[CC 1996 §710.190; CC 1977 §68.510]
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. The Superintendent of the combined waterworks and sewerage
system of the City or such other representative of the City as the
Board of Aldermen may designate shall have access to the premises
of each customer at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting
and testing said water meter or meters and reading the records thereof.
[CC 1996 §710.200; CC 1977 §68.520]
If any user of water shall use more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons of water in any month and if as established by records kept and maintained by such user and open for inspection by the City's representative 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 710.190 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. Such water meter as may be necessary to measure the amount of water which is not discharged into the City's sewerage system shall be paid for and installed by the customer.
[CC 1996 §710.210; CC 1977 §68.530]
No sewerage services shall be furnished or rendered free of
charge to any person, firm or corporation.
[CC 1996 §710.250; CC 1977 §68.570]
The occupant and user of the premises receiving the 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 1996 §710.260; CC 1977 §68.590]
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to tamper
with any sewer line or to make any connection with the sewerage system
of the City without written permission from the City or to reconnect
water services when such services have been discontinued for non-payment
of a bill for sewerage services, unless such bill for sewerage services
has been paid in full.
[Ord. No. 1166 §I(710.300), 9-18-2000]
A.
In
accordance with Section 644.052.10, RSMo., the City shall collect
for the State of Missouri an annual service connection fee from each
customer of the City's public sewer system. For purposes of establishing
an appropriate billing procedure and schedule, the City shall follow
the following guidelines, to wit:
1.
The service connection fee required by State Statutes shall be included
on each customer's bill during the month of July of each year beginning
in July, 2001.
2.
The City Treasurer shall segregate such service connection fee and
remit to the State of Missouri ninety-five percent (95%) of such service
connection fees annually no later than September first (1st) of each
year beginning September 1, 2001.
3.
The City Treasurer shall remit the remaining five percent (5%) of
the service connection fees to the appropriate fund of the City of
Bowling Green, Missouri, as and for the allowed administrative fee
to offset the City's costs in billing and collecting these fees for
the State of Missouri.
