93-9612 Comp Fee ScheduleKuhn Cox Printing — Salina, K-11
(Published in The Salina Journal December P, 1993)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 93-9612
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 41-6, 41-7, 41-22, 41-26,
41-28, 41-71.1, 41-88, 41-93, 41-96, 41-97 OF THE SALINA CODE REGARDING
WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE IN THE CITY OF SALINA, AND
REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTIONS 41-6, 41-7, 41-22, 41-26, 41-28, 41-35,
41-53, 41-54, 41-55, 41-56, 41-57, 41-71.1, 41-88, 41-89, 41-93, 41-96, 41-97.
Kansas:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
Section 1. That Section 41-6 of the Salina Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Section 41-6. Regulations declared contractual;
discontinuing service for violators.
The rates, rules and regulations herein established
shall be considered a part of the contract with every
person supplied with water or wastewater service by the
city, either within or without the corporate limits of the
city. Such person, by applying for and accepting water or
wastewater service shall be held and considered as
consenting to be bound thereby, and in case of violation of
any rules or regulations in force or upon failure to pay
any charges or penalties herein provided for, the water
may be cut off or wastewater service discontinued from the
premises or place of violation and not turned on again or
resumed except by order of the director of finance and
administration, after satisfactory assurance that there be
no further cause for complaint and upon payment of any
charges".
Section 2. That Section 41-7 of the Salina Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Section 41-7. Director's right of entry.
The director of finance and administration or the
director of utilities or persons authorized by them, may
enter at any reasonable hour any premises supplied with
water or wastewater service in order to inspect or repair
wastewater or water facilities, meters, pipes or fixtures
or to investigate the use of water, or to obtain meter
readings".
Section 3. That Section 41-22 of the Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 41-22. Security deposits.
Upon initiating service or transferring service an
applicant for water service shall pay a security deposit
unless they have established a satisfactory credit record
with the water and wastewater department through past
dealings.
Residential deposits shall be no less than fifty
dollars ($50.00) . In lieu of a cash deposit a residential
customer may use the following:
A. a letter of guarantee from another City of Salina
Water and Wastewater customer in good standing
B. a letter of reference from another utility or
C. a bank letter of credit.
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Commercial deposits shall be equal to that of a
residential applicant if their average monthly consumption
is one thousand five hundred (1500) cubic feet or less. If
their monthly average is greater than one thousand five
hundred (1500) cubic feet the commercial deposit shall
equal two (2) times the average monthly consumption of
the premises or like business, times the current rate. In
lieu of a cash deposit commercial customers may use the
following instruments in lieu of a cash deposit:
A. a surety bond or
B. a bank letter of credit.
Any applicant for service or existing consumer shall,
upon demand of the director of finance and administration,
increase such deposit when, if in the opinion of the
director or representatives, such increase may be necessary
to protect the city from loss".
Section 4. That Section 41-26 of the Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 41-26. Refund of deposits and interest.
If a customer is able to present an accepted document
of credit after paying the deposit, the deposit plus
interest will be applied to the customer's account.
The city shall refund the security deposit plus
interest after the depositor has established one (1) year
of timely pay. This will be done by applying the deposit
and interest to the customer's account.
After one (1) year of timely pay by the customer of
record the guarantor will be released from his/her
liability.
If the utility is unable to refund the deposit because
of poor credit, interest on the deposit will be applied to
the customers account and the utility will continue to hold
the deposit until such time the customer establishes good
credit.
If a terminated customer skips on their account and
there is a letter of guarantee on file, the amount
guaranteed will be transferred to the guarantor's account
before turning the balance of the account over for
collection".
Section 5. That Section 41-28 of the Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 41-28. Taps and charges.
(a) The phrase "lineal feet" where hereinafter used
shall be deemed to refer to the front footage of the
private property that may be served from any existing
water main or water mains that may hereafter be installed
by the water and wastewater department; in the event any
such property is carved into lots and irregularly shaped,
the lineal footage shall be deemed to refer to the main
width of any such irregular lot.
(b) Whenever any person desires to obtain water
service to any property, which has not heretofore paid the
cost of a water main, by special assessment or other means,
shall as a condition precedent to the installation of such
service, pay a connection charge based on front footage of
property to be served. The director of utilities shall
annually determine that charge. It shall be the duty of
any person applying for a new water service to correctly
state the lineal front footage of property to be thereby
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served. In the event of the failure to do so, the director
of finance and administration is hereby directed to
forthwith discontinue water service to any such property
where the lineal front footage was misrepresented. No
charge shall be made to property that can be served from
paralleling installation in the event that the property to
be so served has been a consumer of water from the
department antecedent to September 13, 1954.
(c) Whenever any person requests a new water
service, he shall apply for such service at the water and
wastewater department customer service office. The utility
will tap the main and install the water service line
terminating with a curb cock if the meter is to be
installed on private property or terminate with a curb cock
and meter set if meter is installed on public property.
Before the new service is turned on the property owner
shall pay the cost thereof as determined by the director of
utilities, to the water and wastewater department at their
customer service office. The plumbing inspector for the
city also shall approve all the plumbing on private
property served by the service line prior to its being
turned on.
(d) If a customer or property owner requests the
replacement or relocation of all or any part of an existing
water service line due to size or location the water
utility shall make the change or replacement. The cost of
such change or replacement shall be determined by the
director of utilities and born by the customer or property
owner. Such costs shall be paid at the customer service
office before the water service will be turned on.
(e) The maintenance of all water service lines
(including those originally paid for and owned by the
property owner) shall be performed by the water utility at
the water utility's expense. The maintenance obligation
shall cover the water service line from the water main
through the curb cock if the meter is set on private
property or through the meter set if the meter is set on
public property."
Section 6. That Section 41-71.1 of the Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 41-71.1. Wastewater connection permits and fees.
Prior to the issuance of any permits for any
connections with the wastewater mains or laterals of the
city, the following fees shall be paid:
(1) For each connection for the use of property
included within the boundaries of the city since
January 1, 1950, if such property has never been
since January 1, 1950, and is not now in any
wastewater benefit district of the city, the sum
of five hundred dollars ($500.00) .
(2) For each connection for the use of property not
within the city limits and not in any wastewater
benefit district of the city, the sum of seven
hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) .
(3) No fee shall be required for connections of the
use of property located in a wastewater benefit
district of the city."
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Section 7. That Section 41-88 of the Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 41-88. 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 finance and administration,
such estimate to be based on the average amount registered
during a like preceding period and such other information
as is available.
Section 8. That Section 41-93 of the Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 41-93. Billing and collection; penalty for
delinquent account and disconnection of service for
nonpayment.
(a) All water meters, except those specifically
installed for the sole purpose of irrigating yards and
lawns, shall be read and bills for water and wastewater
service (or either) rendered monthly, and such bills shall
be collected as a combined bill for water and wastewater
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 the bill, such
bill shall be considered delinquent and subject to a late
charge.
(b) All bills unpaid twenty-three (23) days after
date of issue shall be considered delinquent and subject to
an additional charge of five (5) percent of the total
current charges.
(c) If the rendered bill and late charge are not paid
by the twenty-fifth (25) day after issue, then a disconnect
for nonpayment notice shall be issued for those bills in
excess of fifteen dollars ($15.00) . The disconnect for
nonpayment 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; provided such request is made
at least three (3) working days prior to the
disconnection for nonpayment date;
(3) Notice that service will be disconnected for
nonpayment in seven (7) days if the bill
remains unpaid.
If the customer of record is not the occupant where
water and wastewater service is provided, then the
department shall provide similar notification to the
occupant. The request for a hearing must by no later than
three (3) working days before the date of discontinuance
for nonpayment. Such hearing will be conducted by one or
more of the following representatives: Director of Finance
and Administration, water office supervisor, customer
service representative, or such other representative of
similar management grades as may be appointed by the
Director of Finance and Administration. The department is
authorized to discontinue and disconnect water service for
any customer who shall be delinquent in the payment of
those bills in excess of fifteen dollars ($15.00) .
Customers are responsible for furnishing the department
with their correct address for billing purposes.
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(d) On the disconnection day for nonpayment the
service personnel of the water and wastewater department
shall attempt to collect the total amount of the delinquent
bill, the service charge of ten dollars ($10.00), and the
current bill. The service personnel must collect a minimum
of the delinquent bill plus the service charge or the
service shall be disconnected.
(e) If no one is at the location to be turned off,
the service personnel shall leave a door hanger telling the
occupant the water service has been disconnected for
nonpayment of bill.
(f) If the service to the property is terminated for
nonpayment, it shall remain disconnected until such
customer pays the full amount of all water and wastewater
bills, including such cash deposit as the director of
finance and administration or representatives may require
and the service charge.
(g) All water meters which are installed for the sole
and specific purpose of irrigating yards and lawns shall be
read and billed 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
the 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
procedure therein provided for the collection,
notifications and disconnection of service for delinquent
accounts shall be applicable."
Section 9. That Section 41-96 of the Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 41-96. 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 wastewater department of the city for any water
or wastewater 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 finance and
administration shall refuse to turn on or authorize the
turning on of water for any such consumer or applicant at
any place until all previous 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 consumer 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 10. That Section 41-97 of the Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 41-97. Regulations to secure payment authorized.
The director of finance and administration shall be
authorized to make such reasonable rules and regulations to
secure the payment of any sums due the water and
sewerage department as may, in his judgment, be
necessary."
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Section 11. That the existing Sections 41-6, 41-7, 41-22, 41-26,
41-28, 41-35, 41-53, 41-54, 41-55, 41-56, 41-57, 41-71.1, 41-88, 41-89, 41-93,
41-96, 41-97 of the Salina Code are hereby repealed.
Section 12. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: December 13, 1993
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
Jacqueline Shiever, CMC/AAE
City Clerk
Passed: December 20, 1993
A -
Peter F. Brungardt, Mayor