HomeMy Public PortalAbout03738 O R D I N A N C E NO. 3738
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 Terri-Robyn
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 Terri-Robyn sanitary sewer system and treatment
facilities, and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of providing funds for
improvements, and local matching funds for 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
improvements, and local matching funds for 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 Terri-Robyn Service Area of
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District.
Section Two. Such charges for new service connections
are as follows:
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(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 Dollars and Fifty Cents ($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 (C)INSTITUTIONAL - The larger of One Dollar ($1.00) per gallon per day on estimated average daily consumption or Thirty-seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($37.50) per 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
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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 Single family residence $ 250.00 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
issuance of a permit to connect to such sanitary sewer system.
Section Four. There is hereby established an account
to be known as "the Terri-Robyn 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.
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 March 14, 1979.