[CC 1975 §67.500; Ord. No. 93-11, 4-7-1993]
A.
The
initial rates required and to be charged and collected for the uses
and services of the sewerage system of the City of Carl Junction,
Missouri, said sewerage system being a part of the Combined Waterworks
and Sewerage System of said City, including any services furnished
after said Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System shall have been
improved and extended as aforesaid, said improvements to be made with
the proceeds of the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System Revenue
Bonds of said City heretofore authorized by the voters as aforesaid,
shall be as hereinafter provided.
B.
Said
rates shall be based upon the quantity of water used as the same is
measured by the water meter or meters installed on the premises served.
[CC 1975 §67.510]
The quantity of water used upon any premises furnished with
sewerage services by the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System of
the City shall be measured by the water meter or meters serving the
premises, provided however, that if any occupant or owner of any premises
connected with the Sewerage System of the City shall purchase water
from a source other than the City's Combined Waterworks and Sewerage
System, then such occupant or owner shall, at his/her expense, install
and maintain on said premises a water meter or meters satisfactory
to the Superintendent of the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System
of the City, or other representative of the City, which meter shall
measure all water received on said premises from all sources, and,
in such case, the sewerage rates to be charged such customer shall
be based upon the aggregate quantity of water received on said premises
as measured by said meter or meters. The Superintendent of the Combined
Waterworks and Sewerage System of the City or other representative
of the City shall have access to the premises of such customer at
all reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting and testing said
water meter or meters and reading the records thereof.
[CC 1975 §67.520]
If any user of water other than a domestic or residential water user, shall use more than thirty thousand (30,000) gallons of water in any month for commercial or industrial purposes, and if as established by records kept and maintained by such user and open for inspection by the City's representatives more than one-half (½) of the water so used by said customer was not discharged into the sewerage system of the City, then the charge hereinbefore specified in Section 710.010 hereof made to said customer for the use and services of the sewerage system of the City shall be based on the amount of water furnished said customer during said month less the amount of such water which was not discharged into the sewerage system of the City.
[CC 1975 §67.530]
No sewerage services shall be furnished or rendered free of
charge to any person, firm or corporation.
[CC 1975 §67.540]
The Superintendent of the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System
of the City and the City Collector or such other officers or representatives
of the City as may be designated from time to time shall cause all
water meters to be read and bills for sewerage services to be rendered
monthly as services accrue. All bills shall be due and payable from
and after the date such bills are rendered, at the office of the City
Clerk or other place designated by the Board of Aldermen, during the
regular hours of business. The City Clerk or other representative
of the City may calculate the amount of each bill of the customer
for water and sewerage services and render such customer a combined
bill for such water and sewerage services.
[CC 1975 §67.550]
If any bill for sewerage services shall be and remain due and
unpaid after the fifteenth (15th) day following the date of the rendition
thereof, an additional charge of ten percent (10%) thereof shall be
added thereto.
[CC 1975 §67.560]
If any bill for sewerage services shall be and remain past due
and unpaid as long as thirty (30) days, water services to such premises
shall be disconnected and shall not be re-connected until all past
due bills for both water services and sewerage services are paid in
full, together with the cutoff charge of one dollar ($1.00) and the
re-connection charge of one dollar ($1.00) specified in this Section
of the City Code of Carl Junction, Missouri, being the ordinance prescribing
regulations, and rates to be charged for the use and services made
available by the waterworks of the City of Carl Junction, Missouri.
It shall be the duty of the City Collector to notify the Superintendent
of the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System of any delinquency
in the payment of a sewerage bill, and said Superintendent shall proceed
immediately to disconnect the water service to the premises so in
arrears.
[CC 1975 §67.570]
The occupant and user of the premises receiving sewerage services
or water and sewerage services combined and the owner of said premises
shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for such services rendered
on said premises. The City shall have power to sue the occupant or
the owner, or both, of such real estate in a civil action to recover
any sums due for such services, plus a reasonable attorney's fee to
be fixed by the Court.
[CC 1975 §67.580; Ord. No. 00-01 §1, 1-18-2000; Ord. No. 05-16 §1, 4-19-2005]
Any person, corporation or institution desiring connection to
the City sewerage system at a location not previously connected shall
notify the City Collector and pay a fee of one hundred twenty-five
dollars ($125.00) for connection to the City's sewerage system and,
whether the connection is new or not, a fee of thirty-five dollars
($35.00) for any final sewer connection inspection. Provided however,
any person, corporation or institution residing outside of the City,
except those residing within any City, Town or Village which has contracted
with the City of Carl Junction for sewerage service, desiring connection
to the City sewerage system at a location not previously connected
shall pay two (2) times the connection fee and two (2) times any final
sewer connection inspection fee otherwise applicable on and after
the effective date of this Section, and two and one-half (2½)
times said connection fee and two and one-half (2½) times any
connection inspection fee on and after January 1, 2001. Upon a payment
of the fees set forth herein and upon compliance with all other requirements
of this Code, the applicant for connection to the City sewage system
shall have the right to connect with the sewerage system of the City,
all costs of such connection to be born by such applicant.
[CC 1975 §67.590]
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to tamper
with any sewer line or to make any connection to the sewerage system
of the City without written permission from the City, or to re-connect
water services when such water services have been discontinued for
non-payment of a bill for sewerage services, unless such bill for
sewerage services has been paid in full. Upon conviction, there shall
be a fine imposed of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) or more than
one hundred dollars ($100.00).
[Ord. No. 91-6 §§1 —
2, 3-5-1991]
A.
Should
there arise a situation where a residence not on City water is, in
the reasonable belief of the Sewer Superintendent, using more water
than the average residence, this situation shall be brought to the
attention of the Mayor who shall bring the matter before the Board
for a determination of action.
B.
Residents
not on City water receiving the average monthly charge who are not
satisfied with their average billing may bring their grievance before
the Board of Aldermen for consideration of relief.
