[HISTORY: Adopted by ordinance 6-14-1993; amended 1-9-1995 by Ord. No. 10; 9-29-2003 by Ord. No. 216; 4-18-2005 by Ord. No. 265; 10-19-2005 by Ord. No. 296; 11-20-2006 by Ord. No. 360; 10-22-2007 by Ord. No. 425; 2-25-2008 by Ord. No. 442; 10-16-2008 by Ord. No. 485; 7-13-2009 by Ord. No. 489; 12-21-2009 by Ord. No. 537 and Ord.
No. 541; 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 570; 11-14-2011 by Ord. No. 614; 12-17-2018 by Ord. No. 842; 7-8-2019 by Ord. No. 867; 2-10-2020 by Ord. No. 886. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
The City of Moscow Mills, Missouri.
All expenditures during the useful life of the public sewer
system for materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are
necessary for managing and maintaining the public sewer system to
achieve the capacity and performance for which such system was designed
and constructed.
The City's facilities for carrying, collecting, storing,
treating and discharging sewage and waste.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
public sewer system to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such system was designed and constructed. The term "operation and
maintenance" includes replacement.
A unit used primarily for dwelling purposes.
The Public Works Superintendent, who is in responsible charge
of the operation and maintenance of the public sewer system.
That portion of the total sewer system charge which is levied
in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance,
and replacement of the City's public sewer system.
The Owners of all properties located within the City improved
with any structure used or designed to be used for human habitation,
employment, recreation or other purpose, where there is located access
to the main line of the City's public sewer system within 100 feet
of the property line shall be required to connect to said system.
Unless prior written agreement is reached with the City, the property
owner shall be responsible for installing any and all lines required
to connect to the main line of the City's public sewer system. Where
the City's pubic sewer system is not available, all properties shall
be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the
provisions of all county and state laws.
The City shall provide sewer service to all properties within
the City limits when proper application is made. When properties are
annexed into the City or new development takes place, the City will
provide Sewer service as soon as practicable. The City may, at the
discretion of the Board of Aldermen, provide sewer service to properties
outside the City limits. The sewer rate for properties outside the
City limits shall be double the sewer rate for properties within the
City limits.
A.
No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into,
use, alter, or disturb the City's public sewer system without first
obtaining written permission from the Superintendent.
B.
All connections to the City's public sewer system shall be made at
the expense of the property owner and subject to the control and supervision
of the City. The City retains the right to supervise the type and
character of connections and to refuse connections that do not meet
the City's specifications. The property owner, by making application
for connection, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the City for
liability to the property owner or any other person for any injury,
loss, or damage whatsoever, relating to or arising out of the connection.
C.
All new connections to the City's public sewer system shall require
a permit. The owner of the property or his agent shall make application
when applying for a building permit. The application shall be supplemented
by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent
in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee
shall be charged at the time of application as follows:
|
Meter Size
|
Permit and Inspection Fee
(Sewer)
|
|---|---|
|
3/4"
|
$2,000
|
|
1"
|
$2,600
|
|
2"
|
$3,886
|
|
3"
|
$6,429
|
|
4"
|
$11,571
|
|
6"
|
$17,143
|
|
8"
|
$20,571
|
|
10"
|
$27,428
|
The Board of Alderman shall have the authority to reduce
or waive this fee.
D.
The size, alignment, material used, and methods used shall all conform
to the requirements of the most recent edition of the City's building
code or other regulations established by the Superintendent. In the
absence of City codes or regulations, the ASTM and WPCF Manual of
Practice, No. 9, shall apply.
E.
A permit to construct, issued by MDNR, will be provided to the City
prior to any construction, alteration or extension of lines connected
or to be connected to the City's public sewer system.
F.
The owner or his agent shall notify the Superintendent when lines
are ready for inspection prior to connection to the City's public
sewer system. All connections shall be made under the supervision
of the Superintendent.
G.
The Superintendent or his designated agents shall be permitted to
enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing.
H.
The owner of the property shall be responsible for any costs associated
with testing required by the Superintendent to complete inspections.
The Superintendent may issue a written stop work order to any
person who is found violating the provisions of this chapter or otherwise
failing to conform to the City's specifications for connection to
the City's public sewer system. Violation of a stop work order shall
be unlawful and shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished
by a fine of not less than $1 and not more than $500 or by imprisonment
not exceeding 90 days or both, recoverable with costs of court. Each
day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
The City may immediately disconnect any connections made in
violation of this chapter and may make report to the Chief of Police
for prosecution. Connection in violation of the provisions of this
chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $1 and not more than $500 or by imprisonment
not exceeding 90 days or both, recoverable with costs of court. Each
day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Discharge into the City's pubic sewer system in violation of
the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1 and not more than
$500 or by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or both, recoverable
with costs of court. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate
offense. In addition, any person causing damage to the City's public
sewer system shall be civilly liable to the City for any costs of
repair.
Whenever possible, the service connection shall be brought to
the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the
public sewer, sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted
by an approved means and discharged to the public sewer.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, interior
and exterior foundation drains, are areaway drains, or other sources
of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain
which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to the City's public
sewer system.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes into any public sewers:
1.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid, or gas.
2.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids,
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance,
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two mg/l
as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
3.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or having any other
corrosive property capable of accusing damage or hazard to structures,
equipment, and personnel of the public sewer.
4.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited
to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, woods, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper items, either whole
or ground by garbage grinder.
5.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
(65° C.).
6.
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances
which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32 and
150° F. (0° C. and 65° C.).
7.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4
horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review
and approval of the City.
8.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes,
or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
9.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and
similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive
chlorine requirement.
10.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste-or odor-producing
substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite
sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal or other public
agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
11.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance
with applicable state or federal regulations.
12.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
13.
Materials which exert or cause:
a.
Unusual concentrations of inert, suspended solids (such as,
but not limited to, Fuller's earth, lime slurries, and lime residues)
or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride
and sodium sulfate).
b.
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions).
c.
Unusual BOD, biochemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the City's
public sewer.
d.
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of waters constituting
"slugs" as defined herein.
14.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to
treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed,
or are amendable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage
treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies
having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
15.
Any waters or wastes having (1) a five-day BOD greater than 300 parts
per million by weight, or (2) containing more than 350 parts per million
by weight of suspended solids or (3) having an average daily flow
greater than 2% of the average sewage flow if the City, shall be subject
to the review of the City. Where necessary in the opinion of the City,
the owner shall provide, this expense, such preliminary treatment
as may be necessary to (1) reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to
300 parts per million by weight, or (2) reduce the suspended solids
to 350 parts per million by weight, or (3) control the quantities
and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications,
and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary
treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the City
and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said
approvals are obtained in writing.
A.
The user charges shall generate adequate annual revenues to pay costs
of annual operation and maintenance, including repair and replacement,
and the costs associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated
with financing the City's public sewer system. Unless otherwise provided
in any ordinance authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds, the user
charges shall be allocated as provided in this chapter.
B.
That portion of the total user charges collected which is designated
for operation and maintenance, including repair and replacement purposes,
shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Operation,
Maintenance and Replacement Fund and will be kept in two primary accounts
as follows:
1.
An account designated for the specific purpose of defraying operation
and maintenance costs, excluding repair and replacement, of the City's
public sewer system (Operation and Maintenance Account).
2.
An account designated for the specific purpose of ensuring repair
and replacement needs over the useful life of the City's public sewer
system (Replacement Account). Deposits in the Replacement Fund in
the amount in the amount of $117,294.70 annually (See Appendix B &
C).
C.
That portion of the total user charges collected which is designated
for debt retirement shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund
known as the Debt Retirement Account and will be kept in a primary
account for the specific purpose of meeting debt retirement and construction
costs for capital improvements associated with the City's public sewer.
D.
Fiscal year-end balances in the Operation and Maintenance Account,
the Replacement Account, and Debt Retirement 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.
E.
Connection fees or "tap fees" shall be used first to pay any deficiency
in debt retirement and second to reimburse any person who has contracted
to be reimbursed for contribution to the expansion of the City's public
system.
(See Appendix A.)
A.
The City of Moscow Mills, Missouri, shall collect a monthly sewer
user charge for the services rendered by the City's sanitary sewer
system to the owners or occupants of each residence, building, or
structure which is connected to said system.
B.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the sewer user charge shall
be the total of: a) a minimum/base service charge for operation and
maintenance of the sewer system ("minimum charge"); plus b) an amount
established in this chapter based on the water usage attributable
to the premises ("unit charge").
C.
For new users or users terminating service, the minimum charge shall
be prorated based on a thirty-day billing cycle for a partial month
of service.
D.
The water usage shall be rounded to the nearest 100 gallon increment
and billed accordingly.
A.
The minimum charge beginning January 1, 2019, shall be $37.25; this
amount shall be charged if water service is available to the premises,
whether or not it is occupied; for new users or users terminating
service, the minimum charge shall be prorated based on a thirty-day
billing cycle for a partial month of service.
B.
The unit charge beginning January 1, 2019, shall be $6.05; per 1,000
gallons of water usage; the amount of water usage shall be rounded
to the nearest 100-gallon increment for billing purposes; water usage
for unit charge purposes shall be based on:
1.
The quantity of water used from any source, as measured by a water
meter acceptable to the City, or
2.
The quantity of sanitary sewage, water, or other waste entering the
City's sanitary sewer system, as measured by a meter acceptable to
the City, or
4.
A written agreement between the City and the user.
C.
Rates shall automatically increase by an inflation factor of 3% each
year on April 1st, unless the Board of Aldermen decides otherwise.
D.
Beginning January 1, 2019, the City elects to bill monthly sewer
user charges using a monthly average as the basis for unit charge
purposes; in the event a particular user elects to be billed using
another basis, the user must make written application for same and
must agree to pay on such basis for one year following the date of
application; said application will be subject to the City's conditions
and Board of Aldermen approval.
A.
Subject to the provisions contained herein, a monthly average for
a premises may be determined from the average of the monthly water
consumption recorded during the period of January 1 through March
31 preceding the establishment of the monthly average. The monthly
average so determined may be first used in rendering the bill beginning
in the month of April following the determination and shall be used
until the following April. A new monthly average shall be established
annually.
B.
If a premises first becomes subject to a meter reading after March,
the monthly average shall be 3,700 until a monthly average can be
determined between January 1 through March 31 the following year.
C.
In the event of a new occupancy after the monthly average has been
determined, the monthly average shall be 3,700 until a monthly average
can be determined between January 1 through March 31 the following
year.
D.
In the event there is a water leak during the period of January 1
through March 31, the monthly average shall be 5,000 until a monthly
average can be determined between January 1 through March 31 the following
year.
Sanitary Sewers and appurtenances shall be constructed in accordance
with the City of Moscow Mills Sanitary Sewer and Appurtenances Construction
Standards.
Appendix "A" and Appendix "B: to former Chapter 113 of the City
Code and the City of Moscow Mills, MO. Sanitary Sewer and Appurtenances
Construction Standards and the Rules of the Missouri Department of
Natural Resources, Division 20 - Clean Water Commission, Chapter 8
- Design Guides, latest edition are hereby adopted and incorporated
herein.
