HomeMy Public PortalAbout03437 O R D I N A N C E NO. 3437
AN ORDINANCE, providing for charges for the connection
directly or indirectly of any building or other facility to the
sanitary sewer system and treatment facilities of the Missouri
Bottoms Service Area of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
and setting out a schedule for such charges.
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has
acquired the sanitary sewer system and treatment facilities of
Missouri Bottoms Sewer Company, and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of providing funds for the payment
of moneys to purchase said sanitary sewer system and treatment
facilities, to provide for funds for improvements, and local
matching funds for the State and Federal grants, it is necessary
to continue a connection charge for the connection of any
building to such sanitary sewer system,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. For the purpose of providing funds for the
payment of moneys to purchase the sanitary sewer system and
treatment facilities of Missouri Bottoms Sewer Company, to
provide funds for improvements, and local matching funds for the
State and Federal grants, there is hereby authorized and directed
to be charged and collected a connection charge for every
building or other facility hereinafter connected, directly or
indirectly through other sewers to the sanitary sewer system of
the Missouri Bottoms Service Area of The Metropolitan St. Louis
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Sewer District.
Section Two. Such charges for new service connections,
basically at the same rates as those of Missouri Bottoms Sewer
Company, and as approved by the Missouri Public Service
Commission, are as follows:
(A)COMMERCIAL - One Dollar ($1.00) per gallon per day on estimated average daily water consumption subject to the following specific minimum initial deposit:
Stores not using water in sales or production $ 350.00
Hotel or Motel (per room) 100.00
Trailers or Mobile Homes (per unit) 125.00
Laundromats (per machine) 200.00
Restaurants (per seat) 60.00
Service Stations 500.00
Grocery Stores (under 3000 sq. ft.) 500.00 Grocery Stores (over 3000 sq. ft.) 1,000.00 (Grocery Store deposit increases 100% if garbage grinder is installed) (B)INDUSTRIAL - The larger of One Dollar ($1.00) per gallon per day on estimated average daily consumption or Thirty-seven and 50/100 Dollars ($37.50) per employee estimated to total capacity, and subject to the following specific minimum initial deposits: Industrial - without water or liquid processing (per acre) $ 375.00 Industrial - with cooling or process water discharged into sanitary sewer system - (per acre) 1,000.00 Minimum deposit (per acre) 375.00
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(C)INSTITUTIONAL - The larger of One Dollar ($1.00) per gallon per day on estimated average daily consumption or Thirty-seven and 50/100 Dollars ($37.50) per employee estimated to total capacity, and subject to the following specific minimum initial deposits:
Hospital - (per bed-without laundry) $ 200.00
Hospital - (per bed-with laundry) 275.00
Nursing Homes (per bed-without laundry) 67.50
Nursing Homes (per bed-with laundry) 92.50
Schools (per classroom) 400.00
Public Buildings (per room) 100.00 All Commercial, Industrial and Institutional are subject to additional deposit based upon annual audit of actual water consumption. (D)RESIDENTIAL Subdivisions Under 12,000 sq. ft. lot $ 250.00
Over 12,000 sq. ft. lot to one half acre 300.00
One half (1/2) acre lot 350.00
One (1) acre lot 400.00 Single family residence (other than subdivisions) 750.00
Apartments and Condominiums (per unit) 175.00
Section Three. Such charges as established in Section
Two hereof shall be payable and collected in advance of the
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issuance of a permit to connect to such sanitary sewer system.
Section Four. There is hereby established an account
to be known as "the Missouri Bottoms Service Area Escrow
Account"; and all funds received from the collection of
connection charges as herein established shall be deposited by
the Secretary-Treasurer in said account subject to appropriation
by ordinance, for the purpose of making payments as set out in
the agreement for purchase and sale between The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District and Missouri Bottoms Sewer Company, and for
any other lawful purpose.
Section Five. Any violation of this Ordinance shall be
punished by a fine of $500.00 or imprisonment in the St. Louis
County jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both
such fine and imprisonment.
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The foregoing Ordinance was adopted January 25, 1978.