HomeMy Public PortalAbout03771 O R D I N A N C E NO. 3771
AN ORDINANCE, repealing Ordinance No. 3399, as adopted
December 14, 1977, and enacting a new Ordinance in lieu thereof,
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 Fee Fee Trunk Sewer Subdistrict 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 Fee
Fee Trunk Sewer, 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. Ordinance No. 3399, as adopted December
14, 1977, is hereby repealed.
Section Two. For the purpose of providing funds for
the payment of moneys to purchase the sanitary sewer system and
treatment facilities of Fee Fee Trunk Sewer, Inc., to provide
funds for improvements, and local matching funds for the State and
Federal grants, there is hereby authorized and directed to be
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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 Fee Fee Trunk
Sewer Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District.
Section Three. Effective June 1, 1979, such charges
for new service connections are as follows: (A)COMMERCIAL - One and 30/100 Dollars ($1.30) on estimated average daily water consumption subject to the following specific minimum initial deposit: Stores not using water in sales or production $ 450.00 Hotel or Motel (per room) 130.00 Trailers or Mobile Homes (per unit) 162.50 Laundromats (per machine) 250.00 Restaurants (per seat) 75.00 Service Stations 650.00 Grocery Stores (under 3,000 sq. ft.) 650.00 Grocery Stores (over 3,000 sq. ft.) 1,300.00 (Grocery Store deposit increases 100% if garbage grinder is installed) Theatres (per seat) 2.00 (B)INDUSTRIAL - The larger of One and 30/100 Dollars ($1.30) per gallon per day on estimated average daily consumption or Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per employee estimated to total capacity, and subject to the following specific minimum initial deposits: Industrial - without water or liquid processing (per acre) $ 500.00 Industrial - with cooling or process water discharged into sanitary sewer system (per acre) 1,300.00 Minimum deposit (per acre) 500.00
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(C)INSTITUTIONAL - The larger of One and 30/100 Dollars ($1.30) per gallon per day on estimated average daily consumption or Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per employee estimated to total capacity, and subject to the following specific minimum initial deposits: Hospitals - (per bed without Laundry) $ 250.00 Hospitals - (per bed with Laundry) 360.00 Nursing Homes - (per bed without Laundry) 30.00 Nursing Homes - (per bed with Laundry) 120.00 Schools - (per classroom) 500.00 Public Buildings - (per room) 130.00 Churches 325.00 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 $ 350.00 Over 12,000 sq. ft. lot to one-half acre 400.00 One-half (1/2) acre lot 450.00 One (1) acre lot 500.00 Single family residences (other than subdivisions) 750.00 Apartments and Condominiums (per unit) 250.00
Section Four. Such charges as established in Section
Three hereof shall be payable and collected in advance of the
issuance of a permit to connect to such sanitary sewer system.
Section Five. There is hereby established an account
to be known as "the Fee Fee Trunk Sewer Subdistrict Escrow
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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 Fee Fee Trunk Sewer, Inc., and for any other lawful
purpose.
Section Six. 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 May 9, 1979.