[R.O. 2011 §700.010; CC 1971 §16.7; Ord. No. 95-31 §§1 — 2, 5-6-1995; Ord. No. 96-52 §§1
— 3,5,6, 5-21-1996; Ord. No. 97-56 §§1 — 2, 5-20-1997]
A.
Sewer Service Charge. There is hereby levied a charge to
be known as a sewer service charge against each person, firm or partnership
and association occupying or owning property having a sewer connection
with the sewer system of the City of Riverside, Missouri (including
those sewers built pursuant to a reciprocal agreement with the City
of Kansas City, Missouri, on August 16, 1965) or having sewers available
for connection or otherwise discharging sewage and industrial waste
water or liquid into the sewer system, said charge to be as follows:
1.
For each single-family residential sewer connection which was connected
prior to May 1, 1991, a charge of fourteen dollars ninety cents ($14.90)
per month.
2.
For each single-family residential sewer connection connected subsequent
to May 1, 1991, a charge of thirty dollars thirty-five cents ($30.35)
per month.
3.
For each apartment house, mobile home park or other multiple-family
residential sewer connection, a charge of five dollars ($5.00) per
unit plus a commodity charge of ninety three cents ($.93) per hundred
(100) cubic feet of water purchased, plus a service charge of four
dollars twenty cents ($4.20) per water meter and one dollar seventy-seven
cents ($1.77) per water meter, per monthly sewer statement.
4.
For commercial establishments and industrial establishments, a charge
of ten dollars ($10.00) per month, a commodity charge of one dollar
thirty-one cents ($1.31) per hundred (100) cubic feet of water purchased
and a service charge of four dollars twenty cents ($4.20) per month
per water meter and one dollar seventy-seven cents ($1.77) per water
meter, per monthly sewer statement.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the rates are subject to Kansas City increases as set forth in Subsection (6) below.
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5.
For waste from each commercial and industrial establishment containing
suspended solids in excess of three hundred sixty (360) parts per
million by weight or having biochemical oxygen demand in excess of
three hundred (300) parts per million by weight, there shall be added
to this charge a surcharge equal to that surcharge charged to the
City of Riverside by the City of Kansas City, Missouri, pursuant to
the reciprocal sewer service agreement.
6.
The City of Kansas City, Missouri, treatment charges in the form of surcharges, service charges and volume charges as set forth in Subsections (1) through (5) above may from time to time be amended by the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and any increase or decrease in said charges shall be added to or deducted from the foregoing rates when adopted and implemented by the City of Kansas City, Missouri.
B.
Sewer Deemed Available. A sewer is deemed available when
it is within five hundred (500) feet of the dwelling, multiple-family
dwelling, commercial or industrial establishment with elevation capable
of serving property and when the connection does not require the crossing
of privately owned property. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed
to be applicable to an interceptor sewer nor shall the presence of
a service line within five hundred (500) feet of a dwelling, multiple-family
dwelling, commercial or industrial establishment be deemed to be an
available sewer under this Subsection.
C.
Rate Exemptions. No sanitary sewer service shall be furnished
or rendered free of charge to any person, firm or corporation, other
than the City itself.
D.
Water Meter Required. The quantity of water used on any
premises furnished with sanitary sewer services by the sewer 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 sewer system of the City shall not have
a water meter installed on his/her premises measuring all water received
thereon from all sources, then such occupant or owner shall, at his/her
expense, install and maintain on said premises a water meter or meters
satisfactory to the City Engineer or other designated representative
of the City, which meter shall measure all water received on said
premises from all sources. The City Engineer or such other representative
of the City shall have access to the premises of such customer at
all reasonable times for the purpose of inspection and testing said
water meter or meters and reading the records thereof.
E.
Billing Procedure. The City Engineer, the City Clerk, or
such other officers, representatives or collecting agencies of the
City as may be designated from time to time, shall cause all bills
for sewer services to be rendered monthly as services accrue. All
bills shall be due and payable from and after the date the bills are
rendered, at the office of the City Clerk or other place designated
by the Board of Aldermen, during regular hours of business. The City's
representatives preparing such bills shall calculate the amount of
each bill for sewer services and render such customary bill for such
sewer services.
F.
Connection Fee. Application for sewer services to premises
not connected with the City sewer system shall be made to the City
Engineer accompanied by a connection fee of two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00) for each sewer connection. If the application is for premises
upon which a duplex is located, and only one (1) sewer connection
is required for both units in the duplex, then a single connection
fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) shall be submitted. Provided
however, if a separate sewer connection is provided for each unit
in the duplex, then a connection fee of two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00) must be submitted for each such connection. This fee is
a non-refundable connection charge.
G.
Previous Rates. If the sewer charges set forth in this Section
are found by a court of law to be unconstitutional, the previous Section
700.010 of the Municipal Code, which was in effect prior to the passage
of any ordinance found to be unconstitutional, shall return to full
legal force and effect.
[R.O. 2011 §700.020; CC 1971 §16.7a; Ord. No. 91-31 §1, 5-21-1991; Ord. No. 2003-34 §1, 4-1-2003]
A.
Late Charges. If any bill for sewer services shall be and
remain due and unpaid thirty (30) days following the date of its rendition,
an additional charge of three percent (3%) shall be added thereto,
and an additional charge of one percent (1%) shall be charged for
each month thereafter up to one (1) year. The City shall have the
right, in addition to all other rights provided herein, to disconnect
sewer service after a bill remains unpaid for sixty (60) days and
upon notice to the occupant and user of the premises and the owner
of the premises.
B.
Joint And Several Liability. The occupant and user of the
premises receiving sewer services and the owner of the premises shall
be jointly and severally liable to pay for such services rendered
on the premises. The City shall have the power to sue the occupant
or the owner, or both, of the real estate in a civil action to receive
any sums due from such services, plus a reasonable attorney's fee
to be fixed by the court.
C.
Reconnection Charges. If sewer service has been disconnected
or discontinued for non-payment of a bill, no sewer service will be
reconnected or continued for the occupant and user of the premises
or the owner of the premises until all delinquencies have been paid
in full. No person, firm or corporation responsible for an unpaid
and delinquent sewer bill will be eligible to receive sewer service
at any location within the corporate limits of the City of Riverside
unless and until all unpaid and delinquent sewer bills for which that
person, firm or corporation is responsible have been paid in full.
In addition to such amounts, a reconnection fee in an amount sufficient
to reimburse the City for any disconnection costs and reconnection
expenses incurred by the City shall be paid before any service is
continued or reconnected.
D.
Lien Imposed Upon Premises.
1.
Any user charges, connection fees, or other charges levied by the
City shall, if not paid by the due date, become delinquent and shall
be a lien upon the land and premises within the corporate limits of
the City of Riverside for which the sewer charges and fees were incurred.
To create the lien, the Board of Aldermen shall cause to be filed
with the Recorder of Deeds of the County of Platte a Notice of Delinquency.
A copy of the notice to be filed with the Recorder of Deeds shall
be sent to the last known address of the occupant and user of the
premises and to the last known address of the owner of the premises.
The lien hereby created may be enforced by the City by suit or foreclosure.
2.
When the delinquent amounts, plus interest and any recording fees
or attorney's fees have been paid in full, the Board of Aldermen shall
cause to be filed with the Recorder of Deeds of Platte County a Notice
of Lien Release.
E.
Notices. Any notice required under this Section shall be
deemed given when deposited by the City in the United States mail,
first class, postage pre-paid, addressed to the last address appearing
in the City records for the occupant and user of the premises or for
the owner of the premises. If the occupant of the premises receives
the billing, any notice of termination of service shall be sent to
both the occupant and owner of the premises receiving such service,
if such owner has requested in writing to receive any notice of termination
and has provided the entity rendering such service with the owner's
business address.
[R.O. 2011 §700.030; CC 1971 §16.7b; Ord. No. 91-30 §1, 5-21-1991]
A.
No
person shall tamper with any sewer line or make any connection with
the sewer system of the City of Riverside without the written permission
of the City, nor shall any person reconnect sewer services when such
services have been discontinued or disconnected for non-payment of
a bill rendered by the City for sewer services, unless such bill for
sewer services and the fee for reconnection has been paid in full.
B.
Any
person violating this provision shall, upon conviction, be fined not
less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00).
[R.O. 2011 §700.040; CC 1971 §16.8; Ord. No. 28-A-4 §§1 — 2, 10-6-1964]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for the owner or proprietor of any premises in the
City to permit any effluent to be discharged from any sewage treatment
or disposal system located thereon if such effluent does not meet
and comply with the standards of purity set and adopted by the State
Board of Health.
B.
Any
person violating the terms of this Section shall be served with a
written notice of such violation and shall have thirty (30) days thereafter
within which to stop the discharge of such impure effluent. After
said thirty (30) day period, such person shall be subject to arrest
for further violations and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine
not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) and costs and each day's
violation shall be deemed to be a separate offense. In addition to
the penalty above provided, the City shall have the right to seek
injunctive relief in any court having jurisdiction.
[R.O. 2011 §700.050]
A.
Where
a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available, the building
sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying
with the provisions of this Section.
B.
Before
commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system the
owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Inspector.
The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished
by the City of Riverside, which the applicant shall supplement by
any plans, specifications, and other information as are deemed necessary
by the Inspector. A permit and inspection fee of ten dollars ($10.00)
shall be paid to the City of Riverside at the time the application
is filed.
C.
A permit
for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until
the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Inspector.
He/she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction
and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Inspector
when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within four (4)
hours of the receipt of notice by the Inspector if received in the
forenoon and within eighteen (18) hours of receipt of notice if received
in the afternoon.
D.
The
type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal
system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of
Public Health of the State of Missouri. No permit shall be issued
for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption
facilities where the area of the lot is less than fifteen thousand
(15,000) square feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted
to discharge to any natural outlet.
E.
The
owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities
in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City of Riverside.
F.
No
statement contained in this Section shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health
Officer of the State or County.
G.
When
a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected
to said sewer within ninety (90) days and the private sewage disposal
system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel
or dirt.
[R.O. 2011 §700.060; CC 1971 §16.9; Ord. No. 73-47 §§1 — 3, 12-4-1973]
A.
Permit Required. No person shall break into or make a connection
into or maintain a connection into any public sewer in the City limits
of the City of Riverside without first paying the required connection
fee and obtaining a permit in writing to do so from the City Clerk
or the Assistant City Clerk of the City.
B.
Prerequisites. The following prerequisites shall be required.
1.
A written application shall have been filed with the City Clerk on
a form to be furnished by the City on which is set forth the approximate
locations in length and number of sewer connection wyes to be provided;
the approximate location from existing manholes where a connection
is proposed to be made to the existing sewage system; and such other
information as shall be required by the City Engineer or Acting City
Engineer.
2.
Such application shall include in the agreement of the applicants
that the work will be done in a manner satisfactory to the City Engineer
and that applicant will, at his/her own expense, make any repairs
or redo such work if upon inspection by the City Engineer it shall
be necessary because of variance from said plans and specifications.
3.
Such application shall contain the representation and agreement of
the applicant to accept the provisions of the "Cooperative Agreement
for Reciprocal Sewer Service" entered into between the City and the
City of Kansas City, Missouri, as authorized by Ordinance No. 343-1
of the City, and to pay all sewer service charges as may be assessed
by the City from time to time, and to furnish to the City upon completion
of such sewer construction and prior to usage thereof, "as-built"
plans prepared by applicant's engineer upon standard size sheets,
as determined by the City Engineer or Acting City Engineer, showing
in detail the location of all house connections wyes in distance from
manholes whether house connections are actually connected or wyes
inserted for future use.
4.
Such application shall be accompanied by plans and profiles covering
the proposed construction prepared by an engineer registered under
the laws of the State of Missouri and a written undertaking by said
engineer to supervise such construction.
5.
Such application shall be accompanied by an application fee in the
amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) for proposed sewers of less than
one thousand (1,000) lineal feet in length, plus ten cents ($.10)
per lineal foot for all lengths in excess of one thousand (1,000)
feet. This application fee shall be for the purpose of reimbursing
the City for its cost for engineering review of the plans submitted
by the applicant, periodic inspection of the work during the construction
period if deemed necessary by the City Engineer and a final inspection
of the work upon completion of the construction. If a permit is refused
to the applicant, fifty percent (50%) of such application fee shall
be refunded to the applicant by the City.
6.
No permit shall be issued until approval of plans and specifications
as to compliance with said "Cooperative Agreement For Reciprocal Sewer
Service" shall have been received from the Director of the Pollution
Control Department of Kansas City, Missouri or his/her duly authorized
representative.
7.
Applications for connection into the main Line Creek sewer constructed
by Kansas City shall be accompanied by an additional fee in an amount
equal to the then usual charge of the City of Kansas City for an inspection
fee for connection into a main sewer. This additional fee shall be
by the City of Riverside paid to the City of Kansas City.
C.
Any
person violating the terms of this Section by breaking into or connecting
into any public sewer without such permit shall be subject to arrest
and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) and each day that such connection shall be existent prior
to the issuance of a permit therefor shall be deemed to be a separate
offense.
[R.O. 2011 §700.070; CC 1971 §16.10; Ord. No. 92-11 §§1 — 4, 2-18-1992]
A.
It
is deemed to be necessary for the preservation of health and the best
interests of the citizens of the City of Riverside that all private
sewer systems be pumped at the time of connection to the public sewer
system.
B.
All
costs of the required pumping shall be paid in full by the property
owner prior to connection.
C.
Failure
to pay these pumping costs in full prior to the time of connection
shall terminate the connection process.
D.
At
such time as the connection and pumping processes are completed, the
City Inspector shall inspect the site.
[R.O. 2011 §700.080; CC 1971 §6.3; Ord. No. 28-A-3 §§1 — 5, 8-18-1964]
A.
It
is deemed to be in the best interest of the City of Riverside and
for the promotion of the public health, safety and welfare that all
septic tanks used in conjunction with dwelling units for three (3)
or more families be pumped out and cleaned at least every three (3)
years.
B.
All
septic tanks used as sewage disposal facilities in conjunction with
multi-family dwellings containing three (3) or more dwelling units
shall be pumped out and cleaned at least once every three (3) years.
C.
It
shall be incumbent upon the owner or manager of every such building
containing three (3) or more dwelling units to file with the City
Clerk on or before June first (1st) of 1965 a certificate issued by
some lawfully licensed concern engaged in the business of pumping
septic tanks and holding a valid occupation license from the City
of Riverside certifying that the septic tank servicing such building
has been pumped free of all solid matter within a period of not more
than three (3) years prior to June 1, 1965. Thereafter, prior to the
expiration of three (3) years following the date shown by such certificate
it shall be the duty of each such person to file with the City Clerk
a further certificate certifying that said tank has again been pumped
free of all solid matter within such three (3) year period during
which any such building is used as a multi-family dwelling.
D.
The
owners or managers of all buildings intended for use as multiple-family
dwellings, within the City of Riverside shall within three (3) years
and on or before June first (1st) of the third (3rd) year following
completion of the construction of such building, file with the City
Clerk a certificate as provided above showing that such septic tank
sewage disposal system had been pumped free of solid matter within
said three (3) year period and thereafter prior to June first (1st)
of the third (3rd) year of each subsequent three (3) year period such
owner or manager shall file a like certificate.
E.
Any
person violating the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or by imprisonment for a term of not more than thirty (30) days in
the City Jail or Platte County Jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
provided that each day in which such person is in violation of the
terms of this Section shall be deemed a separate offense.
[R.O. 2011 §700.090; CC 1971 §§6.2, 16.11; Ord. No. 28-A-2, §§1 — 7, 6-11-1953; Ord. No. 93-65 §1, 11-2-1993]
A.
Every residence and building within the City limits of Riverside in which human beings reside, are employed or congregate, shall be provided with an approved method for disposal of human excreta as required by Subsection (B) of this Section.
B.
Only
the following methods of disposal of human excreta shall be permitted
within the limits of the City of Riverside.
1.
Whenever a residence or building is provided with one (1) or more
water flush toilets, the contents from said toilets shall be discharged
into one (1) of the following:
a.
A public sewer, provided a public sewer is available. A sewer is
deemed available when it is within five hundred (500) feet of a dwelling;
multiple family dwelling, commercial or industrial establishment with
elevation capable of serving the property and when the connection
does not require the crossing of privately owned property. Nothing
in this Section shall be deemed to be applicable to interceptor sewer
nor shall the presence of a service line within five hundred (500)
feet of a dwelling, multiple family dwelling, commercial or industrial
establishment be deemed to be an available sewer under this Section.
b.
A private sewage treatment plant constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Division of Health of the State of Missouri and the City of Riverside, Missouri, provided a public sewer system is not available as set forth in Subsection (B)(1)(a) above. A septic tank or filter bed shall not be deemed a private sewage treatment plant.
C.
The
Codes Enforcement Officer or his/her authorized representative shall
make an inspection of the methods of disposal of sewage within the
City of Riverside within thirty (30) days after the passage of this
Chapter and as frequently thereafter as is necessary to secure compliance
with this Chapter. Written notification of any violation of this Chapter
shall be given by the Health Officer, City Marshal, or their authorized
representative to the owner and occupant of the property upon which
the violation occurs. If the provisions of this Chapter have not been
complied with within the period of forty-five (45) days following
date of notice of violation, the City shall have the right to make
or have made such alterations in the method of disposal of sewage
within the limits of Riverside that are deemed necessary by the Health
Officer or City Marshal to meet the requirements of this Chapter and
all the cost thereof shall be provided for and defrayed by a special
tax bill to be assessed in favor of the City against the property
on which said improvements are made and such special tax bill shall
become a lien on said property.
D.
It
shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, association or corporation,
within the limits of the City of Riverside to throw out, deposit,
or in any other way dispose of sewage other than as provided for in
this Chapter.
