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HomeMy Public PortalAbout00769AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 836 & SECTIONS 2, 8 & 9 REPEALED BY ORDINANCE NO. 1067 AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 1745, 2054 & 2297 REPEALED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2444 - 6/20/73 O R D I N A N C E NO. 769 AN ORDINANCE to provide funds for the construction, management, operation and maintenance of the sewerage system, sewage pumping, treatment and disposal works and all appurtenances appropriate for the sewerage system of the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict; and also to provide funds to retire Ten Million Nine Hundred Eighty Six Thousand Dollars ($10,986,000) of sewerage system revenue bonds of the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District which were authorized at a special election held on August 30, 1960: and to fix rates to be charged by the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to the owners of real property served by the sewer facilities of said Subdistrict and containing an emergency clause. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT: Section One. It is hereby determined and declared to be necessary for the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience of the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to fix and collect charges upon all real property served by the sewerage system of the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. Section Two. That for the purposes provided in Section 2 One hereof, there is hereby charged; to (a) each lotor parcel of land having located thereon a single-family residence a charge of $14.00 per each 6 months commencing July 1, 1962; (b) to each lot or parcel of land having located thereon a multi-family dwelling a charge of $10.50 per each 6 months per dwelling unit commencing July 1, 1962; (c) to each lot or parcel of land having located thereon industrial commercial establishments commencing July 1, 1962, the following charges based upon water consumption: Water Consumption Sewer Charge Previous Six Months Each Six Months First 44 Ccf $14.00 (minimum charge) Next 206 Ccf 0.32 per Ccf Next 750 Ccf 0.30 per Ccf Next 2,750 Ccf 0.28 per Ccf Next 41,250 Ccf 0.26 per Ccf Next 45,000 Ccf 0.24 per Ccf The above charges shall apply to any lot or parcel of land or premises having an active sewer connection with the sewerage system of the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict, or otherwise discharging sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly into said sewerage system or which ultimately enters said sewerage system. Section Three. In the event a lot, parcel of land, building or premise discharging sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly into the sewerage system of the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict, or which ultimately enters the sewerage system, is supplied either in whole or in part with water from wells or any other source other than a 3 Public Water Supplier then such wells or other source of supply shall be registered with the Executive Director of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District on or before October 1, 1962, and if the supply is not measured by a water meter, or is measured by a water meter not acceptable to the Executive Director, then in such case, the owner or other interested party, at his own expense shall install and maintain water meters meeting the standards of meters used by City of St. Louis or St. Louis County Water Company and otherwise satisfactory to the Executive Director on all supplies, and the quantity of water used to determine the sewerage service charge shall be the quantity as measured by the single meter or the sum of the quantities measured by the several meters. Whenever a new well or other source of water other than a public water supply shall be put into use after the effective date of this ordinance by any parcel of land discharging sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids either directly or indirectly into the sewerage system of the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict sewerage system such source of water shall be registered with the Executive Director of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District within thirty days. Section Four. Where it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Executive Director that a portion of the water as measured by the water meter or meters does not enter the sewerage system, then and in that event the Executive Director is hereby authorized 4 to determine, in such manner and by such method as he may deem practicable, the percentage of the water measured by the meter which enters the sewerage system. In such case the charges and rates shall be based upon the percentage of the metered water so determined by the Executive Director. The Executive Director may require or shall permit the installation of additional meters at the owner's or interested party's expense in such manner as to measure the quantity of water actually entering the sewerage system from the premises of such owner or interested party, and the quantity of water used to determine the sewer service charge shall be the quantity of water actually entering the sewerage system as so determined. Applications from industries or businesses, requesting consideration for a reduction in the sewer service charge because of water not entering the sewerage system, shall be made to the Executive Director of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, in writing; giving name of account, firm, industry or business, the address, the particular water department or account number, the water meter number or numbers, and supporting data for requesting reduction of the charge; together with a sketch to approximate scale showing the plan of the property, water distribution, sewer layout, the existing meters and proposed meters in the scheme to determine the quantity of flow entering or not entering the sewerage system. This should be supplemented with a flow diagram to indicate the destination of the water 5 supply and the wastes. Section Five. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to furnish any false reports or information to The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District which would tend to reduce their sewer service charge. Section Six. That the funds received from the collection of such charges as hereinafter authorized shall be deposited daily as received by the Secretary-Treasurer of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, and shall be deposited into an account known as "Sewer Revenue Fund" of the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict, and said funds shall be allocated as provided for in Ordinance No. 764. Section Seven. The Executive Director shall establish collection offices at convenient locations throughout the Subdistrict, and may change the location of such collection offices from time to time. He is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with the owners or operators of business establishments to provide collection service of sewer service charges at such locations as are selected by him and may provide in such contracts for the payment by the District to the collecting agency for rendering such collection services a fee, in no event to exceed three cents per bill for each bill collected and remitted to the District. Such contracts shall provide that the collection agency shall, at intervals in no case longer than one week, remit all collections to the District. 6 Section Eight. If the sewer service charge and rates for the use and services of the sewerage system are not paid within Fifteen (15) days after the date of any bill rendered therefor a delayed payment charge in the amount of fifteen percent (15%) of the bill rendered shall be imposed and collected. Section Nine. If the sewer service charge and rates for the use and services of the sewerage system are not paid within thirty (30) days after the date of the bill rendered therefor such sewer service charge together with the delayed payment charge shall be deemed to be delinquent and shall thereafter constitute liens upon the real estate for which the sewerage services are supplied. Whenever a sewer service charge has been delinquent for more than sixty days the Executive Director may cause a notice of lien for non-payment thereof to be filed in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds within and for the City of St. Louis or St. Louis County, as the case may be. Such notice of lien shall state the amount of the delinquent sewer service charges, and shall properly describe the property against which such lien is asserted. Such lien upon the real property served shall have priority over all other liens except taxes, deeds of trust then of record, and prior judgments. The District shall have the power to sue the occupant and the owner, jointly or severally, in a civil action to recover delinquent charges, plus a reasonable attorney's fees to be fixed by the court. Section Ten. Where any sewer service charge has not 7 been paid and has been delinquent for a period of six months The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District shall have the right to order the water supply to be shut off for the premises for which the sewer service charge is delinquent or to remove or close any sewer connections, or both, until payment of the delinquent sewer service charge together with the reasonable costs involved in shutting off and turning on the water or closing and reopening the sewer connection as the case may be, have been paid. Section Eleven. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, and each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense. The imposition of such penalty shall in no wise restrict or deprive the District of its right to pursue any other remedy it may have for the collection of any delinquent bill for sewer service charges. Section Twelve. The Board of Trustees hereby declares that if any section, part, sentence or clause of this Ordinance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance, the Board of Trustees hereby declaring that it would have enacted the remainder of this Ordinance without regard to that part hereof that may be held invalid. Section Thirteen. The words "the sewerage system of the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict" as herein used shall mean and include all of the existing sewers within said Subdistrict and the 8 sanitary trunk sewer system and the sewage treatment system for said Subdistrict to be constructed pursuant to Ordinance No. 764. Section Fourteen. This being a revenue measure and being necessary for the preservation of the public health, constitutes an emergency within the meaning of the Plan, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted June 11, 1962.