ORDINANCE NO. 120208
Amending Chapter 60 of the Code
of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, entitled Sewers and Sewage Disposal by
repealing Sections 60-2, 60-3, and 60-191 and enacting in lieu thereof new
sections of like number and subject matter which adjust sewer rates; and
establishing an effective date.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF
KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
Chapter 60 of the Code of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, entitled Sewers
and Sewage Disposal is hereby amended by repealing Sections 60-2, 60-3, and 60-191
and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject matter, to
read as follows:
Sec. 60-2. Sewer charges for
resident users.
There are hereby
levied charges against every person, firm, partnership, corporation and
association within the city limits having an actual or available connection
with the city’s sanitary sewer system, or otherwise discharging sewage,
industrial waste, water or other liquid into the system. All charges billed
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 $11.55 per month
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 month.
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 $3.82 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 $28.65 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. There is an application fee of $335.00 for site review, plan
review and installation inspection.
(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.
For surcharge
rate formulae calculation purposes, the following rates are hereby established:
RB (surcharge per pound of excess BOD) = $0.297
RS (surcharge per pound of excess SS) = $0.181
RG (surcharge per pound of excess O&G) = $0.131
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.
Sec. 60-3. Sewer charges for
nonresident users.
(a) There are
hereby levied charges against every person, firm, partnership, corporation and
association 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 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 $2.21
per 100 cubic feet (ccf), with no service charges.
(2) Metered connections with municipalities and political
subdivisions directly connected to the treatment plant. Bulk flows through
a metered interconnection with a municipality or political subdivision
connected directly to the treatment plant shall be charged and pay a rate of
$2.13 per 100 cubic feet (ccf), with no service charges.
(3) 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 $2.79
per 100 cubic feet (ccf) of actual water consumption for all residential,
commercial and industrial customers and service charges for each such customer
of $9.90 per month .
(4) 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
$30.26 per month per dwelling unit or equivalent dwelling unit.
(5) Individual customers billed directly by the city.
Individual customers billed directly by the city shall pay a service charge of
$17.84 per month, plus a volume charge of $5.56 per 100 cubic feet (ccf).
(6) 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.
For surcharge
rate formulae calculation purposes, the following rates are hereby established:
RB (surcharge per pound of excess BOD) = $0.341
RS (surcharge per pound of excess SS) = $0.205
RG (surcharge per pound of excess O&G) = $0.133
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.
Sec. 60-191 Permit fees and
monitoring fees.
(a) All permittees are
responsible for defraying the costs of administering the permitting program.
(b) Permit application review fees are
applicable and are normally due at the time of the permit application. Permit
application review fees shall normally be billed at the same time as the water
bill and the normal sewer service charge unless otherwise approved by the
Director.
(c) Permit
maintenance fees have been calculated to include a portion of the average costs
of sampling and analysis for each Class of permit as well as the costs of
compliance inspections, report reviews, data analyses, permit modifications,
correspondence and other routine permit maintenance activities. Permit
Maintenance fees are payable on a monthly basis and shall normally be billed at
the same time as the water bill and the normal sewer service charge unless
otherwise approved by the Director.
(d) If additional sampling and analyses
are required by enforcement circumstances, sample collection shall be billed at
the rate of $335.00 per occurrence (day) and sample analyses shall be billed at
cost as determined by the current City laboratory analyses fee schedule.
Enforcement sampling and testing charges shall normally be billed at the same
time as the water bill and the normal sewer service charge unless otherwise
approved by the Director.
(e) A Wastewater Discharge permit
shall be issued/reissued only after payment of applicable fees. Permit fees are
non-refundable. The following fees are applicable:
Permit Monthly
Application Permit
Review Maintenance
Permit Class Fee Fee
(note 1)
1. Temporary (<1 yr)
a.<35,000 Gal $
159.00 $ 408.00
b. <35,000
to <75,000 gal. $ 214.00 $ 926.00
c. >75,000
gal. $ 261.00 $1225.00
2. Special Wastes Only
a. Radioactive,
Medical $ 261.00 $ 72.00
3. Waste Treatment Facilities
a. <30,000
gal/mo $ 373.00 $ 145.00
b. >30,000
gal/mo $ 476.00 $ 291.00
4. Groundwater Remediation
Projects
a. <120,000
gal/yr $ 159.00 $ 145.00
b. >120,000
gal/yr $ 261.00 $ 216.00
5. Categorical Facilities
a. <1,000 gpd
$ 159.00 $ 72.00
b. 1000 to
<10,000 gpd $ 261.00 $ 145.00
c. 10000 to <25000
gpd $ 373.00 $ 216.00
d. >25,000
gpd $ 476.00 $ 291.00
6. Non-categorical Large Water
Users
a. <50,000
gpd $ 159.00 $ 145.00
b. >50000
to <250,000 gpd $ 261.00 $ 216.00
c. >250,000
gpd $ 318.00 $ 291.00
7. Other
a. BOD, SS,
&/or O&G $ 261.00 $ 145.00
b. Other $
261.00 $ 145.00
Note 1.
Permit maintenance fees will be
subject to a 200% Surcharge for a period of twelve consecutive months following
a determination of significant non compliance (SNC) as defined in Section
60-181.
Permit maintenance fees will be
subject to a 40% discount after a period of twelve consecutive months with no
"notice of violation" (NOV) non-compliance determinations. This
discount will be rescinded immediately upon issuance of any NOV.
Section 2. This ordinance
shall become effective on May 1, 2012.
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Approved as to
form and legality:
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Charlotte Ferns
Assistant City
Attorney