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(First published in th('~'UJd.f'l( on the ~day Of~, 1982)
THE CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS
ORDINANCE No. 3/
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A SEWER SERVICE CHARGE: ESTABLISHING
THAT CHARGE; PROVIDING FOR BILLING OF SUCH CHARGE; PROVIDING
FOR DELINQUENT PAYMENT, COLLECTION, DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE;
ESTABLISHING A SEWER UTILITY FUND.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF BEL AIRE:
Section 1.
Levy of Use Charge.
There are levied on all persons, firms, corperations, organizations,
pelitical units and political subdivisions and all other entities with premises
in the corporate limits of the City as presently defined or hereafter altered
or amended, and now or hereafter connected to the sewerage system of-the City,
in addition to all other levies, assessments or charges herein before or
hereafter provided, a charge fer the use ef the sewerage system of the City as
hereinafter provided.
Section 2.
Basic Charges.
There is levied on each sewerage system user having any sewer
cennection with the sewerage system of the City, or otherwise discharging
sewage, industrial waste, or other liquids, either direct or indirectly into
the City sewerage system which ultimately enters the sewerage system the
sum of seventy-five cents (.75~) per month.
Section 3.
Bills-Rendering
The Department of Water of the City shall render bills for sewer
service charges to all customers and owners of recerd of property connected
to the City's sewerage system but not having metered water consumption. Bills
so rendered shall include a charge for each month the premises were connected
to' the sewer without regard to whether the premises were occupied or unoccupied
during all er part of the billing period and whether or not water was actually
discharged into the system during the billing period.
Bills for sewer service charges to all other customers shall be
rendered by the Department of Water in conjunction with the regular water
bills to the person er legal entity designated to receive the water bills for
water and water service.
All bills fer sewerage charges shall be payable on er before the
date shown on the statement.
Section 4.
Delinquent Payments-Collect ion-Discontinuance of Service-Interest.
In the event any person, firm, corporation, political unit(except
the United States and the State of Kansas) or organization living er operating
on premises connected to a sanitary sewer, shall neglect, fail or refuse to
pay the service charge fixed herein by the governing body of the city for the
operation of the sewerage system, such charges shall constitute a lien upon
the real estate served by the cennection to the sewer, and shall be certified by
the clerk of the city to the county clerk of Sedgwick County, to be placed on
the tax roll for collection, subject to the same penalties and collected in
like manner as other taxes are by law collectible, and the governing body of the
city is authorized to refuse the delivery ef water through the pipes and mains
of a publicly owned waterworks until such time as such charges are fully paid.
"l~% f-2rc~nt ~.::r month intc-rcd~ -",,'i1.: b.2 uddcd ::0 the iln?3iJ balcillCe
of all bills not paid within /~ days.
Section 5.
Sewer Utility Fund-Created-Use.
There is hereby created and ordered to be established in the treasury
of the city a separate fund hereby designated as the "sewer utility fund". All
revenues derived from the sewer service charges herein established including any
investment earnings of such revenue shall, when received, be promptly paid into
the "sewer utility fund." The moneys in the fund shall be used for the purposes
and in the order following:
(a) Paying the cost and expense of the administration, operation and
maintenance of the sewerage system of the city;
(b) Paying the cost of alteration, reconstruction, repair, improvement,
extension and enlargment of the sewerage system of the city when authorized
specifically by the gevertiing'bo-dy of the City' or as approved in the city's
annual capital budget or annual operating budget;
(c) Paying the principal of and interest on any bonds that have been
heretofore or may be hereafter authorized and issued for the purposes of
improving or enlarging or extending main sewers, pumping stations, operated as
a part of the city's sewerage system.
Such other accounts within the "sewer utility fund" may be established
and maintained as as in the judgment of the City Council necessary for the
proper administration of the city's sanitary sewerage system.
Section 6.
Effective date.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force after its
publication in the offical city newspaper.
Passed and adopted by the City Council this L/~ day of May, 1982.
Approved by the Mayor this <I~ day of May, 1982.
ATTEST:~t1 ~J?'
City Clerk
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