HomeMy Public PortalAbout08878 O R D I N A N C E NO. 8878
AMENDED BY 9508 - 3/9/95
AN ORDINANCE, amending Section Eight of Ordinance No.
7543 relating to termination of service for non-payment of Capital
Improvement Charges.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 7543 imposed a revised schedule of
Capital Improvement Surcharges; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 7543 also provided for procedures
for collection of said Capital Improvement Surcharges; and
WHEREAS, subsequent state legislation also provided for
procedures for collection of sewer charges, and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the District to make its
collection procedures consistent with the procedures enacted by
state legislation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. Section Eight of Ordinance No. 7543 is
hereby repealed and a new Section Eight is enacted to read as
follows:
"Section Eight. Termination of Service for Non-
Payment. Where any Capital Improvement Surcharge has not
been paid and has been delinquent for a period of one
year, the District shall have the right to order the
water supply to be shut off for the Property for which
the Capital Improvement Surcharge is delinquent or to
remove or close any sewer connections, or both, until
payment of the delinquent 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.
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When any Capital Improvement Surcharge has not been paid
and has been delinquent for more than fifteen days after
the due date, then the District may refuse to the User a
permit to connect any other Property belonging to said
User to the System; or may refuse to have a review made
of any plans submitted by or on behalf of such User, as
required by District ordinances; or refuse to contract
for any purpose with or accept Wastewater from any such
User.
Section Two. Prior Ordinances. The provisions contained
in this Ordinance shall take the place of and supersede the
provisions of all prior ordinances relating to the same subject
matter which are herewith inconsistent. This Ordinance shall not
be so construed as to relieve any Person from the payment of any
charge which is due and payable under the provisions of any prior
ordinance, nor to bar the collection of same by any and all of the
means provided for in said prior ordinance. This Ordinance shall
not be so construed as to relieve any Person from any penalty
heretofore incurred by the violation of any prior ordinance nor to
bar the prosecution of any such violation in the manner provided
therein.
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The foregoing Ordinance was adopted February 10, 1993.