ORDINANCE NO. 030248
Amending
Chapter 60 of the Code of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, entitled Sewers
and Sewage Disposal by repealing Article I, Sections 60-2 and 60-3 and
enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject matter.
BE
IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section
A. That Chapter 60 of the Code of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri,
entitled Sewers and Sewage Disposal is hereby amended by repealing Article I,
Sections 60-2 and 60-3 and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number
and subject, said sections 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 $6.14 where bills are rendered monthly and $7.69 where bills
are rendered bimonthly to defray in part the cost of making available
facilities and works now or in the future necessary for sewage treatment, and
for rendering bills for service, 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, regardless of whether or not any sewage
or wastes are actually discharged to the city sewer during the billing period.
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 $1.41 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. The minimum volume
charge for such users shall be $7.69 per month.
b. Residential accounts. Except
as noted in (2)(a), residential service account (one- and two-family
residences) volume charges for the billing period most closely corresponding to
the months of April through November, both inclusive, shall be based upon water
used during the winter period, such winter period being the billing periods
most closely corresponding to the months of December through March; 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 the period of April through November shall be
the volume charge established herein, or $7.69 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. Where the
water user of the premises makes proof of this fact by installation of a meter
or other approved method of determining the amount of water so diverted, or has
made an estimate of the amount of water so diverted that is acceptable to the
city, no sewage service charge shall be levied on such diverted water. 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) = $0.160
RS (surcharge per pound of excess SS) = $0.098
RG (surcharge per pound of excess O&G) = $0.055
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.
a. Month or monthly, as
used in this section, shall refer to a time period of 30 days.
Section
60-03. 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 $0.99 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 $1.41 per 100 cubic feet (ccf) of actual water consumption
for all residential, commercial and industrial customers and service charges
for each such customer of $6.14 if bills are rendered monthly or $7.69 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 $14.35 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 $6.91 if the bill is rendered monthly or a
service charge of $10.72 if the bill is rendered bimonthly plus a volume charge
of $1.53 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) = $0.160
RS
(surcharge per pound of excess SS) = $0.098
RG
(surcharge per pound of excess O&G) = $0.055
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.
(1) 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 approved by the city council.
Section
B. This ordinance and the revised sewer service charges specified herein shall
become effective and shall apply to all sewer service accounts for which
billings are issued on or after May 1, 2003.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Assistant
City Attorney