ORDINANCE NO. 980330
Amending
Article I, Section 78 of the Code of Ordinances of Kansas City entitled Water
by repealing Sections 78-6, 78-8, and 78-10 and enacting in lieu thereof new
sections of like number and subject matter adjusting charges for water service.
BE
IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section
A. That Article I, Section 78 of the Code of Ordinances of Kansas City,
Missouri, entitled Water, is hereby amended by repealing Sections 78-6, 78-8,
and 78-10 and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject
increasing charges for water service, said sections 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 wether or not any water is used; the service
charge shall be based on meter size and billing frequency as follows:
METER
SIZE BILLED BILLED
(INCHES) MONTHLY BI-MONTHLY
5/8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9.30 $
12.60
3/4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.60
13.80
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00
17.40
1-1/2.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.00 29.10
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.40
40.20
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
52.50
4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.40
89.70
6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00
149.10
8
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.80
251.40
10.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.40
359.40
(2) Commodity charge. The
commodity charge shall be 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 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 $1.41 per 100 cubic feet
Next
4,400 cubic feet at $1.56 per 100 cubic feet
Next
995,000 cubic feet at $1.21 per 100 cubic feet
Over 1,000,000
cubic feet at $1.01 per 100 cubic feet
b. Seasonal off-peak commodity
charges. For industrial customers with peak demand in the winter season:
All
usage at $1.02 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 approximately 30 days.
c. Winter period shall refer to
the billing periods most closely corresponding to the months of December through
March.
Section
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 . . . . . . . . $ 49.00
6-inch.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.00
8-inch.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.00
10-inch
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.00
12-inch
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390.00
16-inch
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689.00
(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
twenty five dollars ($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
repumping charge where applicable, and a noncontract 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 $ 9.60 $
12.90
3/4 9.90
14.40
1 12.30
17.70
1-1/2
18.30 29.40
2 23.70
40.50
3 30.30
54.00
4 47.70
90.30
6 75.90
151.80
8 129.00
252.60
10
183.00 360.00
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.
(2) 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:
a. Retail Customers. For
customers purchasing water for use wholly by the customer:
First
600 cubic feet at $1.55 per 100 cubic feet
Next
4,400 cubic feet at $1.57 per 100 cubic feet
Over
5,000 cubic feet at $1.18 per 100 cubic feet
b. Wholesale Customers: For customer
purchasing water for resale:
Unrestricted $1.03
per hundred cubic feet
Restricted $1.01
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.
(3) Repumping charge. A
repumping charge based on the quantity of purchased water repumped shall be
charged to wholesale suburban customers only as follows:
a. 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 Extension; from the pumping station at
Englewood Road and North Oak Trafficway; and from Arrowhead Pumping Station at
NE 75th and Arrowhead Trafficway, per 100 cubic feet, $0.14.
b. From the pumping station at
131st Street and Prospect Avenue; and from the High Grove Road Pumping Station,
per 100 cubic feet, $0.26.
(4) Noncontract charge. A
noncontract charge shall apply to those customers or areas that do not have a
contract for service with the city or whose contract has expired. The
noncontract rates shall be the suburban meter rate as computed under
subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section, multiplied by 1.1
(b) Definition.
(1) The term month or monthly,
as used in this section may not be applicable where such rates are established
by existing or future contracts approved by the city council.
(c) Applicability.
That rates set forth in this section may not be applicable where such rates are
established by existing or future contracts approved by the city council.
Section
B. This ordinance and the revised rates for charges for water services herein
shall become effective and shall apply to all water accounts for which billings
are issued on or after May 1, 1998.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Assistant
City Attorney