[R.O. 1998 § 720.060; Ord. No. 83-2 Art. III § 1, 3-19-1983]
A. 
The owner of the premises, the occupant thereof and the user of the service shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the service to such premises and the service is furnished to the premises by the City only upon the condition that the owner of the premises, occupant and user of the services are jointly and severally liable therefor to the City. All the requirements of Section 250.140, RSMo., shall be followed in implementing this Section.
B. 
Bills for sewer service shall be billed monthly. Billing for any particular month shall be made within thirty (30) days after the end of that month. Payments are due when the bills are rendered. Any payment not received by the City within twenty-five (25) days after billing shall be delinquent.
[R.O. 1998 § 720.070; Ord. No. 83-2 Art. III § 2, 3-19-1983]
Any user charge bill which remains unpaid for twenty-five (25) days after being rendered shall be in default. A user charge bill which has been in default shall be cause to discontinue sewer service to said premises.
[R.O. 1998 § 720.080; Ord. No. 83-2 Art. III § 3, 3-19-1983]
Waste water service that has been discontinued to any premises for any reason whatsoever may have said service restored upon payment of all user charge bills that are delinquent and/or in default including any penalties due, and a payment of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) plus the cost of labor, equipment and materials to the City for the restoration of said service.
[R.O. 1998 § 720.085]
The owner of any lot, parcel of land or premises receiving any of the services of the waterworks system, the occupant of such premises, and the user of the services shall be liable jointly and severally for the payment of services to such lot, parcel of land or premises; and all services are rendered to the premises by the City only on the condition that such owner, occupant and user shall be liable jointly and severally therefor to the City. All the requirements of Section 250.140, RSMo., shall be followed in implementing this Section.
[R.O. 1998 § 720.090; Ord. No. 83-2 Art. III § 6, 3-19-1983]
A. 
The City shall establish a proper system of account and shall keep proper books, records, and accounts in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relative to the sewage facility and at regular annual intervals the City shall cause to be made an audit by an independent auditing concern of the books to show the receipts and disbursements of the sewage facility, including the documents established in Appendix C, Article II-C, on file in the City offices.
B. 
In addition to the customary operating statements, the annual audit report shall also reflect the separate revenues and operating expenses of the waste water facilities, including a replacement cost, to indicate that sewer service charges under the waste cost recovery system do in fact meet these regulations. In this regard, the financial information to be shown in the audit report shall include the following:
1. 
Flow data showing total gallons received at the waste water plant for the current fiscal year.
2. 
Billing data to show total number of gallons billed.
3. 
Debt service for the next succeeding fiscal year.
4. 
Number of users connected to the system.
5. 
Number of non-metered users.
6. 
A list of users discharging non-domestic wastes (industrial users) and volume of waste discharged.
C. 
The annual audit report shall contain such other financial information consistent with future guidelines to be promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
[R.O. 1998 § 720.100; Ord. No. 83-2 Art III § 7, 3-19-1983]
The City shall notify each user at least annually, in conjunction with a regular bill, or publication in a newspaper of general circulation, of the rate being charged for operation, maintenance including replacement of treatment works, and debt service.
[R.O. 1998 § 720.110; Ord. No. 83-2 Art. III § 8, 3-19-1983]
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provisions of this Chapter shall be fined as set out in Chapter 100, Article III, of this Code.