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ORDINANCE
NO. 180138
Amending Chapter 78, Code of
Ordinances, entitled “Water” by repealing Sections 78-6, 78-10, 78-11, 78-20,
and 78-28 and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like number and subject
matter, that adjust charges for water service and impose a two percent payment
in lieu of taxes upon the City Water Fund’s gross revenues derived from water
services to the City’s residential and commercial customers to be paid to the
General Fund and charged to residential and commercial customers; and
establishing an effective date.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF
KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Chapter 78 of the Code of Ordinances of
Kansas City, Missouri entitled “Water” is hereby amended by repealing Sections
78-6, 78-10, 78-11, 78-20, and 78-28 and enacting in lieu thereof new sections
of like subject matter, to read as follows:
Sec. 78-6. General meter rate.
For all water purchased
for use wholly and exclusively within the city by any accountholder the general
meter rate charge shall be the sum of the service charge and the commodity
charge. The service charge and the commodity charge shall be determined as
follows:
(1)
Service
charge. The service charge is a charge per meter or service connection, to
cover, in part, the cost of various services, and shall be prorated per day
during the billing period and shall apply whether or not any water is used; the
service charge shall be based on meter size and billing frequency as follows,
unless otherwise provided herein:
Meter Size
(inches)
|
Billed Monthly
|
5/8
|
$ 14.10
|
¾
|
15.20
|
1
|
18.60
|
1½
|
22.40
|
2
|
35.50
|
3
|
121.50
|
4
|
153.00
|
6
|
227.50
|
8
|
329.00
|
10
|
433.00
|
12
|
510.00
|
(2) Commodity
charge. The commodity charge shall be based on the total volume of water
purchased by the accountholder as shown by all water meters connected to one or
more water services serving a single property of the accountholder and shall be
as follows per month for metered water:
a. Ordinary
commodity charge.
First 600 cubic feet at $4.70 per 100
cubic feet;
Next 4,400 cubic feet at $5.22 per 100
cubic feet;
Next 995,000 cubic feet at $4.47 per 100
cubic feet;
Over 1,000,000 cubic feet at $3.10 per
100 cubic feet.
b. Seasonal
off-peak commodity charges. For industrial customers with peak demand in
the winter season:
All usage at $2.95 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) Manual
meter reading charges.
a. The
service charges set out in this chapter assume use of the city's automatic
meter reading system. In cases where the automatic meter reading system could
not be installed due to action or inaction on the accountholder's part,
including lack of access to meter, improper meter setting, accountholder
refusal, or other reasons, a charge of $19.00 for manual meter reading will be
applied each time that a meter is attempted to be read manually.
b. When
manual meter reading registers no water use for a period of 12 consecutive
months, the water services department may cease monthly meter reading and begin
reading the meter every six months. At that time, it will no longer charge the
separate manual meter reading fee; however, a service charge of $78.00 for the
six-month read period shall apply.
(4)
Definitions (as used in this section).
a. Residential
account shall refer to all one- and two-family dwelling water service
accounts.
b. Commercial
and industrial accounts shall refer to all water service accounts other
than one- and two-family dwellings.
c. Month
and monthly shall refer to a time period of approximately 30 days.
d. Accountholder
shall refer to any owner or occupant of real property, or any customer or
consumer of water services.
Sec. 78-10. Suburban meter rate.
(a) For any and
all water purchased wholly or partially for use outside the city by any
accountholder, a total charge consisting of a service charge, a commodity
charge, a re-pumping 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
(inches)
|
Billed Monthly
|
5/8
|
$ 15.40
|
¾
|
16.50
|
1
|
20.20
|
1½
|
25.10
|
2
|
38.60
|
3
|
122.00
|
4
|
155.00
|
6
|
229.50
|
8
|
329.00
|
10
|
442.00
|
12
|
519.00
|
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.
(b) Commodity
charge. A commodity charge per month, based on the total volume of water
purchased by the accountholder as shown by all water meters connected to one or
more water systems serving the accountholder's premises, shall be charged as
follows:
(1) Retail
customers. For accountholders purchasing water for use wholly by the
accountholder:
First 5,000
cubic feet at $5.05 per 100 cubic feet;
Over 5,000 cubic
feet at $4.05 per 100 cubic feet.
(2) Wholesale
customers. For accountholders purchasing water for resale:
Unrestricted
$2.32 per hundred cubic feet;
Restricted $2.24
per hundred cubic feet;
Wholesale customers shall be classified
as restricted or unrestricted based on water supply contract terms between the
city and other contracting entity.
(c)
Repumping charge. A repumping charge based on the quantity of purchased
water repumped shall be charged to wholesale suburban customers only as
follows:
(1) 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 Boulevard; from the
pumping station at Englewood Road and North Oak Trafficway; from Arrowhead
Pumping Station at NE 75th and Arrowhead Trafficway, and from the South
Terminal Pump Station at Ward Road and Persells, per 100 cubic feet, $0.20.
(2) From
the pumping station at 131st Street and Prospect Avenue; from the High Grove
Road Pumping Station, and from the Platte County Booster Pump Station at Camden
Point Highway E and Interurban Road, per 100 cubic feet, $0.28.
(d) Definition.
The term "month" or "monthly," as used in this section
shall refer to a time period of approximately 30 days.
(e)
Applicability. Rates set forth in this section may not be applicable where such
rates are established by existing or future contracts.
Sec. 78-11. Payments in lieu of taxes.
Pursuant to
section 1209 of the City Charter, the water services department shall be
assessed and required to make a payment in lieu of taxes to the general fund
equal to two percent of the water fund's gross revenues derived from providing
water services to the city's residential and commercial customers. Such payment
in lieu of taxes shall be considered part of the cost of water services and
shall be charged to the city's residential and commercial customers as a charge
equal to two percent of the general meter rate, the fire protection rate and
the temporary service rate.
Sec. 78-20. Bill payment guarantees.
(a) Required
amount. The director of the water services department is authorized and
directed to require each accountholder, before taking water under the general
meter rate, the suburban water rate (except as provided for in water purchase
contracts) and the fire protection rate, to make a cash deposit against which
the water services department may charge any unpaid bills for the following:
water service; meter, hydrant or valve resealing; termination of service; meter
repair; sanitary and stormwater sewer service; or other authorized charges. For
customers estimated to use less than 1,000 cubic feet per month, the deposit
shall be $110.00. For customers estimated to use more than 1,000 cubic feet per
month, the deposit shall be not less than the estimated cost of water and sewer
service for two billing periods. Either interest shall be paid on cash deposits
as required by state statute or deposits held by the director of the water
services department shall be refunded after two years.
(b) Additional
deposit. An additional deposit above the amount required by subsection (a) of
this section, not to exceed the estimated cost of four months' water, sanitary
and stormwater sewer service, may be required by the director of the water
services department for any accountholder whose account reflects a history of
repeated delinquencies. Failure to provide the additional deposit authorized in
this subsection shall constitute grounds for discontinuance of water service.
(c) Refund;
waiver of deposit. All bill payment guarantees taken, including a bond in lieu
of cash deposit, shall be held for at least two years or until the account is
terminated. The director of the water services department may waive deposits on
additional accounts for an existing accountholder with known good credit. In
cases where an accountholder has multiple properties or is between tenants, the
deposit may be waived when the accountholder credit rating is good.
(d) Transfer of
service. When an accountholder transfers service from one location to another,
the director of the water services department may waive any additional deposit.
(e) Termination
of service. When a contract for water service is terminated, the director of
the water services department shall apply the deposit against any unpaid bills
associated with the contract, and if the amount is $10.00 or more, shall refund
the remainder of the deposit to the depositor. Refunds in an amount under
$10.00 will be made only upon written request of the accountholder.
(f) Bond in
lieu of cash deposit. In lieu of a cash deposit, the director of water services
department may accept, as a bill payment guarantee, a corporate surety bond by
a surety company authorized to do business in the state, in the amount of the
deposit required but not less than $1,000.00. Such surety bond shall be subject
to the approvals of the city attorney as to form; of the director of the water
services department as to the amount, terms and conditions of the bond; and of
the director of finance as to the qualifications of the surety. The surety bond
shall be filed with and kept by the director of the water services department
until refunded.
(g) Commercial
accounts. In addition to any bill payment guarantee, all commercial accounts
shall enter into and execute a contract for service, on a form provided by the
water services department, specifying the parties responsible for payment.
These parties shall remain responsible for all water used until notification is
received in writing of the date service is to be terminated.
Sec. 78-28. Water department price schedules; permits
for work on water service.
(a) Price
schedules. The director of the water services department is hereby
empowered and directed to prepare and maintain a schedule of prices governing
the connection charge, sale, removal, test, repair and replacement of water
meters; sale and operation of fire hydrants; and tapping charges. A copy shall
be available for public inspection at the water services department director's
office at any reasonable time.
(b) Permit
required for installation or maintenance of services. Water services shall
not be installed or maintained except by permit issued by the water services
department on the basis of an application for such permit made by the owner of
the premise or authorized agent as provided under sections 78-21 and 78-22.
(c) Types of
permit; permit fee. The director is hereby authorized to issue the
following kinds of permits and to charge $100.00 per each such permit, where:
(1) Taps
are to be made and new services are to be installed.
(2) An
existing service is to be altered, extended, renewed or repaired from the first
valve to the building improvement or fixtures, or appurtenances added thereto
or detached therefrom.
(3) An
existing service is to be abandoned and replaced with a single larger service
that requires a larger tap.
(4) An
existing service is disconnected at the main or is otherwise abandoned.
(d) Duplicate
permits. Whenever the original permit is lost, a duplicate permit must be
secured. A charge of $10.00 will be made for the issuance of a duplicate
permit.
(e) Permit
controls. Water service permits shall be issued and controlled in
accordance with water services department rules and regulations.
(f) Plan
review. The director is hereby authorized to establish the following fees
and charges for water service plan reviews:
(1) A fee
of $110.00 for water service plan reviews involving no more than ten service
connections.
(2) For
water service plan reviews involving more than ten service connections, an
additional charge of $12.00 for each connection greater than the ten connections
included in the charge referenced in subsection (f)(1).
(3) A
charge of $65.00 if plans are rejected and must be resubmitted for review due
to deficiencies in the original plan.
Section 2. This
ordinance shall become effective on May 1, 2018
_____________________________________________
Approved
as to form and legality:
______________________________
Charlotte
Ferns
Assistant
City Attorney