[Ord. No. 2010-02, 1-12-2010]
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive
to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience
of the City to collect charges from all users who contribute wastewater
to the City's treatment works. The proceeds of such charges so derived
will be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining and retiring
the debt for such public wastewater treatment works.
[Ord. No. 2010-02, 1-12-2010]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
- BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
- The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees Celsius (20°C), expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
- NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
- Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than two hundred fifty (250) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of not more than three hundred (300) mg/l.
- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
- All expenditures during the useful life of the treatment works for materials, labor, utilities and other items which are necessary for managing and maintaining the sewage works to achieve the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
- REPLACEMENT
- Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement.
- RESIDENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR
- Any contributor to the City's treatment works whose lot, parcel of real estate or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes only.
- SHALL
- Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
- SS (DENOTING SUSPENDED SOLIDS)
- The solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
- TREATMENT WORKS
- Any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage or liquid industrial wastes. These include interceptor sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, individual systems, pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works including site acquisition of land that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment including land for composting sludge, temporary storage of such compost and land used for storage of treated wastewater in land treatment systems before land application; or any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing of municipal waste or industrial waste, including waste in combined storm water and sanitary sewer systems.
- USEFUL LIFE
- The estimated period during which the treatment works will be operated.
- USER CHARGE
- That portion of the total wastewater service charge which is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance and replacement of the wastewater treatment works.
- WATER METER
- A water volume measuring and recording device, furnished and/or installed by the City of Lake Ozark or furnished and/or installed by a user and approved by the City of Lake Ozark.
[Ord. No. 2010-02, 1-12-2010]
A.
The user
charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to pay the costs
of annual operation and maintenance including replacement and cost
associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated with
financing the treatment works which the City may by ordinance designate
to be paid by the user charge system. That portion of the total user
charge which is designated for operation and maintenance, including
replacement of the treatment works, shall be established by this Chapter.
B.
That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for the operation and maintenance, including replacement purposes as established in Section 706.040, shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund and will be kept in two (2) primary accounts as follows:
1.
The
operation and maintenance account shall be an account designated for
the specific purpose of defraying operation and maintenance costs
excluding replacement of the treatment works. Deposits in the operation
and maintenance account shall be made annually from the operation
and maintenance revenue in the amount as determined annually by the
Board of Aldermen.
2.
The
replacement account shall be an account designated for the purpose
of ensuring replacement needs over the useful life of the treatment
works. Deposits in the replacement account shall be made annually
from the replacement revenue in the amount as determined annually
by the Board of Aldermen.
3.
Fiscal
year-end balances in the operation and maintenance account and the
replacement account shall be carried over to the same accounts in
each subsequent fiscal year and shall be used for no other purposes
than those designated for these accounts. Monies which have been transferred
from other sources to meet temporary shortages in the Operation, Maintenance
and Replacement Fund shall be returned to their respective accounts
upon appropriate adjustment of the user charge rates for operation,
maintenance and replacement. The user charge rate(s) shall be adjusted
such that the transferred monies will be returned to their respective
accounts within the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which
the monies were borrowed.
[Ord. No. 2010-02, 1-12-2010; Ord. No. 2010-10, 3-23-2010]
A.
Each
user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on their
use of the treatment works as determined by water meter(s) acceptable
to the City.
B.
For residential
contributors, user charges shall be based on water used during the
current month. If a residential contributor does not receive water
from the City of Lake Ozark, the user charge will be based on an estimated
monthly use of four thousand five hundred (4,500) gallons. For industrial
and commercial contributors, user charges shall be based on water
used during the current month. If a commercial or industrial contributor
has a consumptive use of water or in some other manner uses water
which is not returned to the wastewater collection system, the user
charge for that contributor may be based on wastewater meter(s) or
separate water meter(s) installed and maintained at the contributor's
expense and in a manner acceptable to the City.
C.
The minimum
charge per month for residential customers shall be fifteen dollars
($15.00). In addition, each contributor shall pay a user charge for
operation and maintenance including replacement of three dollars thirty-one
cents ($3.31) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water as determined
in the preceding Section. The minimum charge per month for commercial
and industrial customers shall be twenty-two dollars three cents ($22.03).
In addition, each contributor shall pay a user charge for operation
and maintenance including replacement of four dollars twenty-one cents
($4.21) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water as determined in
the preceding Section.
D.
For those
contributors which contribute wastewater, the strength of which is
greater than normal domestic sewage, a surcharge in addition to the
normal user charge will be collected. The surcharge for operation
and maintenance including replacement is:
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$0.0479 per pound of BOD
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$0.0440 per pound of SS
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E.
For commercial
and industrial users which do not receive water from the City, the
following monthly user charges shall apply:
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Motels
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$11.36 per room
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Resorts
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$13.13 per unit
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Campgrounds full service
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$4.58 per site
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Campgrounds primitive
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$2.30 per site
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Restaurants
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$3.20 per seat
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Fast food
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$3.20 per seat
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Amusement shows
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$0.12 per seat
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Comedy club
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$0.99 per seat
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Taverns and lounges
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$2.02 per seat
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Car washes
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$49.32 per bay
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Medical clinics
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$28.52 per unit
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Supermarkets
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$94.37 per unit
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Schools
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$1.07 per student
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Churches
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$0.12 per member
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Office suites
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$28.52 per suite
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Office retail
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$28.52 per suite
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Marinas — slips 30 feet or longer
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$2.30 per slip
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Marinas — slips under 30 feet
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$1.17 per slip
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Convenience stores
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$94.37 per store
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Excursion boats
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$0.62 per seat
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Dump stations
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$28.52 each
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F.
Any user
which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the
cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City's treatment
works or any user which discharges any substance which singly or by
interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in
the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of the treatment
works shall pay for such increased costs. The charge to each user
shall be as determined by the responsible plant operating personnel
and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
G.
The user
charge rates established in this Chapter apply to all users of the
City's treatment works within the City limits, regardless of the user's
location.
H.
The user
charge rates established in this Chapter shall be multiplied by a
factor of one and one-half (1.5) for all users outside of the City
limits, regardless of the user's location.
[Ord. No. 2010-02, 1-12-2010]
A.
All users
shall be billed monthly. Billings for each month shall be made within
thirty (30) days after the end of that month. Payments are due when
billings are made. Any payment not received within thirty (30) days
after the billing is made shall be delinquent.
B.
A late
payment penalty of ten percent (10%) of the user charge bill will
be added to each delinquent bill for each thirty (30) days of delinquency.
When any bill is thirty (30) days in default, rendition of water and/or
sewer service to such premises shall be discontinued until such bill
is paid following due notice and opportunity of hearing.
[Ord. No. 2010-02, 1-12-2010]
A.
The City
shall review the user charge system annually and revise user charge
rates as necessary to ensure that the system generates adequate revenues
to pay the costs of operation and maintenance including replacement
and that the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution
of operation and maintenance including replacement costs among users
and user classes.
B.
The City
will notify each user at least annually, in conjunction with a regular
bill, of the rate being charged for operation and maintenance including
replacement of the treatment works.
