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HomeMy Public PortalAbout03723 O R D I N A N C E 3723 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 Twin Oaks 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 Twin Oaks sanitary sewer system and treatment facilities from Blue Ribbon Real Estate, Inc., 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 Twin Oaks sanitary sewer system and treatment facilities, 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 Twin Oaks Service Area of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. Section Two. Such charges for new service connections are as follows: 2 (A)COMMERCIAL - Two Dollar ($2.00) 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 $ 700.00 Hotel or Motel (per room) 200.00 Trailers or Mobile Homes (per unit) 250.00 Laundromats (per machine) 400.00 Restaurants (per seat) 120.00 Service Stations 1,000.00 Grocery Stores (under 3000 sq. ft.) 1,000.00 Grocery Stores (over 3000 sq. ft.) 2,000.00 (Grocery Store deposit increases 100% if garbage grinder is installed) (B)INDUSTRIAL - The larger of Two Dollar ($2.00) per gallon per day on estimated average daily consumption or Seventy-five Dollars ($70.00) per employee estimated to total capacity, and subject to the following specific minimum initial deposits: Industrial - without water or liquid processing (per acre) $ 700.00 Industrial - with cooling or process water discharged into sanitary sewer system (per acre) 2,000.00 Minimum deposit (per acre) 750.00 (C)INSTITUTIONAL - The larger of Two Dollar ($2.00) per gallon per day on estimated average daily consumption or Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) per employee estimated to total capacity, and subject to the following specific minimum initial deposits: Hospital - (per bed-without laundry) $ 400.00 Hospital - (per bed-with laundry) 550.00 Nursing Homes (per bed-without laundry) 135.00 Nursing Homes (per bed-with laundry) 185.00 Schools (per classroom) 800.00 3 Public Buildings (per room) 200.00 All Commercial, Industrial and Institutional are subject to additional deposit based upon annual audit of actual water consumption. (D) RESIDENTIAL Single family residence $ 800.00 Apartments and Condominiums (per unit) 600.00 Section Three. Such charges as established in Section Two hereof shall be payable and collected in advance of the issuance of a permit to connect to such sanitary sewer system. Section Four. There is hereby established an account to be known as "the Twin Oaks 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 of the Twin Oaks Sanitary Sewer System between The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and Blue Ribbon Real Estate, Inc., 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. 4 The foregoing Ordinance was adopted February 28, 1979.