ORDINANCE NO. 040264
Amending Chapter 60 of the
Code of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, entitled Sewers and Sewage
Disposal by repealing Sections 60-2 and 60-3 and enacting in lieu thereof new
sections of like number and subject matter which adjusts sewer rates.
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 Sections 60-2 and 60-3 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 $6.51 where bills are rendered monthly and $8.15 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 $1.49 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 $8.15 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 May through October, 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 November through
April; 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 May through
October shall be the volume charge established herein, or $8.15 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) = $0.170
RS
(surcharge per pound of excess SS) = $0.104
RG
(surcharge per pound of excess O&G) = $0.058
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 $1.05 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 $1.49 per 100 cubic feet (ccf) of actual water consumption
for all residential, commercial and industrial customers and service charges
for each such customer of $6.51 if bills are rendered monthly or $8.15 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 $15.21 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 $7.32 if the bill is rendered monthly or a
service charge of $11.36 if the bill is rendered bimonthly, plus a volume
charge of $1.62 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) = $0.170
RS
(surcharge per pound of excess SS) = $0.104
RG
(surcharge per pound of excess O&G) = $0.058
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.
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, 2004.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Cecilia
OConnor Abbott
Assistant
City Attorney