ORDINANCE NO. 080260
Amending Chapter 60, Code of
Ordinances, entitled Sewers and Sewage Disposal by repealing Sections 60-2,
Sewer charges for resident users, and 60-3, Sewer charges for nonresident users,
and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject matter
which adjusts sewer rates; and establishing an effective date.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
Chapter 60, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, entitled
Sewers and Sewage Disposal, is hereby amended by repealing Sections 60-2, Sewer
charges for resident users, and 60-3, Sewer charges for nonresident users, and
enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject matter, to
read as follows:
Section 60-2. Sewer charges
for resident users.
There are hereby
levied charges against every person, firm, partnership, corporation and
association occupying property within the city limits having an actual or
available connection with the citys sanitary sewer system, or otherwise
discharging sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquid into the system.
All charges billed monthly or bi-monthly shall be prorated per day during the
billing period. Such charges are to be the sum of charges for service, volume
and high concentration charges to be computed and levied as follows:
(1) Service
Charges.
a. Sanitary sewer. A service charge of $8.60 where bills
are rendered monthly and $10.55 where bills are rendered bimonthly to defray in
part the cost of 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 sewage or wastes are actually discharged to the
city sewer during the billing period; such charges are to be made each and
every month where a monthly billing is involved or each and every bimonthly
period where bimonthly billings are involved
b. Wastewater discharge permits. Commercial and
industrial users shall pay for the cost of the wastewater discharge permitting
program as described and authorized in article IV of this chapter. Permit
application fees, permit maintenance fees and other miscellaneous charges as
authorized in article IV of this chapter shall be billed and collected with the
commercial or industrial users normal water and/or sewer billing charges.
(2) Volume Charges. A volume charge of $2.05 per 100 cubic
feet based upon the total volume of water purchased by the customer during the
billing period subject to the following adjustments:
a. Water supplied from separate source. Where water is supplied
by a separate and independent source, the sewage volume charge shall be based
upon the volume of water used and computed at the volume charge established
herein.
b. Residential accounts. Except as noted in (2)(a), residential
service account (one- and two-family residences) volume charges for the bills
generated during the months of May through December shall be based upon water
used during the winter period, such winter period being the bills generated
during January through April, (these are the billing periods that most closely
correspond to the December through March usage); such charges shall be payable with
each bill rendered throughout the year. Where residential water services
accounts do not have an acceptable history of winter water use, the volume
charge for bills generated during the months of May through December shall be
the volume charge established herein, or $15.38 per month, whichever is the
lesser.
c. Commercial and industrial water accounts with diverted water
uses. Commercial and industrial water accounts are all water service accounts
other than one- and two-family dwellings. Diverted water uses are those where a
significant portion of the water purchased is used in manufactured products
such as ice, canned goods or beverages and the product is transported in
containers away from the premises or where the water purchased is lost by evaporation
or irrigation. The Director of the Water Services Department or the Directors
representative, shall make these determinations of fact, and shall have
authority to adjust the sewer use volume billed on the basis of the facts
ascertained.
(3) Commercial and industrial water accounts with high
concentration discharges. Commercial and industrial water accounts shall
include all water service accounts other than one- and two-family dwellings.
High concentration discharges are those in which the BOD (biochemical oxygen
demand), SS (suspended solids), and/or O&G (oil and grease) concentrations
are in excess of the maximum concentration of these components in normal sewage
as defined in Article IV of this chapter. In addition to other sewer service
and volume charges, a surcharge, as established by the formulae defined and set
forth in Article IV of this chapter, shall be levied on high concentration
discharges received from any customer under this section, but in no event shall
the sum of such surcharges be less than $5.00 per month.
For surcharge
rate formulae calculation purposes, the following rates are hereby established:
RB (surcharge per pound of excess BOD) = $0.225
RS (surcharge per pound of excess SS) = $0.137
RG (surcharge per pound of excess O&G) = $0.085
The Director of
Water Services is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations to develop
various groups and classes to facilitate the equitable distribution of
surcharge fees among like groups of customers.
(4) Definition. Month or monthly, as used in this section,
shall refer to a time period of 30 days.
Section 60-3. Sewer charges
for nonresident users.
(a) There are
hereby levied charges against every person, firm, partnership, corporation and
association occupying property outside the city limits having a connection with
the sanitary sewer system of the city or otherwise discharging sewage,
industrial waste, water or other liquids into the city sewer system.
All charges
billed monthly or bimonthly shall be prorated per day during the billing
period. Such charges are to be the sum of service charges and volume charges to
be computed and levied as follows:
(1) Metered connections with municipalities and political
subdivisions. Bulk flows through a metered interconnection with a municipality
or political subdivision shall be charged and pay a rate of $1.39 per 100 cubic
feet (ccf), with no service charges.
(2) Unmetered connections with municipalities and political
subdivisions. Bulk flows through an unmetered interconnection with a municipality
or political subdivision shall be charged and pay a rate of $1.98 per 100 cubic
feet (ccf) of actual water consumption for all residential, commercial and
industrial customers and service charges for each such customer of $8.60 if
bills are rendered monthly or $10.55 if bills are rendered bimonthly.
(3) Unmetered connections with municipalities and political
subdivisions; no water consumption records. Where actual water consumption
records are not available, bulk flows from a municipality or political
subdivision through an unmetered interconnection shall pay a sewer charge of
$20.25 per month per dwelling unit or equivalent dwelling unit.
(4) Individual customers billed directly by the city.
Individual customers billed directly by the city shall pay a service charge of
$9.69 if the bill is rendered monthly or a service charge of $15.25 if the bill
is rendered bimonthly, plus a volume charge of $2.25 per 100 cubic feet (ccf).
(5) Accounts with high concentration discharges. High
concentration discharges are those in which the BOD (biochemical oxygen
demand), SS (suspended solids), and/or O&G (oil and grease) concentrations
are in excess of the maximum concentration of these components in normal sewage
as defined in Article IV of the chapter. In addition to other sewer service and
volume charges, a surcharge, as established by the formulae defined and set
forth in Article IV of this chapter, shall be levied on high concentration
discharges received from any customer under this section, but in no event shall
the sum of such surcharges be less than $5.00 per month.
For surcharge rate formulae
calculation purposes, the following rates are hereby established:
RB (surcharge
per pound of excess BOD) = $0.225
RS (surcharge
per pound of excess SS) = $0.137
RG (surcharge
per pound of excess O&G) = $0.085
The Director is hereby authorized
to develop various groups and classes to facilitate the equitable distribution
of surcharge fees among like groups of customers.
(b) Definition.
Month or monthly, as used in this section shall refer to a time period of
30 days.
(c) Applicability.
This section may not be applicable where arrangements for sewer service and
sewer service charges are established by an existing or future contract or
cooperative agreement.
Section 2. This
ordinance shall become effective on May 1, 2008.
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Approved as to
form and legality:
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Cecilia OConnor
Abbott
Assistant City Attorney