A. 
Rate Schedule.
1. 
The rate for sanitary sewer shall be approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of Fees and Charges maintained in the Finance Department.
2. 
All customers shall be billed each month for no less than two thousand (2,000) gallons per meter charged on the account per month or billing cycle.
B. 
Rates And Charges Outside City Limits. The charges and rates established for sanitary sewer system usage for customers with connections outside the City limits shall be approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of Fees and Charges maintained in the Finance Department, unless otherwise determined by an approved contract approved by the City Council specifically establishing a different rate schedule.
C. 
High Strength Or Toxic Pollutant Contributors.
1. 
For those contributors who contribute wastewater, the strength of which is greater than normal domestic usage, a surcharge in addition to the normal user charge shall be collected. The charge to each such user shall be as determined by the City and approved by the City Council.
2. 
Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants into the City collection and treatment facilities which causes an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge collection and treatment facilities serving the City or any user which discharges any substance which singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance, or replacement of collection and treatment facilities serving the City, shall pay for the increased costs.
3. 
Any user who discharges grease into the City sewer system shall be charged a minimum fee approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of Fees and Charges maintained in the Finance Department when the City is required to clean any sewer lines affected by said discharge. In addition the user shall be responsible and liable for any damages or expenses incurred by the City in the repair or maintenance of sewer lines caused by sewer back up resulting from the discharge of grease. After sewer lines have been cleaned, said user shall have a period of ten (10) days in which to have all grease traps under their control or ownership cleaned and to notify the Public Works Director that such cleaning has been completed. If the user fails to have all grease traps cleaned within the allotted ten (10) days, the City will have the authority to charge the contributor a fee approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of Fees and Charges maintained in the Finance Department The fee shall be assessed each day that the violation continues. The charges will then be added to the contributors water and/or sewer bill.
D. 
Winter Average Sewer Rate System.
1. 
Sewer rates to be charged for the collection and treatment facilities and services made available by the sewer system of the City shall be regulated and charged as follows:
a. 
Residential Contributors. Residential contributors shall mean any contributor to the City's sewer collection system whose structure is exclusively used for domestic dwelling purposes with no more than a single dwelling unit on each separate water meter. Users of a portion of a structure which portion is separately metered for water use and is used exclusively as a dwelling are also classified as residential contributors. Residential contributors shall not include the users of hotels, motels, boarding houses, nursing homes, residence halls, or multi-unit residential complexes served by a common water meter or meters. Exceptions may include contributors with a service contract approved by the City Council. For residential contributors, monthly sewer user charges shall be based on one (1) of the following:
(1) 
Average monthly water usage as determined by water meter usage during the months of December, January, and February, of which the readings will occur in at least two (2) of these months. Such average water usage thus determined shall remain the basis for determining the contributor's monthly sewer charge until a new average consumption is determined following the next winter averaging period. If a residential contributor has not established an average, such contributor's user charge shall be the mean winter averaging charge of all other residential contributors or at the contributor's option, the volume method in (2) below.
(2) 
Residential contributors choosing the volume method shall be billed each month based upon actual consumption.
b. 
Non-Residential Contributors. For all other contributors, including industrial, commercial, or multi-unit residential complexes served by a common water meter or meters, user charges shall be based on actual water consumption during the current month. Exceptions may include contributors with a service contract approved by the City Council.
c. 
Residential contributors shall be given the option to select either the winter-averaged method or volume method at any time.
The City Council of the City shall annually meet to establish the rates, fees, and charges for the use and services of the sewer system of the City necessary and adequate to meet the requirements of Sections 250.010 to 250.250, inclusive, RSMo.
A. 
If any bill for sewer service shall be and remain past due and unpaid on or after ten (10) days of the due date, water service to such customer shall be disconnected. Disconnects will be handled as follows:
1. 
Customers with both City water and City sewer will be shut off after the ten-day period provided in accordance with Sections 705.080 and 710.400 of the City Code.
2. 
Customers served by water districts that have City sewer only will be shut off in accordance with the shutoff agreement between the water district and the City. The customer shall pay a reconnect/account charge and deposit as approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of Fees maintained in the Finance Department for turning on the water and re-establishing the account. Following shut off, customers shall pay their delinquent bill, reconnect/account charge and additional deposit by making payment either online, by phone or in person to the Utility Billing office of the City of Raymore. City staff will contact the water district providing the customer's water service and service will be restored within the normal business hours only of that water district.
The occupant and user of the premises receiving sewer 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 the 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.
A. 
The sewer connection fees to be charged by the City for connection to City-owned sewers shall be as follows:
1. 
The City is exercising its local authority pursuant to Chapters 79, 88 and 91, RSMo. in collecting sewer connection fees. The aforementioned provisions authorize and require the City to provide and finance sanitary sewer collection and treatment facilities and to provide for the health, safety and general welfare of the City.
2. 
Intent.
a. 
It is the intent of this Section to establish a sanitary sewer system user's fee imposed upon new connections to the City's sewer system and not to levy a "tax" or fee as such term is used in Article X, Section 22 of the Missouri Constitution.
b. 
It is the intent of this Section to impose a sanitary sewer connection fee, payable prior to approval of a new sanitary sewer service connection.
3. 
Sewer Connection Fees.
a. 
There shall be two (2) classes of building sanitary sewer connection permits.
(1) 
Residential (single-family and multiple-family).
(2) 
Commercial and industrial.
b. 
Sanitary Sewer connection fees will be charged as follows:
(1) 
Sanitary sewer connection fees shall be approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of Fees and Charges maintained in the Finance Department. Multiple drains served by a single faucet shall be considered one (1) trap.
(2) 
Applicant will be required to provide the City with a complete listing of industrial wastes proposed to be discharged into the City's sanitary sewer system for approval by the City and Little Blue Valley Sewer District prior to applying for a building permit.
4. 
Administration Of Sewer Connection Fees.
a. 
Collection Of Sanitary Sewer Connection Fee. Sewer connection fees imposed pursuant to this Section shall be collected by the City prior to approving any application for service and placed in the Sewer Connection Fee Fund as established.
b. 
Use Of Funds Collected. The funds collected by reason of this Section shall be used exclusively for the purpose of:
(1) 
Offsetting actual connection costs incurred by the City.
(2) 
Undertaking sewer facilities projects including system master planning, engineering, legal, administration, construction inspection, construction of facilities, land acquisition and testing,
(3) 
Operation and maintenance, including infiltration and inflow remediation, and
(4) 
For financing directly as a pledge against bonds, revenue certificates, grant match and other obligations of indebtedness.
c. 
A review of this Section and sewer connection fees will be completed annually by the City Manager with recommendations concerning changes to this Section or the sewer connection fee forwarded to the City Council no later than the beginning of the fiscal year.
The sewer service deposit to be charged by the City for sanitary sewer only customers of the City shall be as follows:
A. 
Application for residents receiving only sanitary sewer service shall be made to the Utility Billing office, by the owner or occupant of the property to be served. Upon payment of the sanitary sewer service deposit approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of Fees and Charges maintained in the Finance Department, sanitary sewer service shall be provided in accordance to the agreement with the water district.
B. 
The sanitary sewer service deposit will be returned to the utility customer when:
1. 
The customer disconnects the utility and is billed for the final time, if the deposit is still on the account; or
2. 
The customer has successfully paid their account with no penalties or disconnects for twenty-four (24) straight months, whichever comes first.
C. 
If a utility customer is disconnected from service for non-payment, the customer will be required to maintain the utility deposit or submit a new utility deposit if one is not being maintained by the City as approved by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of Fees and Charges maintained in the Finance Department, and shall be required to pay an additional deposit amount prior to water service being restored. This charge shall be waived one (1) time per billing address only if the customer signs up for automatic draft of monthly payments.