[Ord. No. 5.203 §1, 4-4-1955; Ord. No. 5.522A §1, 11-6-2000; Ord. No. 5.529 §1, 2-4-2008; Ord. No. 5.539 §1, 4-6-2009; Ord. No. 5.541 §1, 1-14-2010]
The initial rates required to be charged and collected for the
use and services of the sewerage system of the City of California,
Missouri, said sewerage system being a part of the combined waterworks
and sewerage system of said City, including any service furnished
after said combined waterworks and sewerage system shall have been
extended and improved, said extensions and improvements to be made
with the proceeds of the combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue
bonds of said City heretofore authorized by the voters as aforesaid,
shall be as hereinafter provided. Said rates shall be based upon a
monthly minimum charge plus a rate applied to the quantity of water
used as the same is measured by the water meter or meters installed
on the premises served. There shall be a minimum monthly charge for
all residential and commercial customers with the exception of Cargill,
Inc., of ten dollars fifty-one cents ($10.51) plus two dollars twenty-nine
cents ($2.29) per one thousand (1,000) gallons or fraction thereof.
There shall be a minimum monthly charge for Cargill, Inc., of twelve
thousand three hundred thirty-eight dollars seventy-three cents ($12,338.73)
plus two dollars twenty-nine cents ($2.29) per one thousand (1,000)
gallons or fraction thereof.
[Ord. No. 5.203 §2, 4-4-1955]
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 purchase water
from a source other than the City's combined waterworks and sewerage
system, then such occupant or owner shall, at his/her expense, install
and maintain on said premises a water meter or meters satisfactory
to the Superintendent of the combined waterworks and sewerage system
of the City, or other representative of the City, 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 Superintendent 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 and
meters and reading the records thereof.
[Ord. No. 5.203 §3, 4-4-1955]
If any user of water other than a domestic or residential water
user shall use more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons of
water in any month for commercial or industrial purposes, and if as
established by records kept and maintained by such user and open for
inspection by the City's representative more than one-half (½)
of the water so used by said customer was not discharged into the
sewerage system of the City, then the charge hereinbefore specified
in Section 710.210710.290 hereof made to said customer for the use
and services of the sewerage system of the City shall be based on
the amount of water furnished said customer during said month less
the amount of such water which was not discharged into the sewerage
system of said City. This provision shall not apply to users with
whom the City has independently contracted rates for water or sewer
use.
[Ord. No. 5.203 §4, 4-4-1955]
No sewerage service shall be furnished or rendered free to any
person, firm or corporation.
[Ord. No. 5.203 §5, 4-4-1955]
The Superintendent of the combined waterworks and sewerage system
of the City and the City Clerk or such other officers or representatives
of the City as may be designated from time to time shall cause all
water meters to be read and bills for sewerage services to be rendered
monthly as services accrue. All bills shall be due and payable from
and after the date such bills are rendered, at the office of the City
Clerk. The City Clerk or other representative of the City may calculate
the amount of each bill for sewerage services and may add the same
to the amount of the bill of the customer for water and water services
and render such customer a combined bill for such water and sewerage
services.
[Ord. No. 5.203 §8, 4-4-1955]
The occupant and user of the premises receiving sewerage services
or waste 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 the 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.
[Ord. No. 5.203 §9, 4-4-1955; Ord. No. 5.203(A) §1, 4-7-1997]
Application for sewerage services to premises not connected
with the City's sewerage system shall be made to the City Clerk or
other person designated by the Board of Aldermen by the occupant or
owner of the premises to be served accompanied by an application and
inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00); thereupon and with approval
of the City, such applicant shall have the right to connect with the
sewerage system of the City, all costs of such connection to be borne
by the applicant. All connections shall be inspected and approved
by the Superintendent of the combined waterworks and sewerage system
of said City.
[Ord. No. 5.203 §10, 4-4-1955]
No person shall tamper with any sewer line or make any connection
to the sewerage system of the City without written permission from
the City.
