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Ordinance 1029 - Amends Ord 1002 - Surface Water DrainageORDINANCE NO. 1029 ,941 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 12 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1002, BY CHARGING FOR SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE TO THE PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AND GROUND WATER DISCHARGE TO THE PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM; TO PRO- VIDE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO INVENTORY STRUCTURES AND PAVED AREAS COLLECTING SURFACE WATER AND/OR GROUND WATER AND DISCHARGE SAME TO THE PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM; TO PROVIDE AN APPEALS PRO- CESS; AND TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE.. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Kalispell, Montana, as follows: SECTION I. Amend Section 12 of Ordinance No. 1002 so that the Section will then read as follows: SECTION 12, PROHIBITION OF CLEAR WATER CONNECTIONS. A) No person shall make connection of roof douwnspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain, which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer. B) A charge will be placed on existing structures and paved areas which collect surface .runoff or ground- water and discharge the same through piping which connects directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer pi eline or appurtenance. Said charge shall be known as the "Combined Sewer Charge", said "Charge" to be determined as follows: 1) The surface water portion of the levy for the Combined Sewer Chaz e that discharges to the u-- blic sanitary sewer will be assessed based on the following formula: Cost/year = A(1.25) (0.9) (7.5) Where A = the area of collection of surface runoff in square feet 1.25 represents a 15 inches per year of moisture converted to feet .9 represents the coefficient of runoff from .roofs and laved areas. 7.5 represents the number of gallons/cubic foot R/M the sanitary sewer charge in rate/1000 gallons, or 2) The Groundwater portion of the levy for the Combined Sewer Chare discharged to the public sanitary sewer will be assessed based on the measured volume and charged at the sanitary sewer rate er`1a00 allons. Sump eded to umps installed in basements which are nedischarge seepage, floodwaters or other unmetered water to the sani- tary sewer are not required to be metered if the annual discharge is less than 20,000 gallons er year and there will be no assessment made if the annual discharge is less than said amount. it is the responsibility of the property owner to provide a device for metering the volume of ground- water collected that is satisfactory to the Director of Public Works, when such a device is required. C) The Department of Public Works shall prepare a list of all lots and parcels, enumerating the area of structures and Paved areas which collect surface water and/or col- lects roundwater and discharges the same to the public sanitary sewer. 342 Such_ list shall be submitted to the City Clerk on or before the first Monday in October next following the effective date of this Ordinance. The Department of Public Works shall, at least once each ear thereafter, revise and update such list and file such revisions with the City Clerk. Dj The City Clerk shall, or on before ,the last day of October of each ear, mail to every owner of a lot or parcel within the city,.such ownership to be deter- mined on the same date and in the same manner as are real property taxes, a statement setting forth the annual charge to be assessed against such lot for the Combined Sewer Charge thereto. Such charge shall be due and ayable on or before 5:00 P.M. on November 30 of each year. Upon failure of the owner to pay such charge, such owner will be in arrears and delinquent and such charge shall be collected by the City Clerk. A11 charges in arrears and delinquent hereunder shall bear interest and be assessed Renalties in the same amounts and at the same rates as are assessed to delinquent real estate taxes. E} All collections of the "Combined Sewer Charge" shall be deposited in the Sanitary Sewer Fund. Fj Any 2erson who considers the charges applicable to his lot or parcel to be unjust or ine uitable may apply to the Director of Public Works for adjustment thereof; stating in writing, the grounds for his complaint. The Director of Public Works shall cause an appropriate in- vestigation thereof and report his findings to the City Council for review, if such complaint is not withdrawn. The Council shall promptly review such report and hear the complaint; if the City Council determines that an adjustment of the charges for any such lot or parcel is necessary to provide for the just and equitable = - plication of the Combined Sewer Charge, it shall so provide, either by an ordinance amendatory hereto or by directives to the City fixing special char es for individual lots or parcels. SECTION II. The balance of Ordinance No. 1002, not amended hereby, shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION III. This Ordinance shall be effective on 1, 1959, after final passage and approval by the Mayor. gS PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPEL. AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR THIS �_ DAY OF , 1983 Me cDowell, Mayor ATTEST: Francis T. O'Boyle, sting Mayor MarjorGiermann, City Clerk -Treasurer i, Marjorie Gie=ann, City Clerk of the City of Kalispell, Montana, do certify that on the day of , 19 �3 : I posted a copy of the foregoing ordinance in y of f ee, a�n.d the a remained posted untilthe trueeaa�ddIL:iLi= eactgon thThe-ordinancehe 14 l.g�, and the foregoing is as passed y the Czty Council, City Cie of the City of Kalispell, Montana