[R.O. 2012 § 710.010; Ord. No.
288, 4-20-2004]
A.
This Chapter identifies Kimberling City's public wastewater treatment
works rate structure, requirements for various funds to insure proper
operation of the treatment works, the basis for the rates, requirements
for the rate structure, billing of usage fees and requirements for
periodic review of the rate structure.
B.
It is necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health,
safety and welfare of the City to establish a rate structure and collect
usage fees from the owners of all buildings or living units connected
to and capable of being contributors of wastewater to the City's wastewater
treatment works. Proceeds from the collection of fees shall be used
for the purpose of operating, maintaining, replacing and retiring
the debt for such treatment works.
C.
The rate structure contained herein shall take precedence over any
terms or conditions of agreements or contracts between the City and
wastewater contributors (including industrial users, special districts,
other municipalities or Federal agencies or installations) which are
inconsistent with the requirements of Section 204(b)(1)(A) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act[1] and the corresponding regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 33 U.S.C. § 1284(b)(1)(A).
D.
Enable the City to have in each fiscal year net revenues available
for debt service of not less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of
the amount required to be paid by the City in the fiscal year on account
of both principal of and interest on all system revenue bonds at the
time outstanding, provided that interest on any SRF Program Bonds
will be reduced by the SRF Subsidy, if any.
E.
Provide reasonable and adequate reserves for the payment of the bonds
and the interest thereon and for the protection and benefit of the
system as provided in this Chapter. The City will require the prompt
payment of accounts for service rendered by or through the system
and will promptly take whatever action is legally permissible to enforce
and collect delinquent charges.
[R.O. 2012 § 710.020; Ord. No.
288, 4-20-2004; Ord. No. 355, 5-3-2011]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
That portion of the total sewage works fee which is used
to retire the debt incurred during construction of the public wastewater
treatment works.
The period of time covered by a bill for the wastewater works
usage fee (a calendar month).
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Celsius (20° C.), expressed in milligrams
per liter (mg/l).
The median average of usage within a selected group of users.
This process is done by removing the highest and lowest user volumetrically;
totaling usage volume, then dividing by the total number of users
to come up with the true median average.
Sewage that has a BOD concentration of not more than three
hundred (300) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of not more
than three hundred (300) mg/l.
All expenditures during the useful life of the treatment
works for materials, labor, utilities and other items which are necessary
for managing and maintaining the sewage works to achieve the capacity
and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
That portion of the total wastewater fee which is used to
provide for the cost of operation, maintenance and replacement of
the public sewage treatment works.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works are designed and constructed.
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
Any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling
and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage or liquid industrial
wastes. These include intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage
collection systems, individual systems, pumping, power and other equipment
and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions
and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable
recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clean well facilities;
and any works, including site acquisition of the land, that will be
an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate
disposal of residues resulting from such treatment; or any other method
or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating
or disposing of municipal waste or industrial waste.
The total of the debt service fee and the operations fee.
The estimated period during which a treatment works can be
operated before replacement is required.
Any contributor to the City's treatment works.
A water volume measuring and recording device.
[R.O. 2012 § 710.030; Ord. No.
288, 4-20-2004; Ord. No. 342, 10-20-2009]
A.
The usage fee shall generate all annual revenues to pay costs of
annual operation and maintenance including replacement and those costs
associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated with
financing the treatment works which the City may by ordinance designate
to be paid by the usage fee. The funds defined to receive the operations
fee portion of the usage fee shall be established by this Section.
B.
That operation fee portion of the usage fee shall be deposited in
a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Operation, Maintenance and
Replacement Fund and will be kept in two (2) primary accounts as follows:
1.
An account designated for the specific purpose of defraying
operation and maintenance costs (excluding replacement) of the treatment
works — Operation and Maintenance Account.
2.
An account designated for the specific purpose of ensuring replacement
needs over the useful life of the treatment works — Replacement
Account. Deposits in the Replacement Account shall be made at least
quarterly from the operation, maintenance and replacement revenue
in the amount of fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($57,500.00)
annually.
C.
Fiscal year-end balances in the Operation and Maintenance Account
and the Replacement Account shall be carried over to the same accounts
in the subsequent fiscal year and shall be used for no other purposes
than those designated for these accounts. Monies which have been transferred
from other sources to meet temporary shortages in the Operation, Maintenance
and Replacement Fund shall be returned to their respective accounts
upon appropriate adjustment of the rate structure for operation, maintenance
and replacement. The rate structure shall be adjusted such that the
transferred monies will be returned to their respective accounts within
the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the monies were
borrowed.
[R.O. 2012 § 710.040; Ord. No.
288, 4-20-2004; Ord. No. 342, 10-20-2009; Ord. No. 346, 6-1-2010; Ord. No. 504, 5-4-2021]
A.
Each owner of a property connected to the City's treatment works
shall pay a usage fee for the sewer services provided by the City.
An owner of a rental property may request, in writing to the City,
that the City bill the tenant directly. This does not, however, absolve
the owner from the responsibility of paying the usage fee.
B.
Any contributor who discharges any substance which causes an increase
in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City's
treatment works or any contributor who 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 contributor shall be as determined by the responsible
plant operating personnel and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
C.
The usage fees identified in the Chapter shall apply to all properties
or living units connected to the City's treatment works, regardless
of the location of the properties or living units.
D.
The gallons of sewer usage shall be presumed to equal the gallons
of water usage, as set out immediately below. Except as otherwise
herein provided, sewer service charges shall be based on the following:
1.
On the quantity of water used as determined by the City or other
authorized representative of the City. In the absence of a water meter,
meter readings or with obviously wrong meter readings due to a malfunction,
then the City will estimate usage based on history or on comparable
users.
2.
On the quantity of sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water
or other liquids entering the sanitary sewage system of the City and
measured by a sewage meter acceptable to the City.
3.
On the quantity of sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water
or other liquids entering the sanitary sewage system of the City as
determined by the City or other authorized representatives of the
City. In the absence of meter readings or with obviously wrong meter
readings due to a malfunction, then the City will estimate usage based
on history or on comparable users.
4.
Reduction Meter.
a.
Residential and commercial sewer customers may install, at their
own expense, water meter(s) at their residence or commercial building
for the purpose of calculating the amount of water used in "outdoor
activities." Water that passes through this meter(s) must not re-enter
the residence or commercial business building or any drainage or wastewater
system. Those "outdoor activities" are defined as those that do not
discharge into the City sewer system. Beginning May 4, 2021, residents
or commercial businesses are allowed one (1) reduction meter at their
home or business to be used towards outdoor activities. A second meter
may be installed for the purpose of in ground sprinkler systems.
b.
The water meter(s) must be manufactured and tested to ANSI/SWWA Standard
C700. The City Clerk's office must be contacted prior to installing
a meter(s). The City reserves the right to test and audit the meter(s)
at any time as deemed necessary but must be completed once a calendar
year. This audit shall take place at City Hall. Meter(s) must be brought
to City Hall, or pictures can be taken of the meter face and meter
cap and be submitted to the City Clerk for this audit.
c.
The reduction meter(s) readings must be reported by the property
owner each month before utility bills are processed. If a reading
is not received before monthly bill processing a zero (0) reading
will be applied to the bill. Adjustments will not be made after the
utility bill has been processed, except in cases of a data entry error.
d.
In the event that reduction meter readings entered will result
in a zero (0) usage utility bill for a period of three (3) months,
an audit of reduction meter usage and placement will be conducted
at the property.
E.
Installation Of Water And Sewage Meters.
1.
Should a substantial portion of the water consumed by a customer
be used in a commercial or industrial process which precludes the
water being discharged into the sanitary sewer, the City will require
such customers to install and maintain one (1) or more sewage meters
or additional water meters in such a manner as to determine the quantity
of water actually entering the sanitary sewage works.
2.
Where such meters are installed, they shall be of a type approved
by the City and shall be installed and maintained in continuous efficient
operation by the user at his/her own expense.
F.
Maintenance Of Meters. Where installed, all water meters on private
supplies or sewage meters shall be maintained by the owner, at his/her
expense, in continuous efficient operation at all times. The readings
of any such meter, which, in the opinion of the City, has not been
so maintained, will be disregarded and the City or its authorized
representative shall determine the sewage volume delivered to the
sanitary system of the City during the time covered by discredited
meter readings. Volume will be estimated based on history of that
user or on comparable users. The City shall also require the user
to install a working meter at his/her own expense.
[R.O. 2012 § 710.050; Ord. No.
288, 4-20-2004; Ord. No. 342, 10-20-2009; Ord. No. 355, 5-3-2011; Ord. No. 468, 7-2-2019; Ord.
No. 482, 8-4-2020]
A.
The rate structure for residential and commercial users shall be
as set forth in Appendix A, set out as an attachment to this Chapter,
as "Monthly Charges."
B.
All users will be billed monthly based on the appropriate volumetric
charge(s).
C.
The
additional charge to users, which contribute greater than normal domestic
strength wastewater, will be as set forth in Appendix A, set out as
an attachment to this Chapter. This charge will be in addition to
the monthly base rate plus volumetric charge.
D.
Any user who discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase
in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City of
Kimberling City's treatment works or any user who 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 Board of Aldermen.
E.
The rate structure established in this Chapter shall apply to all
users of the City of Kimberling City's treatment works, regardless
of the user's location.
[R.O. 2012 § 710.060; Ord. No.
288, 4-20-2004]
A.
All users shall be billed monthly. Each user shall read their own
water meter on the first day of each month. Record the reading on
the payment stub and return it to the City with the payment. Bills
will be sent out on or around the first day of the month. If a meter
reading is not available when the bills are prepared, either because
it was omitted from the payment stub or because payment has not been
received, then the City will estimate usage based on history or comparable
users. Payments are due when billings are made. Any payment not received
in our office by the 20th day of the month shall be delinquent.
B.
Owners (or tenants as provided for in Section 710.040) who have their usage fee based on metered usage must provide the same month's actual meter reading to the City when their bills are due. Failure to provide these meter readings will result in a bill based on estimated usage per Section 710.040. Owners that do not provide these readings to the City shall lose their rights of having a reduction meter. Owners may re-apply for a reduction meter the next January 1. Estimated readings by the City due to no readings per Section 710.040 shall not be later adjusted. If readings are obtained by the City, a charge for this reading shall be applied to the bill. The City reserves the right to verify any meter reading provided by the owner (tenant).
[Ord. No. 361, 5-1-2012]
C.
A late payment penalty of ten percent (10%) of the user charge bill
will be added to each delinquent bill. If any bill is not paid by
the 20th of the month, said bill shall be billed interest from the
due date at the statutory rate. All such delinquent bills shall become
a lien on the property upon the City filing a notice of delinquency
with the Recorder of Deeds. A release shall be filed when all delinquent
charges, interest, expense and attorney's fees have been paid in full.
A lien hereby created may be enforced by suit or foreclosure.
D.
The owner of any building who submits an erroneous water (or wastewater)
consumption amount or the owner of any building who submits a fraudulent
request for adjustment, for the purpose of reducing said owner's usage
fee, shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more
than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned for not more than
twenty (20) days, or both. Nothing herein contained shall prevent
the City from taking such other lawful action as it deems necessary
to prevent or remedy any violation.
E.
City employees will read the water meters of its sewer users from
time to time in order to verify the City's records.
[R.O. 2012 § 710.070; Ord. No.
288, 4-20-2004; Ord. No. 473, 1-7-2020]
A.
After all payments are processed that are received prior to the 20th
of each month, a trial balance is printed which shall show ranges
of past due balances. At that time the following process for collection
will begin:
1.
Current Month Past Due. A "past due" notice requesting payment
is mailed to the sewer customer. If a rental property, a copy of the
past due billing shall also be sent to the property owner.
2.
Ninety (90) Days Past Due. A "notice of delinquency" to shutoff
water is mailed certified to customers who are delinquent after ninety
(90) days. Customer shall be responsible for any/all disconnect/reconnect
charges. If home is a rental property, a copy of the notice shall
be sent to the property owner.
3.
If water shut off is completed, and no payment is made to restore
services within ten (10) days, a notice of lien will be mailed to
the property owner and a lien will be filed with the Stone County
Recorder's office. Customer/owner shall be responsible for any/all
fees for such filing.
[R.O. 2012 § 710.080; Ord. No.
288, 4-20-2004]
A.
The City shall review the rate structure as needed and shall revise
the rate structure as necessary to ensure that the system generates
adequate revenues to pay the costs of operation and maintenance, including
replacement, and that the system continues to provide for the proportional
distribution of operation and maintenance including replacement costs
among contributors. Any change in rates will be effective on the utility
billing dated no earlier than one (1) month following passage of an
ordinance change.
B.
The City will notify each owner at least annually, in conjunction
with a regular bill or by separate letter, of the rate being charged
for operation and maintenance, including replacement, of the treatment
works.
[R.O. 2012 § 710.090; Ord. No.
288, 4-20-2004; Ord. No. 304, 11-15-2005; Ord. No. 311, 6-19-2007; Ord. No. 315, 8-21-2007; Ord. No. 342, 10-20-2009]
A.
Connection charges shall be paid to the City of Kimberling City by
any person or entity that connects, taps, or gains access to the City
of Kimberling City's sewer system as follows:
[Ord. No. 377, 10-21-2014]
1.
The following rates and fees shall be paid to the City of Kimberling
City by any person or entities requiring connection to the City sewer
system.
a.
A two thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollar ($2,775.00)
impact fee will apply to each new sewer connection, whether it be
for new construction or for an existing structure establishing or
re-establishing a sewer connection. Further, any new connection to
the City sewer, whether for new construction or an existing structure
or business, will be charged seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00)
for that connection, plus a three hundred seventy-five dollar ($375.00)
administration fee. The following fee schedule will apply in addition
to the above referenced amounts and all fees may be reviewed annually
and adjusted accordingly by an amount equal to any increase in the
current Consumer Price Index (CPI).
b.
Impact fees and any fees required by the following schedule
will be deposited into the Impact Fee Fund, to be used for annual
debt service. Connection fees and administrative fees will be deposited
into the Utility Fund, to be used for ongoing operations and maintenance.
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Types of Establishments
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Cost/Unit
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Nightly rentals/park models
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$1,200.00/unit
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RV campgrounds
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With sewer hook-up
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$900.00/space
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Without sewer hook-up
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$750.00/space
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Residential
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Duplexes, apartments, condominiums and monthly rentals
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2 bedroom
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$1,800.00/each additional unit.
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3 bedroom
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$2,220.00/each additional unit.
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Commercial
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Construction trailer
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$353.00/restroom*
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Connected to City sewer, not permanent
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Sales trailer
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$353.00/restroom*
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Connected to City sewer, not permanent
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Public taverns, bars, wineries and breweries:
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$94.00/seat
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Serving beer and/or wine only, no food preparation. This does
not apply to any establishment which is under the Missouri Resort
Liquor License
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Eating establishments:
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Class 1: Restaurants
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$94.00/seat
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Class 2: Kitchen facilities for portable carts
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$353.00/cart
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Class 3: Kitchen facility for drive-up or walk up only
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$588.00/facility
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Beauty/barber shops
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$59.00/per sink
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Public parks:
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Public restrooms, toilet wastes only
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$706.00/per restroom*
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Public bathhouses, showers and flush toilets
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$1,059.00/per bathhouse**
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Spa and hot tub: public only;
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$10.00/gallon/unit
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Country clubs without food facilities
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$94.00/per seat
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Theaters without food facilities
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$47.00/seat
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Churches
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$24.00/seat
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Service stations without food facilities
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$706.00/per restroom*
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Office buildings
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$1118.00/per restroom*
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Retail space
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$706.00/per restroom*
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Public restrooms
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$706.00/per restroom*
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Laundry service facility
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$500.00/per washer
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Car wash
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$4,706.00/bay
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With recycling
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To be based on actual percentage of recycling.
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Miscellaneous
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Number of anticipated gallons per day (gpd) x $10.00/gallon
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Churches that do not have a parochial school but have a gymnasium
with shower facilities are additionally assessed as having 2 public
restrooms.
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*
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One (1) restroom is defined as follows:
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Women's: As required by Code
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Men's: As required by Code
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Unisex: As required by Code
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**
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One (1) bathhouse is defined as follows:
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Women's: An area for bathing as required by Code
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Men's: An area for bathing as required by Code
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Unisex: An area used for bathing as required by Code
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c.
The fee for any use not specifically listed above will be calculated
as a direct percentage of an equivalent normal domestic wastewater
user.
d.
The schedule of fees in the above mentioned have been figured
on a cost per gallon basis. An approximate number of people per unit,
seat and/or space were also applied.
2.
The property owner must bring the building sewer line (pressure
or gravity) from the building to a point in the City right-of-way
adjacent to the City sewer line. The City will make all other necessary
connections from that point.
3.
For each connection that is permitted after June 22, 2000, in
an area serviced by pressure sewer lines, the property owner will
purchase and install a grinder pump as specified by the City and enter
into an agreement with the City for the operation and maintenance
of that grinder pump. Property owner will also grant an easement to
the City for access to the sewer pump and pressure line.
4.
Savings Clause. Nothing in this Section hereby adopted shall
be construed to affect any suit or proceeding now pending in any court
or any rights acquired or liability incurred nor any cause or causes
of action accrued or existing under any act or ordinance repealed
hereby, nor shall any right or remedy of any character be lost, unpaired
or affected by this Section.
B.
In addition to connection fees which are applicable to new construction,
all applicants for City sewer use must file with their application/contract
for use and prior to beginning use a security deposit in the following
amount:
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Type of Establishment
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Deposit
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|---|---|---|
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Single-family residential unit
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$75.00
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Multi-family residential units (per unit)
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$75.00
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Resort, timeshare, motel (per unit)
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$50.00
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Barber and beauty shop
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$100.00
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Grocery or convenience store
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$200.00
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Medical clinic
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$200.00
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Laundry, restaurant
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$500.00
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All other commercial/industrial contributors
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The amount for all other commercial or industrial users shall
be twice the estimated monthly bill. In no case shall a car wash security
deposit be less than $500.00.
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1.
The above security deposits will also be required from new owners
of existing properties served by the wastewater system at the time
they assume ownership and become customers of the City.
C.
An owner of new construction in the City will be liable for the connection
fee upon issuance of a building permit. An owner of new construction
in the City will be liable for sewer bills upon issuance of an occupancy
permit.
