[Ord. No. 185 §1, 6-8-1992; Ord. No. 211 §1, 6-9-1997; Ord. No. 282 §1, 3-12-2008; Ord. No. 287 §1, 9-14-2009; Ord. No. 344, 11-26-2019]
A. 
The charge for sewerage service shall be based upon the total monthly water usage of the individual customer according to the following rates for residential customers:
1. 
Residential customers.
Residential Customers
First
1,000 gallons/month water usage
$14.25 minimum
Next
1,000 gallons/month water usage
$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
Next
1,000 gallons/month water usage
$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
Next
1,000 gallons/month water usage
$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
Next
1,000 gallons/month water usage
$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
All over 50,000 gallons/month water usage
$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
2. 
Commercial customers.
Commercial Customers
First
1,000 gallons/month water usage
$14.25 minimum
Next
1,000 gallons/month water usage
$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
Next
1,000 gallons/month water usage
$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
Next
1,000 gallons/month water usage
$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
Next
1,000 gallons/month water usage
$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
All over 50,000 gallons/month water usage
$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
3. 
Rural Customers.
Account No. 256001 - minimum of $48.65.
4. 
For MODOT.
$10.90 per 1,000 gallons, subject to its rate being adjusted annually for inflation every January.
[Ord. No. 185 §2, 6-8-1992]
The Governing Body of the City hereby binds and determines that the rates, fees and charges for the use and services of the sewerage system of the City, necessary and adequate at this time to meet the requirements of Sections 250.010 to 250.250, inclusive, RSMo., as amended, are as hereinbefore specified.
[Ord. No. 185 §3, 6-8-1992]
All water and meter readings shall be obtained from the Water Superintendent and bills for sewerage services shall be rendered monthly as such services accrue. The City Clerk, or other officer or representative of the City designated to prepare and render bills for sewerage services, shall calculate monthly the amount of each bill and shall render monthly to each customer a bill for such sewerage services. All such bills shall be due and payable at the office of the Clerk during the regular hours of business from and after the date of the rendition thereof.
[Ord. No. 310 §1, 4-14-2014]
Article I, Section 700.010 notwithstanding, the Board of Aldermen may, by resolution, allow non-resident commercial or governmental users to utilize the Dearborn municipal sewer system without utilizing the Dearborn municipal water system. There shall be charged to each such user a monthly fee of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00).
[Ord. No. 185 §4, 6-8-1992]
If any bill for sewerage services shall remain due and unpaid after ten (10) days from the date of the rendition thereof, an additional charge of ten percent (10%) on the unpaid balance shall be added thereto.
[Ord. No. 185 §5, 6-8-1992; Ord. No. 202 §1, 7-8-1996]
If any bill for sewerage service shall be and remain unpaid by the twentieth (20th) day of the month, service to such customer shall be discontinued and shall not be reconnected until all past due bills are paid in full, together with a reconnection charge of fifteen dollars ($15.00). It shall be the duty of the Clerk to notify the Water Superintendent of any such delinquency and said Water Superintendent shall proceed immediately to cause sewer service to such customer to be discontinued. An additional fifty dollar ($50.00) deposit will be required of the customer each time there is reconnected service due to a disconnect for unpaid sewer service.
[Ord. No. 185 §6, 6-8-1992]
Application for sewerage services shall be made to the Clerk, or other person designated by the City, by the owner or occupant of the property to be served and upon the approval of such application, such applicant shall have the right to connect with the City sewerage system, all costs of such connection to be borne by such applicant. The City may hereafter prescribe a connection charge to be paid by any such applicant at the time of his/her application.
[Ord. No. 185 §7, 6-8-1992; Ord. No. 226 §1, 10-23-2000]
There shall be a deposit of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per meter for the time of connection to be paid to the City Clerk. Money will be kept on deposit at the Platte County Bank of Dearborn and will be returned to the customer after water is shut off at customer's request and all bills are paid.
[Ord. No. 310 §1, 4-14-2014]
In addition to any other fees or deposits, at the time of connection of any new structure to the Dearborn Municipal Sewerage System there shall be a one-time, non-refundable connection fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for residential customers and one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for all other customers. Such fee shall be paid to the City Clerk.
[Ord. No. 185 §8, 6-8-1992]
The occupant and user of the premises receiving sewerage service 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 receive any sums due for such services plus a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court.
[Ord. No. 185 §9, 6-8-1992]
No free 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 the sewerage system shall at any time prove insufficient to pay the interest on and principal of the sewerage system revenue bonds of the City issued to construct, extend or improve such system or any parts thereof and to establish and maintain reasonable reserves as provided in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds, then the City will thereafter pay a fair and reasonable charge for all sewerage services furnished the City or any of its departments by the sewerage system and 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 sewerage system revenue bonds of the City or while any such default shall exist.
[Ord. No. 185 §10, 6-8-1992]
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to tamper with any sewer line or make any connection to the sewerage system for the City without written permission from the City or to reconnect service when service has been discontinued for non-payment of a bill for service until such bill, including the reconnection charge, has been paid in full. Upon conviction, there shall be imposed a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
[Ord. No. 185 §11, 6-8-1992]
The user of each premise receiving sewer service from the sewerage system shall be held responsible for the proper use thereof. Plumbing facilities that are to be connected to the sewerage system shall be installed in accordance with the National Plumbing Code and shall be inspected for compliance with said code by a designated representative of the City before any such connection is made. No grease, petroleum products, milk, whey, paints, acids, chemicals, metals, animal wastes, food products or other materials detrimental to the sanitary sewer facilities or sewage treatment processes shall be discharged into the sanitary sewer.