COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 980331
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 increasing changes to sanitary sewer service, 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 a sewer
connection with, having sewers available for connection with, or otherwise
discharging sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquid into the Citys
sewer system. Such charges are to be the sum of service charges and volume
charges to be computed and levied as follows:
(1) Service
Charges.
a. Sanitary sewer. A
service charge of $4.45 where bills are rendered monthly and $6.00 where bills
are rendered bi-monthly to defray in part the cost of making available
facilities and works now or in the future necessary for sewage treatment, and
rendering bills for service, such charges to be made each and every month (30
days is one 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. Storm sewer. As
provided in Article V of this chapter, the water or sewer consumer of record
shall pay a monthly stormwater management fee, to be billed and collected with
the water or sewer bill. The director is hereby authorized to promulgate
regulations to be used as a basis for determining customer class. Monthly fees
shall be:
Customer
Class Monthly Fee
Residential $
1.42
Commercial $
9.90
Industrial $42.32
c. 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 $0.99 per 100 cubic feet based upon the total volume of water
purchased by the customer during the billing period (30 days is 1 month):
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 $6.00 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 $6.00 per month, whichever is the
lesser.
c. Commercial and industrial
water accounts with diverted water uses. 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 and the director of finance, or their
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.
d. 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 five dollars per month.
e. For surcharge rate formulae
calculation purposes, the following rates are hereby established:
RB (surcharge per pound of excess BOD) = $0.106
RS (surcharge per found of excess SS) = $0.068
RG (surcharge per pound of excess O&G) = $0.038
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.
(3) Definition.
a. Month or monthly, as
used in this section, shall refer to a time period of approximately 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 sewer
connection with the sewer system of the City, or otherwise discharging sewage,
industrial waste, water or other liquids into the city sewer system. 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 $0.70 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 $0.99 per 100 cubic feet (ccf) of actual water consumption
for all residential, commercial and industrial customers and service charges
for each such customer of $4.45 if bills are rendered monthly or $6.00 if bills
are rendered bi-monthly.
(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 $10.43 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 $5.10 if the bill is rendered monthly or a service
charge of $8.00 if the bill is rendered bimonthly plus a volume charge of $1.07
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 t his 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 five
dollars per month.
For surcharge rate formulae calculation purposes, the
following rates are hereby established:
RB
(surcharge per pound of excess BOD) = $0.106
RS
(surcharge per found of excess SS) = $0.068
RG
(surcharge per pound of excess O&G) = $0.038
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 approximately 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, 1998.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Assistant
City Attorney