ORDINANCE NO. 080259
Amending Chapter 78, Code of
Ordinances, entitled Water by repealing Sections 78-6, General meter rate, 78-8,
Fire protection rates, and 78-10, Suburban meter rate, and enacting in lieu
thereof new sections of like subject matter adjusting charges for water
service; and establishing an effective date.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
Chapter 78, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, entitled
Water, is hereby amended by repealing Sections 78-6, General meter rate, 78-8,
Fire protection rates, and 78-10, Suburban meter rate, and enacting in lieu
thereof new sections of like subject matter, to read as follows:
Section 78-6. General meter
rate.
For all metered
water purchased for use wholly and exclusively within the City by any customer,
the total charge shall be the sum of the service charge and the commodity
charge as follows:
(1) Service charge. The service charge is a charge per
meter to cover, in part, the cost of meter reading, meter maintenance, billing,
collecting, accounting services and readiness to serve the customer, and shall
be prorated per day during the billing period and shall apply whether or not
any water is used; the service charge shall be based on meter size and billing
frequency as follows:
METER SIZE
|
BILLED MONTHLY
|
BILLED BI-MONTHLY
|
(INCHES)
|
|
|
|
|
|
5/8
|
$ 9.00
|
$ 13.36
|
3/4
|
9.50
|
14.70
|
1
|
12.00
|
19.00
|
1-1/2
|
18.00
|
31.82
|
2
|
23.50
|
43.45
|
3
|
50.50
|
96.50
|
4
|
63.00
|
122.00
|
6
|
92.50
|
180.50
|
8
|
142.00
|
280.00
|
10
|
195.00
|
386.00
|
12
|
227.00
|
451.00
|
(2) Commodity charge. The commodity charge shall be based
on the total volume of water purchased by the customer, whenever possible in
the billing system, as shown by all water meters connected to one or more water
systems serving contiguous properties of the customer, where such properties
are managed as a single enterprise that is not separated by a public
thoroughfare, and shall be as follows per month for metered water:
(a) Ordinary commodity charge.
First 600 cubic
feet at $2.16 per 100 cubic feet
Next 4,400
cubic feet at $2.40 per 100 cubic feet
Next 995,000
cubic feet at $2.10 per 100 cubic feet
Over 1,000,000
cubic feet at $1.51 per 100 cubic feet
(b) Seasonal off-peak commodity charges. For industrial
customers with peak demand in the winter season:
All usage at
$1.51 per 100 cubic feet;
The Director of
Water Services is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations to be used for
determining the applicability of this subsection.
(3) Definitions (as used in this section).
(a) Commercial and industrial customers shall refer to all water
service accounts other than one- and two-family dwellings.
(b) Month
or Monthly shall refer to a time period of 30 days.
Sec. 78-8. Fire protection rates.
(a) The
rate for an unmetered water service connection to hydrants, hose connection or
sprinkling systems purchased and used solely and exclusively for fire
protection purposes, including all water used for fire protection shall be as
follows:
Size of Connection
|
Rate Per
Annum
|
4-inch and less
|
$ 72.00
|
6-inch
|
177.00
|
8-inch
|
334.00
|
10-inch.
|
546.00
|
12-inch
|
818.00
|
16-inch.
|
1,545.00
|
(b) The
size, location and arrangement of any fire protection services are subject to
the approval of the Director of the Water Services Department.
(c) All
meters, valves and hydrants controlling or in connection with such fire
protection services shall be sealed by the Water Services Department. A fee of
$25.00 shall be charged for each meter, valve or hydrants requiring resealing
in the absence of evidence that the meter, valve or hydrant seal was broken in
operation against a fire or in operations pursuant to system testing by a fire
underwriting agency and properly certified by such testing agency.
(d) Direct
connections between the fire protection and drain piping on all premises are
not permitted, and drawings to show the location of all fire protection piping
may be required by the water services department. The repeated, unauthorized
breakage of seals on any premises may be taken as evidence that water is being
used without authorization; and in such case the water services department may
require the installation of a meter designed for fire protection and assess
charges therefore in accordance with section 78-6.
(e) Fire
protection services shall be billed to the owner of record of the real
property.
Section 78-10. Suburban meter
rate.
(a) For any and
all water purchased wholly or partially for use outside the City by any
customer, a total charge consisting of a service charge, a commodity charge, a
re-pumping charge where applicable, shall be computed for each billing period
and shall be as follows:
(1) Service charge. A service charge, prorated per day
during the billing period based on meter size, with such charge to be applied
whether or not any water is used, shall be charged as follows:
METER SIZE
|
BILLED MONTHLY
|
BILLED BI-MONTHLY
|
(INCHES)
|
|
|
|
|
|
5/8
|
$ 10.00
|
$ 14.08
|
3/4
|
10.50
|
15.92
|
1
|
12.50
|
19.60
|
1-1/2
|
18.50
|
32.44
|
2
|
24.00
|
44.10
|
3
|
52.50
|
101.50
|
4
|
66.00
|
128.00
|
6
|
97.00
|
189.50
|
8
|
144.00
|
282.00
|
10
|
201.00
|
399.00
|
12
|
235.00
|
466.00
|
The service
charges as established in this subsection may be superseded by any contract
between the city and any other public water supply which provides for an
interchange agreement.
(b) Commodity
charge. A commodity charge per month, based on the total volume of water
purchased by the customer as shown by all water meters connected to one or more
water systems serving the customers premises, shall be charged as follows:
(1) Retail Customers. For customers purchasing water for
use wholly by the customer:
First 600 cubic
feet at $2.25 per 100 cubic feet
Next
4,400 cubic feet at $2.50 per 100 cubic feet
Over
5,000 cubic feet at $2.10 per 100 cubic feet
(2) Wholesale Customers. For customers purchasing water for
resale:
Unrestricted
$1.45 per hundred cubic feet
Restricted
$1.40 per hundred cubic feet
Wholesale
Customers shall be classified as restricted or unrestricted based on water
supply contract terms between the City and any other public water supply.
(c) Repumping
charge. A repumping charge based on the quantity of purchased water repumped
shall be charged to wholesale suburban customers only as follows:
(1) From the pumping station at 75th and Holmes Street; from the
pumping station at Highway AA near the Village of Waukomis in Platte County,
Missouri; from the Blue Ridge Pumping Station at 67th Street and Blue Ridge
Boulevard; from the pumping station at Englewood Road and North Oak Trafficway;
from Arrowhead Pumping Station at NE 75th and Arrowhead Trafficway, and from
the South Terminal Pump Station at Ward Road and Persells, per 100 cubic feet,
$0.12.
(2) From the pumping station at 131st Street and Prospect Avenue;
from the High Grove Road Pumping Station, and from the Platte County Booster
Pump Station at Camden Point Highway E and Interurban Road, per 100 cubic feet,
$0.23.
(d) Definition.
The term Month or Monthly, as used in this section shall refer to a time
period of 30 days.
(e) Applicability.
Rates set forth in this section may not be applicable where such rates are
established by existing or future contracts.
Section 2. This
ordinance shall become effective May 1, 2008.
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Approved as to form and legality:
______________________________
Cecilia OConnor Abbott
Assistant City Attorney