City of Park Hills, MO Article III Sewer User Charge

Section 705.100 General.

[R.O. 2016 § 705.100; CC 1994 § 32.300; Ord. No. 1297-19, 6-11-2019]

A. An Article establishing a user charge system in the City of Park Hills, County of St. Francois, State of Missouri, to provide funds needed to pay for all expenses associated with the Mineral Belt Area Wastewater Treatment Works and to pay for upgrades and extensions of the treatments works, except for and excluding the treatment plant.

B. The City of Park Hills, Missouri, has constructed wastewater treatment works to serve the Mineral Belt Area.

C. The City of Park Hills must pay its share of expenses for operation and maintenance of said treatment works, including replacement and debt service, and charge all users of said treatment works accordingly. The City of Park Hills also needs funds to upgrade and extend the treatment works within the City, except for and excluding the treatment plant, and these funds are to be collected from users only within the City limits of Park Hills.

Section 705.110 Purpose.

[R.O. 2016 § 705.110; CC 1994 § 32.305; Ord. No. 1297-19, 6-11-2019]

A. It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience of the City of Park Hills to collect charges from all users who contribute wastewater to the Mineral Belt Area's treatment works. The proceeds of such charges so derived will be used for the operation and maintenance, including replacement and debt service, for the Mineral Belt Area Wastewater Treatment Works.

B. It is also determined and declared to be necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience of the City of Park Hills to collect additional charges from all users within the City limits of Park Hills who contribute wastewater to the Mineral Belt Area's treatment works. The proceeds of such charges so derived will be used to pay for upgrades and extensions of the treatment works within the City limits of Park Hills, except for and excluding the treatment plant.

Section 705.120 User Fees.

[R.O. 2016 § 705.120; CC 1994 § 32.310; Ord. No. 95-96 § 1, 3-12-1996; Ord. No. 295-99 §§ 1 — 2, 9-14-1999; Ord. No. 385-01 § 1, 10-9-2001; Ord. No. 414-02 §§ 1 — 2, 6-11-2002]

A. Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on his/her use of the treatment works as determined by water meter(s) acceptable to the City.

B. If a residential, commercial or industrial contributor uses water which is not supplied by the City, the user charge for that contributor may be based on a wastewater meter(s) or separate meter(s) installed and maintained at the contributor's expense and in a manner approved by the City. If a residential contributor installs no wastewater meter(s) or separate meter(s), the monthly user charge for that contributor may be based on an estimate determined by U.S. Census of average household size and a sixty (60) gallons per day, per person usage plus ten percent (10%) of the estimated average charge.

C. The minimum charge per month inside the City limits of Park Hills shall be ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50). Of this amount, seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) shall be used for operation and maintenance of the treatment works, including replacement and debt service, and three dollars ($3.00) shall be used for upgrading and extending the treatment works within the City, except for and excluding the treatment plant. The minimum charge per month outside the City limits of Park Hills shall be seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) which shall be used for operation and maintenance, including replacement and debt service, of the treatment works. In addition, each contributor both inside and outside the City limits of Park Hills shall pay a user charge rate for operation and maintenance including replacement of two dollars and thirty nine cents ($2.39) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons of water or wastewater as determined in the preceding Section.

[Ord. No. 1049-13 § 1, 9-24-2013; Ord. No. 1297-19, 6-11-2019; Ord. No. 1474-22, 6-14-2022]

D. For those contributors who contribute wastewater, the strength of which is greater than normal domestic sewage, a surcharge in addition to the normal user charge will be collected. The surcharge for operation and maintenance including replacement is:

$0.1052	per pound BOD
0.0894	per pound SS
See Appendix C	per pound other pollutant(s) specify

E. Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City's treatment works, or any user which discharges any substance which singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance, or replacement of the treatment works shall pay for such increased costs. The charge to each such user shall be as determined by the responsible plant operating personnel and approved by the City Council.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: R.O. 2016 § 705.120(F), regarding application of user charge rates, which immediately followed this Subsection, was repealed 6-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1297-19. R.O. 2016 Subsections (G) and (H) were renumbered to Subsections (F) and (G), respectively.

F. Leaks. Whenever a residential user has a leak and the circumstances indicate that the loss of water was not discharged into the sanitary sewer system, the current monthly charge for sewer service shall be based on the average water consumption of that account.

G. Industrial Processing Waters. Accounts with water consumed during industrial processing (not discharged into the sanitary sewer system) may be adjusted by one of the following methods:

1. By use of separate metering devices and accounts which separate consumption on the basis of sewerage and non-sewered water. The account indicating water consumption which is not discharged into the sanitary sewer system shall not be charged the sewer user charge.

2. By assessment of the sewer user charge on the basis of forty (40) gallons per employee per shift per operating day within the billing period.

Section 705.130 Method Of Billing, Payment, Consequences Of Non-Payment.

[R.O. 2016 § 705.130; CC 1994 § 32.315; Ord. No. 679-06 §§ 1 — 2, 4-11-2006]

A. All users shall be billed monthly. Billings for any particular month shall be made within thirty (30) days after the end of that month. Payments are due when the billings are made. Any payment not received within thirty (30) days after the billing is made shall be delinquent.

B. When any bill is thirty (30) days in default, rendition of water and/or sewer service to such premises shall be discontinued until such bill is paid following due notice and opportunity for hearing.

C. Discontinued services shall be restored upon arrangement for the payment of the delinquent bill in full, and there shall be a reconnect charge of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).

Section 705.140 Review Of Rates.

[R.O. 2016 § 705.140; CC 1994 § 32.320; Ord. No. 1297-19, 6-11-2019]

The City will review annually that part of the user charge system which is for operation and maintenance of the treatment works, including replacement and debt service, whether inside or outside of the City limits of Park Hills, and revise user charge rates as necessary to insure that the system generates adequate revenues to pay the costs of operation and maintenance, including replacement and debt service, and that the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution of operation and maintenance costs, including replacement and debt service, among users.