8540 Water/Sewerage RatesORDINANCE NUMBER 8540
(Published in the Salina Journal R 3 , 1977)
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE RATES, FEES OR CHARGES FOR THE USE OF
AND SERVICES RENDERED BY THE COMBINED WATER AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF
SALINA; PROVIDING THE PROCEDURE FOR BILLING AND COLLECTION THEREOF; AMENDING
ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 35 AND REPEALING THE EXISTING ARTICLE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Article III of Chapter 35 of the Salina Code is
amended to read as follows:
"Chapter 35
ARTICLE III.
RATES
"Section 35-54. Scope.
The Board of Commissioners hereby finds and determines that the
rates, fees or charges for the use of and services rendered by the
combined water and sewerage system of the city, in order fully to meet
the requirements of the statutes of the State of Kansas, will be
hereinafter specified, subject, however, to such changes therein and
revisions thereof as may be made from time to time by the City.
"Section 35-55. Water rates established.
Except for the minimum amounts allowed,
the monthly water rates
to be charged and collected for water service furnished to any user by
the waterworks system of the City, the same being a part of the combin
water and
sewerage system of the City, shall
be as follows:
Sec.
35-55(1). Rates inside city:
First 2,000 cu. ft. at $0.54 per
100 cu. ft.
Next 28,000 cu. ft. at $0.37 per
100 cu. ft.
All over 30,000 cu. ft. at $0.34 per
100 cu. ft.
Sec.
35-55(2). Minimum. The following
are hereby established as
the minimum charges for users of water using
the prescribed size of
meter and
not to exceed the maximum volume of
water for each minimum
charge on
a monthly basis:
Monthly
Meter
Minimum
Cu. Ft.
Size
Charge
Allowed
5/8"
$2.80
300
3/4"
4.35
500
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5.45
600
1 Z'
9.10
1,000
211
11.15
11100
3"
20.65
2,000
4"107.80
25,000
6 i
154.00
30,000
8"
175.00
30,000
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Sec. 35-55(3). Rates outside city. The general specific and
minimum rates charged for water produced and sold by the waterworks
system of the city as now or hereafter prescribed by ordinance are
hereby declared to be applicable only to water consumed or used
within the limits of the City. The minimum charge for water consumed
or used outside the limits of the City shall be two (2) times the
minimum charge for water consumed within the City. Water consumed or
used outside the City in a volume in excess of the minimum for each
meter shall be charged at the regular rate plus twenty-five percent
(25%) thereof. The rates prescribed herein shall not apply to situatio
wherein the waterworks system of the City is bound by noncancellable
contracts to provide water at other rates to consumers or users outside
the City.
Sec. 35-55(4). Rates for rural water districts. Any contract
executed by the City to furnish water to a rural water district
organized pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 82a of the Kansas Statutes
Annotated or any amendments thereto shall specify that the rates to be
charged for said water furnished shall be one hundred twenty-five
percent (125%) of the rate specified in Section 35-55(1) for multiple
uses through a single meter or battery of meters as provided in
Section 35-44 or any amendments to either of said sections.
"Section 35-56. Charge for water used by City.
All water used by any city department for any purpose whatsoever,
excepting only that used by the fire department for extinguishing
fires, shall be measured and charged for in the same manner as water
used by private consumers at a rate to be fixed by the Board of
Commissioners. Where it is impracticable to meter the water so used,
it shall be estimated by the Director of Utilities.
"Section 36-57. Charge when meter fails to register.
In case any meter fails to register for any cause, the amount
charged for water during such period shall be estimated by the
Director of Utilities, such estimate to be based on the average
amount registered during a like preceding period and such other
information as is available.
"Section 36-58. Charge for bulk sales of water.
The charge for the bulk sale of city water, being the sale of
water by the city for use off the premises where metered and sold,
shall be two dollars ($2.00) per thousand (1,000) gallons.
"Section 35-59. Hydrant rental.
For all fire hydrants located in water mains outside of the
limits of the city, the person for whose benefit such fire hydrants
are installed shall pay a fire hydrant rental of twenty-four dollars
($24.00) per annum per hydrant which shall be payable quarterly in
advance. No fire hydrant shall be connected to any water main outside
of the city without notice and without securing permission from the
Director of Utilities and no such hydrant shall be or remain connected
to any such water main unless the rental due thereon shall be paid
within ten (10) days after the same becomes due.
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"Section 35-60. Sewerage rates established.
The monthly sewerage rates to be charged and collected for the
use of and services rendered by the sanitary sewerage system of the
city (such system as the term is used in this article to include all
means by which sewage is transported, treated, and disposed of in and
by the city's sewer lines, pumping stations, sewage treatment plants,
outfall sewers, and any and all appurtenances thereto), said sewerage
system constituting a part of the combined water and sewerage system
of the city, and to all customers or users of said sewerage system,
including all persons, firms, corporations, city departments, the
United States of America, the State of Kansas, all subdivisions of
such state, and all institutions, organizations, and others whose
premises are connected or may hereafter be connected directly or
indirectly to the city's sanitary sewerage system, shall be as follows:
FOR SEWER CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY RECEIVING WATER SOLELY FROM
THE CITY'S WATERWORKS SYSTEM, EACH RESIDENTIAL UNIT BEING SERVED
BY ITS OWN WATER METER.
Sec. 35-600). For each residence, apartment, or other residential
dwelling unit in the city, each such unit being served by its own
water meter, sewerage charges which shall be calculated in the manner
hereinafter provided and shall be based on the gross consumption of
water by such customer as recorded by each water meter serving the
premises of such customer, as follows:
For the first 500 cubic feet or less,
of water consumed each month .......... $1.90 per month, which amount
shall be the minimum
charge for each residence,
apartment or other residential
dwelling unit;
For the next 500 cubic feet of
water consumed each month ............. At the rate of 31� per each
100 cubic feet;
For the next 1,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each month ............. At the rate of 2U per each
100 cubic feet;
For the next 3,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each month ............. At the rate of 23� per each
100 cubic feet;
For the next 15,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each month ........
For the next 20,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each month .........
.... At the rate of 18� per each
100 cubic feet;
... At the rate of 12Q per each
100 cubic feet;
For the next 40,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each month ............. At the rate of 09� per each
100 cubic feet;
For the next 70,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each month ............. At the rate of 06� per each
100 cubic feet;
All over 150,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each month ............. At the rate of 03¢ per each
100 cubic feet;
Provided, however, that in the month of June of each year the
average monthly gross consumption of water according to the meter
reading for each customer for the preceding months of January, February,
and March shall be ascertained and the monthly sewage service charge
to be paid by each customer for each of the next succeeding twelve
(12) months, beginning with the month of July and ending with the next
succeeding month of June, shall be based on said average monthly
consumption of water by such customer during said preceding three (3)
month period as determined by the meter reading during the months of
January, February, and March.
Sec. 35-60(2). The monthly sewage service charge to each
commercial, industrial, or other customer except those specifically
covered elsewhere in this article shall be based on the average monthly
gross consumption of water according to the meter readings for said
customer, said meter readings taken in December, and each succeeding
month to and including the subsequent December. Provided, that
following the month of January, and prior to the month of July, and
continuing in the same specified period each succeeding year, the
average monthly gross consumption of water according to the meter
readings for said customer, said meter readings taken each month
during the preceding twelve months from December to January shall be
ascertained. The monthly sewage service charge to be paid by each
such customer for each of the next succeeding twelve months, beginning
with the month of July and ending with the next succeeding month of
June, shall be based on said average monthly consumption of water by
such customer during said preceding twelve month period.
Sec. 35-60(3). For each commercial, industrial or other customer
having a sewer connection directly or indirectly with the city's
sewerage system and discharging therein sewage of such volume, type,
or character as shall place an unusual burden on the city's sewage
treatment plant and system, such fair and equitable sewage charges and
amounts as may be fixed from time to time by the Governing Body of the
City, taking into consideration the sewage burden aforesaid. If the
quantity or type and character of such sewage discharged into such
system shall render it difficult to establish a fair and equitable
sewage charge, the customer shall at his sole cost and expense install
and maintain in good operating condition suitable meters or measuring
and sampling devices of standard type and design at the appropriate
point or points as are necessary to properly determine the characteristics
of the sewage and measure the customers' sewage discharge and shall
permit the employees and representatives of the city to read such
meter or measuring devices, and sewage charges for such customer shall
be established in accordance with such metering records and/or sampling
analysis.
FOR MULTIPLE LIVING UNITS WITHIN THE CITY SERVED BY A MASTER
WATER METER OR METERS
Sec. 35-60(4). For multiple living units not more than three (3)
in number of any kind or character (including mobile home courts)
located within the city and served by the city's waterworks through a
master water meter or meters, sewage charges based on the gross
consumption of water as recorded by said master water meter serving
said units, calculated in accordance with the schedule hereinabove set
forth in Section 35-60(1) hereof for each residence, apartment, or
other residential dwelling served by its own water meter.
Sec. 35-60(5). For multiple living units four (4) or more in
number of any kind or character (including mobile home courts) located
within the city and served by the city's waterworks through a master
water meter, sewage charges based on the gross consumption of water as
recorded by said meter, calculated as follows:
For the first 500 cubic feet or less,
of water consumed each month .......... $1.90 each month, which
amount shall be the minimum
sewage charge for said
multiple living units served
by said master water meter;
For all over 500 cubic feet of
1 11 water consumed each month ............. At the rate of 31� per each
100 cubic feet;
FOR RESIDENTIAL SEWER CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY RECEIVING WATER
FROM A SOURCE OTHER THAN THE CITY'S WATERWORKS SYSTEM
Sec. 35-60(6). For each residence, apartment, or other residential
dwelling unit in the city receiving water solely from a source other
than the city waterworks system, the monthly sewage service charge
shall be $2.10 per month.
FOR SEWER CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY RECEIVING WATER FROM BOTH
THE CITY WATERWORKS SYSTEM AND OTHER SOURCES
Sec. 35-60(7). Each residence, apartment, or other residential
dwelling unit and each other such customer whether person, firm or
corporation, receiving water from both the city waterworks system
and other sources shall be charged as stated in subsections (1),
(2), (3), (4), or (5), whichever is applicable. The combined usage
shall determine the sewer service charges, according to the rates
hereinbefore specified. Provided that where the total amount of
water discharged to the sanitary sewer system is not twenty-five
percent (25%) more than the water consumed from the city waterworks
system, no sewer service charge shall be made on that portion of
water discharged to the sanitary sewer system which is more than the
water consumed from the waterworks system.
FOR ALL SEWER CONNECTIONS OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL RECEIVING
WATER SOLELY FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN THE CITY WATERWORKS
SYSTEM.
Sec. 35-60(8). For each commercial, industrial or other such
customer whether person, firm, or corporation receiving water solely
from sources other than the city waterworks system, the monthly
sewer charge shall be based on sewage flows determined by engineering
surveys conducted by representatives of the city. Said charges
shall be as established in subsections (1), (2), or (3), whichever
is applicable. If the quantity or type and character of such sewage
discharged into such system shall render it difficult to establish a
fair and equitable sewage service charge, the customer shall at his
sole cost and expense install and maintain in good operating condition
suitable meters or measuring and sampling devices of standard type
and design as required to determine the characteristics of the
sewage, at the appropriate point or points as are necessary to
properly measure the customers' sewage discharge and shall permit
the city to read such meters, measuring or sampling devices, and
sewage charges for such customer shall be established in accordance
with such metering records and/or sampling analysis.
EXISTING WATER WELLS TO BE REGISTERED, APPLICATION TO BE MADE
FOR PERMIT TO DRILL WATER WELL AND CHANGES IN CAPACITY OR USE
OF WELLS TO BE REPORTED.
Sec. 35-60(9). Each owner of a water well which furnishes
water, any portion of which is discharged into the city's sewage
system, shall register the same as to location, capacity, and ownership
with the city's Building Inspector who shall furnish a copy of each
such registration to the Director of Utilities.
If any person, firm or corporation shall desire to drill a new
water well which would furnish water any portion of which is discharged
into the city sewage system, application therefor shall be made by
the owner of the premises to the city's Building Inspector and a
permit issued by him before such well is drilled.
If any change is made in the capacity or use of any water well
now or hereafter, the water of which well is discharged either wholly or
in part in the city's sewage system, the owners of such well shall
make a written report of such change to the city's Building Inspector
who shall furnish a copy thereof to the Director of Utilities.
Sec. 35-60(10). Failure to comply with any of the provisions
aforesaid relating to the registration of existing wells, the obtaining
of a permit to drill a new well, and the reporting of changes in the
capacity or use of any well, shall constitute a misdemeanor.
SEWERAGE RATES AND CHARGES FOR SEWER CONNECTIONS LOCATED OUTSIDE
THE CITY
Sec. 35-60(11). All of the sewerage rates and charges hereinbefo
specified shall apply solely to users receiving sewerage service
within the city. For sewerage service furnished by the city to
connections outside the city, the minimum monthly charge shall be
twice the minimum monthly charge made for similar service within the
city. For service outside the city in excess of said monthly minimum
charge, the rate shall be the rate applicable for the same service
within the city, plus twenty-five percent (25%) thereof.
Sec. 35-60(12). AlY of the sewerage rates hereinbefore in this
section specified shall be applied in a fair and equitable manner; and
if in any case special or unforeseen circumstances arise, they shall
be taken into consideration by the officers and representatives of
the city and by its Board of Commissioners in determining the amount
of such charges as applied to the particular case.
No water or sanitary sewerage service shall be furnished or
rendered by the city's combined water and sewerage system free of
charge.
"Section 35-64. Billing and collection; disconnection service for
nonpayment.
Sec. 35-640). All water meters, except those specifically
installed for the sole purpose of irrigating yards and lawns shall be
read and bills for water and sewerage service (or either) rendered
monthly, and such bills shall be collected as a combined bill for
water and sewerage service furnished each customer. Each bill shall
be payable upon the rendering of such bill and if not paid on or
before the specified due date as shown on said bill, such bill shall
be considered delinquent.
"Section 35-61. Reduction in sewer char a when some water not
discharged to sewers.
If any user of water shall use more than two thousand (2,000)
cubic feet in
of water any month for commercial or industrial purposes,
and if, as established by separate meter installed and maintained by
such user, or by other records kept and maintained by such user and
open for inspection by the city's representatives, more than one-
fourth (1/4) of the
water so used by said customer was not discharged
into the city's sewage disposal system, then the sewerage charge made
to such customer for the use and service of the city's sewage disposal
system shall be based on the amount of water furnished such customer
during said month, less the amount of such water which was not discharg
into the city's sewage disposal system.
"Section 35-62. Covenant not to decrease rates.
The city hereby agrees, in consideration of persons, firms,
corporations and partnerships buying revenue bonds, to extend, enlarge
and improve the waterworks plant and system or sewer system, not to
decrease the rates prescribed as aforesaid until all such bonds and
interest thereon are fully paid.
"Section 35-63. Free service prohibited.
No water or sanitary sewerage service shall be furnished or
rendered by the city's combined water and sewerage system free of
charge.
"Section 35-64. Billing and collection; disconnection service for
nonpayment.
Sec. 35-640). All water meters, except those specifically
installed for the sole purpose of irrigating yards and lawns shall be
read and bills for water and sewerage service (or either) rendered
monthly, and such bills shall be collected as a combined bill for
water and sewerage service furnished each customer. Each bill shall
be payable upon the rendering of such bill and if not paid on or
before the specified due date as shown on said bill, such bill shall
be considered delinquent.
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A delinquency and termination notice shall be issued within five
(5) days after a bill is delinquent. The delinquency and termination
notice shall provide the customer of record with the following
information: (1) The amount due on the unpaid balance; (2) the
customer's right to a hearing before the department; (3) notice that
service will be terminated in ten (10) days if the bill remains unpaid.
If the customer of record is not the occupant where water service is
provided, then the department shall provide similar notification to
the occupant. The request for a hearing must be no later than three
(3) working days before the date of discontinuance. Such hearings
will be conducted by one or more of the following representatives,
Director of Utilities, water office manager, or such other representativ
of similar management grades as may be appointed by the Director of
Utilities. The department is authorized to discontinue and disconnect
water service for any customer who shall be delinquent in the payment
of bills. Customers are responsible for furnishing the department
with their correct address for billing purposes.
If the service to the property shall be disconnected, it shall
remain disconnected until such customer shall pay the full amount of
all water and sewer bills, including such cash deposit as the Director
of Utilities may require and a reconnection charge of ten dollars
($10.00).
Sec. 35-64(2). All water meters which are installed for the sole
and specific purpose of irrigating yards and lawns shall be read and
bills for such water service rendered monthly during the months of May
through October, inclusive. Water consumed during the months of
November through April, inclusive, shall be metered and the meter read
and bill for such water consumed during this period rendered with the
May reading. Payment for such water service furnished would be due
and payable in the same manner as set forth in Section 35-64(1) and
the same procedure therein provided for the collection, notification
and disconnection of service for delinquent accounts shall be applicabl
Sec. 35-64(3). It shall be the duty of the representative of the
City at the time in charge of the collection of water and sewerage
service rates, to notify the Director of Utilities of all delinquencies
in the payment of monthly bills, and said director shall proceed
immediately to disconnect service to any customer who is in arrears
for the period hereinbefore specified.
"Section 35-65. Department not responsible for delivery of bill;
duplicates
The Water and Sewerage Department does not assume the responsibili
for speedy and safe delivery of, or failure to receive bill; a duplicat
may be obtained by calling in person at the office of the department.
"Section 35-66. Corrections and refunds.
The Director of Utilities shall have authority to make corrections
or refunds of overpayments or improper water bills due to error in the
Water and Sewerage Department, but shall have no authority to remit or
diminish a bill for any other reason.
"Section 35-67. Service not to be furnished until accounts paid.
Whenever any consumer of water shall move from one location or
premises to another in or adjacent to the city, or whenever water is
turned off at any premises on account of the failure of the consumer
to pay the water charges for water used on any such premises, or
whenever any consumer or applicant for water service is indebted to
the Water and Sewerage Department of the city for any water or sewerage
service previously furnished to him either at the premises for which
an application is made or at any other place in the city, the Director
of Utilities shall refuse to turn on or authorize the turning on of
water for any such consumer or applicant at any place until all previou
charges due to the department for whatever premises, have been fully
paid by such consumer or applicant, and all other requirements and
charges, whether in the nature of penalties, shut off or turn on
charges, or deposits, shall have been paid, and no applicant or consume
shall be entitled to have water turned on at any premises until all
such charges and requirements have been fully paid and complied with.
"Section 35-68. Regulations to secure payment authorized.
The Director of Utilities shall be authorized to make such
reasonable rules and regulations to secure the payment of any sums due
to the department
as may, in his judgement, be necessary.
"Section 35-69. Combined reading of multiple meters; when permitted.
The water consumption, as shown by multiple meters servicing a
single structure or
a group of structures having a single or common
plumbing system, may be combined for
purposes of computing charges.
All single meter installations shall be computed for billing on
an individual basis.
"Sections 35-70 - 35-78. Reserved."
Section 2. That the existing Article III of Chapter 35 of the Salina
Code is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption and publication in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: January 24, 1977
Passed: January 31, 1977
al Si n, �ayor
(SEAL)
Attest:
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D. L. Harrison, City Clerk