Sewer
ORDINANCE NO. 442
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEWER ORDINANCE NO. 431 TO ADD SPECIFIC LOAN NUMBER FOR the City of Colman, South Dakota, that Ordinance No. 431 Be Amended As Follows:
Section 1. The following rates and charges are hereby established and shall be payable for sewer usage made
available for municipal, industrial, commercial, and domestic purposes as follows:
Base/Surcharge - $43.96 per month per service for residential, industrial, and commercial purposes.
$32.10 of the base charge will go directly to paying of the loans for the Sewer Replacement Project
for CW-1 and CW-2.
$11.86 of the base charge will go directly to paying of the loans for the Sewer Replacement Project for CW-3.
The City hereby establishes this surcharge of $43.96 payable by each customer of its system who receives or benefits from the services of the project financed by the CW -01, CW-02, and CW-03 loans with the borrower bond. The surcharge shall remain in effect until such time as the borrower bond is paid in full; it shall be collected at the same time as other charges of the system and establish a surcharge account to segregate the income from other system income for bookkeeping purposes to be pledged to the South Dakota Conservancy District. The surcharge shall be reviewed from year to year and modified in order to provide the required 110 percent debt coverage. This surcharge will begin being charged when wastewater service becomes available at the property and is within city limits.
The City also establishes a monthly $5.35 charge per 1,000 gallons. Currently the per thousand charges do not start until 4,000 gallons. This “free wastewater” will be phased out on an annual basis. In April 2024 the charge will start at 3,000 gallons. This will lower by 1,000 in January of every year until completely phased out in January of 2027. For residential services, there is also a cap of 10,000 gallons that can be charged. Commercial/Industrial will have no cap.
These rates will increase by a minimum of $0.10 per 1,000 gallons every year and will be reviewed on an annual basis.
Section 2. All ordinances, resolutions, or motions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. The
invalidity of any section, clause, sentence, or provision of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any part of this ordinance which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts.
Section 3. This ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and
support of the municipal government and its existing institutions, and shall take effect immediately upon the passage and publication thereof pursuant to SDCL 9-19-13.
Section 4. Regulation of unpolluted water and sump pump discharge:
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this code, the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to apply to any discharge of unpolluted water, including, but not limited to, storm water, sump pump water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, or subsurface drainage.
Unpolluted water, as defined, shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, to the curb and gutter of the street or alley, or to such other natural outlet approved by the City. Ground water or sump water, collected by building subdrains must discharge to the ground surface outside of the building, a storm drain, a sump pump collection system, or a natural outlet. No sump pump discharge to the ground surface shall create a hazard or a nuisance, including but not limited to: ice accumulation on city streets, alleys, and sidewalks; damaging a city street or sidewalk; creating ponds of standing water or algae; depositing on the asphalt surface of a street or alley when a concrete curb and gutter is available to receive such discharge; or flowing over adjoining property.
The City Engineer, or his designee, will not authorize or grant any exception variance permitting the discharge of unpolluted water to the sanitary sewer.
Signed:__________________________
City of Colman Mayor
Attest:
Signed: _______________________________
City of Colman Finance Officer
1st Reading: Mar 18, 2024
2nd Reading: April 9, 2024
Adopted: April 9, 2024
Published: April 17, 2024