use its records to determine
the initial fee which, unless challenged within thirty (30) days after
the date the fee becomes delinquent, shall be conclusively presumed
to be accurate:
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Residential Sewer Service
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$0.70/year
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All customers with water service connections of less than or
equal to one (1) inch, excluding taps for fire suppression and irrigation
systems
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$3.00/year
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All customers with water service connections of more than one
(1) inch but less than four (4) inches, excluding taps for fire suppression
and irrigation systems
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$10.00/year
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All customers with water service connections of more than four
(4) inches, excluding taps for fire suppression and irrigation systems
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$25.00/year
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The customers served by multiple connections shall pay an annual
"service fee" based on the rates listed above for each connection.
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D.
Remitting Fees To State. The fees collected shall be enumerated
on a form provided by the Department of Natural Resources. The fees
collected shall be remitted to the Department of Natural Resources
within sixty (60) days following the end of the calendar month in
which the fees were collected. The City sewer system shall keep two
percent (2%) of the fees remitted for the purpose of reimbursing its
expenses for billing and collection of these fees.
E.
Records To Be Kept. The books and records documenting the
collection of fees from the customers shall be preserved by the sewer
system for a period of at least three (3) years. The books and records
documenting the collection of fees from the customers shall be subject
to inspection by the appropriate State authority during business hours.
F.
Authority Of City Manager. The City Manager is directed
to obtain the necessary services and supplies to comply with this
decision, including new State billing forms and computer programming
services as are required.
[R.O. 1952 §25.2; CC 1988 §28-62; Ord. No. 2149 §4, 6-5-1967; Ord.
No. 2214 §1, 11-20-1967; Ord. No. 2757 §5, 7-16-1984; Ord.
No. 3379 §1, 10-18-1999; Ord. No. 3700 §1, 9-18-2006]
Bills for municipal services are issued on the first (1st) day of each month. Bills for municipal services which include water services are due on or before the fifteenth (15th) of the month. An additional charge of ten percent (10%) of the total bill shall be imposed as a penalty for late payment the fifteenth (15th) of the month after 5:00 P.M. If any bill for any municipal service which includes water service shall remain unpaid ten (10) days after the fifteenth (15th) of the month, the City Manager shall cause the water to the premises served through the meter to be shut off for non-payment of the municipal bill. No adjustments will be given in accordance with Section 700.130.
[1]
Editor's Note — Ord. no. 3700 included herein is effective
January 1, 2007.
[R.O. 1952 §25.3; CC 1988 §28-63; Ord. No. 2149 §5, 6-5-1967; Ord.
No. 2647 §1, 1-2-1979; Ord. No. 2756 §2, 7-16-1984; Ord.
No. 3192 §1, 10-24-1994; Ord. No. 3379 §1, 10-18-1999]
Whenever the water supply of any person shall have been turned
off in accordance with the preceding Section or for any other sufficient
cause, such party shall, before the City Manager shall again turn
on the water, pay to the City a reconnection fee of twenty dollars
($20.00) (except, that if it is necessary to turn on the water at
a time other than during regular City working hours, the reconnection
fee shall be forty dollars ($40.00)) in addition to the ten percent
(10%) late charge and the balance of the account which includes the
past and current balance. Upon payment of such fee and municipal services
bill and the charges imposed by the City, the City Manager shall forthwith
cause the water to be reconnected.
[R.O. 1952 §25.4; CC 1988 §28-64; Ord. No. 2514 §2, 10-7-1974; Ord.
No. 3211 §1, 2-22-1995; Ord. No. 3379 §1, 10-18-1999]
A.
Whenever
the water supply to a premises has been turned off for any reason,
the City Manager may cause the water meter to the premises to be removed
or locked if the water supply is turned back on or procured for the
premises without proper authority.
B.
Whenever
the water meter shall have been removed or locked in accordance with
this Section, the occupant or owner of the premises shall, before
the City Manager shall authorize the reinstallation of the meter and
reconnection of the water, pay to the City all due municipal services
bills, fees and penalties and, in addition, a meter installation fee
of fifty dollars ($50.00). Upon payment as herein provided, the City
Manager shall forthwith cause the water meter to be reinstalled and
the water to be reconnected.
C.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section, whoever shall turn on or
procure any water from any water pipe or hydrant which has been shut
off by the City shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
D.
Evidence. Proof that water has been turned on or procured
from any water pipe or hydrant which has been shut off by the City,
as provided in this Section, shall be taken as prima facia evidence
of the guilt of the person named in the City's records as receiving
the benefit of the subject services.
[CC 1988 §28-65; Ord.
No. 1194 §8, 10-22-1959; Ord. No. 3778 §1, 5-19-2008; Ord.
No. 3933 §1, 3-19-2012]
A.
With residences that have their own private water and sewer lines, water services shall be deemed to be furnished to both the occupant and owner of the premises receiving such service and, except as otherwise provided in Subsection (B) of this Section, the City rendering such services shall have power to sue the occupant or owner, or both, of such real estate in a civil action to recover any sums due for such services less any deposit that is held by the City for such services plus a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court and an administrative fee of sixty-five dollars ($65.00).
B.
When
the occupant 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,
which shall result in an additional administrative fee of sixty-five
dollars ($65.00) being imposed.
1.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary,
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.
2.
Any notice of termination of service shall be sent to both the occupant
and owner of the premises receiving such service.
C.
In
instances where several residences share a common water or sewer line,
the owner of the real property upon which the residences sit shall
be liable for water and sewer expenses.
[CC 1988 §28-65.1; Ord. No. 3468 §1, 10-15-2001]
Any unpaid water and sewer charges shall be due and payable
at such time or times as specified in the billing and shall, if not
paid by the due date, become delinquent and shall bear interest at
nine percent (9%) from the date of delinquency until paid. If such
charges become delinquent, there shall be a lien upon any real property
so charged, upon the De Soto City Council, by and through its City
Clerk, filing with the Recorder of Deeds a Notice of Delinquency.
A similar notice shall be filed with the Recorder of Deeds when the
delinquent amounts, plus interest and any recording fees and attorney's
fees, have been paid in full. The lien may be enforced by suit or
foreclosure.
[CC 1988 §28-66; Ord.
No. 1194 §9, 10-22-1959; Ord. No. 3946 §1, 10-15-2012]
A.
Water
service shall be supplied only through water meters installed and
meeting the City's specifications, and only one (1) connection shall
be permitted to each water meter. No free water service or sewerage
service shall be furnished to any premises, or the owner or occupant
thereof, except to the City itself, and in the event that the revenues
derived by the City from its combined waterworks and sewerage system
shall at any time prove insufficient to pay the cost of maintenance
and operation thereof and to pay the interest on and principal of
the combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds of the City,
issued to construct, extend or improve such system or any part thereof
and to establish and maintain reasonable reserves, as provided in
the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds, the City will
thereafter pay a fair and reasonable charge for all water and sewerage
services furnished the City or any of its departments by the combined
waterworks and sewerage system. Such payments will continue so long
as the same may be necessary in order to prevent any default in the
payment of the interest on or principal of the combined waterworks
and sewerage system revenue bonds of the City or while any such default
shall exist.
B.
If
a resident believes that his/her/its water meter is not accurately
keeping record of his/her/its water usage due to a fault of the water
meter, the resident may make a written request to the City Manager
requesting an investigation by the City. If, after investigation by
the City, the City is unable to find a fault with the water meter,
the resident may make a written request to the City Manager to remove
the water meter for further inspection by a third party designated
by the City for such inspection.
1.
If the results of the test by the third party find no fault with
the water meter, then the resident shall reimburse the City for the
actual cost of the test conducted by the third party, including any
shipping charges. The total reimbursement amount shall be added to
the next monthly bill for water.
2.
If the results of the test by the third party find that there is
fault with the water meter, then the City shall bear the cost of the
test conducted, including any shipping charges, and the City Manager
shall make any necessary adjustment to the water bill only for the
month the water meter was tested to correct for any fault of the water
meter.
