[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
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First
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1,000 gallons/month water usage
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$14.25 minimum
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Next
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1,000 gallons/month water usage
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$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
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Next
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1,000 gallons/month water usage
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$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
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Next
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1,000 gallons/month water usage
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$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
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Next
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1,000 gallons/month water usage
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$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
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All over 50,000 gallons/month water usage
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$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
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2. Commercial customers.
Commercial Customers
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First
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1,000 gallons/month water usage
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$14.25 minimum
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Next
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1,000 gallons/month water usage
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$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
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Next
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1,000 gallons/month water usage
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$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
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Next
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1,000 gallons/month water usage
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$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
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Next
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1,000 gallons/month water usage
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$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
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All over 50,000 gallons/month water usage
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$4.25 per 1,000 gallons or $0.425 per 100 gallons
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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.