84 Sewer Service
ORDINANCE'NO. 84.
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ENACTING A SEWER ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF MERIDrAN TO PROVIDE FOR
THE MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, R~T)AIR, EXPANSION, EXTENSION, RATES
AND CHARGES FOR SEWER SERVICE- ,FOR THE CITY SE\VER SYS'l'EM INCLUDING
THE LATEF~L AND TRUNK LINES AND TREATMENT PLANT; REPEALING
CHAP'I'ER 5 TITLE VII OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF MERIDIAN AND ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER TO BE DESIGNATED
CHAPTER 5 TITLE VII; PROVIDED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATJON.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL O~ THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO: .
Section 1. That Chapter 5 of Title VII of the Revised and
Compiled Ordinances of the City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho is
hereby repealed and there is hereby'enacted the following ordi-
nance to be designated as Chapter 5, Title VII as follows:
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7-501: DECLARATION OF POLICY: It is hereby declared that
the City of Meridian owns and operates both a municipal water
system and a munic:ipal sewer system and that the sewer system has
been expanded and a sewage treatlnent plant constructed under
authority of Ordinance No. 75 of the City of Meridian, passed and
approved by the City Council and Mayor on December 5, 1955, by the
terms of which ordinance the City after election duly held is
Obligated for revenue bonds in the principal sum of $275,000.00;
under the terms of said ordinance the revenue from the municipal
water system is pledged as additional security for said sewer
revenue bonds and it is the policy at the City of Meridian to
operate the sewer system and the water system in conjunction, one
with the other, for the mutual benefit of the residents of the City
and to secure the.b~nd~ indebtedness of the sewer system.
7-502: CITY AUTHORITY: The sewer system for the transmission,
treatment Bnd disposal of sewage for the City of Meridisn shall be
under the sole and exclusive control of the Mayor and Council who
may from time to time direct the construction, expansion, exten-
slun, repeir and maintenance of the sewer system owned and operated
by said city as the necessity of the city may require. The cost of
maintenanc'e and repair of the city sewer system shall be paid out ,-
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7-50): SUPERINDENDZNT: 'l'here is hereby created the office of
a Superintendent of Sewers who shall under the direction of the
Mayor and Council have charge of such works, Mains, Laterals,
Trunk lines, treatment plant, connection of service pipes and con-
duits and all other matters pertaining to the city sewer system
and shall report to the Mayor and Council monthly or AS often as
required, the condition of the sewer system and make such recom-
mendations as the nature of the service may requir~.
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7- 504: OPERA'llION AND ll,IAIN'l'ENANCE OF SYSTEM: The sewer sys tem
shall be kept in repair by the Superintendent of Sewers and no
other person unless authorized by him shall work on or operate
s411d system or any part ther-eof, and it shall be his duty at all
tl~es to maintain said system in such a working condition that the
sewage of the City of Meridian is effeciently and sanitarily
carried froln the pr-emises of the users of said system- and processed
in the sewer treatment plant owned and operated by the city.
7-505. APPLICATION FOE SEVVER SERVICE: Whenever any person,
firm or corporation desires to obtain sewer service from the city
he shall make application therefor in writing to the Superintendent
of Sewers and sign an agreement to be governed by such rules end
regulations not inconsistant with this chapter as mey be prescribed
by the Mayor and Council for the control of the sewer system. The
Applicant must state the location, kind of building and fully ari
truly state the purpose for which the sewer'service is to be used
including the type end nwnbel' of' appliances, machinery and fixtur'c8
that will discharge into the sewer system. The Superintendent is
51 u tJw I' i z ed----.:!LO ace e-P-LJill-C2D__8 J2J21i c a:t i 0 Il_ a nd ~.t~y og;-.LQ f conn e.9 t JJ1~
.~he use~s premises tE._~hE"L_::o.Bwer.._ sY_~_~,~~_Sl.1.~lL_~~_borne. by___t):~!?_,_ .
_~lic-!!~d all c_.~~f.1ect:!:..on;3 maa.~~~a.l(L._~stem ~L,?a0c",_~Rll"=
cant shall be under tlle sU.QS3rvision and control_~f t~~_ 3~~.!'_!llt~n:-
cient. A connectifl~ lines laid at the expense of any use!' shall
be illsi tained and Otidratedatthe expense of the user p~:the user
shall at all tim:~ grant to ~!le ~3tJ')~rin~~nt fI'~~ a~~e~;1. to 11is
-property-for the purpose or-lnspectlon In connectlun V\llt, .th~. ., " "".: ,. "~
operation of the system: . No c:onnco~~o,n, :to ~he?:wer.sy~~em~~~~l ~e
made without first obtaInIng 8 permIt thereto!' from the 0upeIl~ten
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den L \ivJlich permit, exc apt as otherwise .herein provided, shall be
given without charge.
7-506: USEHS LIABLE FOR VIOLA~[1I(:':r;: No user of the city
sewer service shall permit or allow any person from any other
premises or any unauthorized peroon to discharge sewage into s~id
system and the permit to connect with the sewer system shall be
limi ted to the person and the premises designated :in the perm.i t.
Any violation o~ this section by either the perm.it holder or an un-
authorized person shall be deemed a misdemeanor. Any such
violations ~hall be grounds for the Superintendent to withold
sewer service until a separate service connectiori is put in fbr
each user.
7-507: M-AIFTE1\ANCE. 0]' LINES: All users of the sewer sys::.em
shall keep their pipe connections and other apparatus in good re-
pair and protected from freezing at their own expense but no per-
son, except under directioL of the Superinte6dent, shall be allowed
to dig into the street, alley, sidewal& or easement beneath which
the later al and trunk-line sewers run or to tap into any such
lateral or trunk-line in ,any manner.
'7-588: NO TAlv'IPElUNG PERMI'I"I'ED: Any person, firm or corpora-
tion, who by hlmo"elf, family, servants, employees or agents shall
use the sewer service of the city without first Obtaining a permit
therefor 61' who shall without authority connect onto said system or
in any way inuure, derace, obstruct or impair any part or appurte-
nants of the sewer system shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$100.00 for each offense or he inprtsoned in the City JaiJ nnt
exc eeding" thirty days or by ~) oth such fine and i!ilprisonment.
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7-509: PEFP.LTY FOR TUHNIHG ON WATER: Ii' any persun oILer
the water has been turned off from the premises under a permit on
account of non-paynent of rates or other violation of the rules
and reg~lations pertaining to the sewer service, shall turn on or
per,ni t to be turned on or use or per.mi t the ',':>~- "'0'::' to be used \Ni th-
out authority' he sholl b~ on corvlotion ther~of; fined not exceed-
ing $50.00 for e~ch offense.
7- 510: CITY NOT LI.ABLE .FOR Di~AIAGE OH SHOETAGE: 'l'he city
shall not be held liable for damage to any sewer user by reason of
a stoppage or "other interruption of his water supply or sewer dis-'
posal service caused by scaricity of water, accidents to the works,
alterations, additions, or repairs to the sewer system or from
other unavoidal be causes beyond the control or th.e city.
''7-51r:-DELIHC)J:JENCY::.Thf3 CitJ' -:aerk.uhall -i~:l1ri:1:Lsh,iJb each
sewer user'who is a permit holder or his agent, on the 1st day of
each m::mth, a statement of the anount due for sewer service fo!' the
preceeding month. If any person neglects to pay his sewer
charge by the lOth of the following month or shall fail or refuse
to pay said sewer charge the City Clerk shall cause the water
supplied. to said person by the City to be turned off fr.Cll.m the pre-
misses of such delinquent and before the water shall be again turned
on all delinquent sewage charges munt be paid in full together
with the sum of *~l.OO additional for the ezpense of turning the
water off and on. All corrections as to charges and ail abatements
shall be made under the direction of the Mayor and Council and
shall be certified to the City Clerk and no allowance shall be
made for non-UAe. In thOSA CASAS, if any, where the user of
sewer- service is not also using water service of the City the
land shall be pledged as security for the payment of all sewer
charges and t~is provisiQn shell be lu~de a condition of granting
sewer service to an applicant.
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-7-5:t.2: INSPECTION: }1.....ree acess to all places served by the
sewer system at all reasonable hours' shall be allowed the Super-
intendent, the Mayor, the City Clerk and Council to examine the
works including the instaliat;ions on a users premises and the
manner of using the same. .
7-514: PRIVIES PROHIBITED: Privies, also know as outhouses,
ArB expressly prohibited within the City of Meridian on any pre-
m~seslocated,within the corporate limits of said city.
7- 515: CESSPOOLS ANI SE'P'rrC TANKS PHOHIH1'l'B.:D: It is unlawful
for any person to maintain a cesspool or septic tank not connected
with the sewer system in the City of Meridian on any premises
located with 200 feet of any sewer line. All such cesspools and
septic tanks when ceased to be used as required ~ereip shall be.
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7-516: DISCHARGDJG IRRIGATION WA'l'ER INTC SYSTEM: .. It shall-
be unlawful for any person to discharge irrigation water ihto the
sewer system. Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
7-517: DISCONNECTION FOB. NON~-PAYMENrr: The pI'ovisioJ-s of this
ordinance shall apply to all property within the corporate limits
of Meridian, inclUding all property owned or occupied by the-
~nited StuLes of Amerida, Ada County, 'and the State of Idaho, and
ln case of non-paYlnent or delinquency, the Superintendent of Sewers
is hereby authorized and directed to, upon ten (10) days notice
to the owner, occupant or person in charge of such property, dis-
connect and plug the sewer connection with the sewer system of'
Meridian.
7-518: All charges or ~ees, as provided by this ordinance,
not paid within thirty days of the date when due shall become
delinquent and shall be, and the same are hereby imposed as, a
lien upon and against the property or premises against which snch
Charge or fee is levied and assessed, and the City Cillerk shall, at
the time of certifying the c1 ty taxes of iV1eridian, certify such
delinquencies; together with-all penalties, to the Tax Collector
of Ada County, and when so certlf'jed the same shall be a lien upon
the property and collectible 6S other ~axes.
7-519= SERVIOE CHARGES AND FEES: There is hereby-establiohcd
a system or periOdic service charges and fees for the use of, and
for service rendered by, the sewer system and sewage disposal facili-
ties of Meridian, whi~h said service oharges and fees shall
be based upon the volume and content of liquid affluent diSCharged
into the sewer system of said city, and which charges and ~ees shall
shall be unif'orm as to the different classes of property served
by said sewer system and sewage disposal facilityes, and each user
of said system shall pay his proportionalt share of the bost of'
said system under Ordinance No. 75 of this city. ~ rate~.__c:.~~.~:rgQ~
and fees provided by this' ordinanc e are hereby levied and
as-s'essed aga'1nst eachLo---e--, -paYee! err-land ,bUilding'or property
having any sewer conneation with'the sanitary sewage system of
Meridian, or intercepting sewers, or otherwise diSCharging
sunitary sewage, industrial waste water, or other liquids, directly
or indirectly, into the sanitary sewage disposal system or f80ili- .
,'ties of said ci ty, which charges and fees shall [)egin on November 1,
;1956 and shall_Q~_~s follows.; ... --"._H_.. ....._."'..._"_._..~._'"".,,....._.,
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I. USER CHARGES:
1. All d6mestic sewQusers served by the old ciLy sewer
system shall be Obligated to pay their proportion of the
cost of the new trunk lihe and new treatment plant hereby
determined to be at the rate of $1.25 per month.
2. All domestic sewer Users served entirely by the new
city sewer system shall be Obligated to'pay their pro-
portion of the cost of the new laterals, new trunk line
and new treatment plant hereby determined to be at the
rate of #3.30 per month. .
2. All industrial sewer Users served by the old lateral
city sewer system shall oe- obligated to pay their pro-
portion of the cost of' the new trunk line anJ new treat-
ment plant based on the quantity and quality of the average
volume of sewage discharged into the system, whiCh volume
shall be determined by engineering tests. Such engineering
tests shall form the basis of the city council fixing the
rates by resolution.
4. Allindustrial sewer users served intirely by the new
sewer syotom shall be obligated'to pay their proportion
of the cost of the new laterals, new trunk line and new
treatment plant based on the quahtity and quality of the
volume of sewage diSCharged into the system, which volume
shall be determined by engineering tests. Such engineering
tests shall form the b~sis of the city council rixing the
rates by resolution. -
5. All commercial sewersers served by the old sewer
system shall be obligated to pay their proportion of the
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cost of the new trunk line and new tre2tment plant based,
on the quantity ahd quality of the volume of sewage d~S-
charged into thesy:4em, which volume shall be c1eter'lfilned,
by the ty!)8, num.ber and frequency of use of glumbing fixtures
discharging waste into the sewer system which shall form
the basis of the city council setting the raLes by
resolution. '
6. All cOIO.cnercial sewer user s served by the new sewer
system shall be obligated to pay their proportion of the
cost of the new laterals, new trunk line and new treat-
ment plant based on the quantity and quality of the
volwne of sewage discharged irto the system., whch volu~ne
shall be determined by the type, number and frequency of'
use bf plumbing fixtures discharging waste into the'sewer
system which shall form the basis of the city counc"i 1
setting the rates by resolution.
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II. DEFINITION OF TEillJS:
'l'he term "domestic user" is defined as any premises
principallY used by a single family as a permanent
residence, discharging household waste into the system
other than industrial or Commercial.
:;:',::,~:: term "industrial user" is defined as any premises
discharging water ca~rying ruateri~ls derived from washing,
flushing, extracting, impregnating or other processing
forTrled in the operati;Jn of industrial establishments not
domestic or comnlercial.
The ter.m l'corillneI'cial user" is defined as any pre.mises dis,",~--.. .
charging waste into the system other than domestic or
industrial. . -
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rl1he term "old Rewer system" is defined as that part of
the city sewer system constructe and in use ;~j~~ to the
cO!1Lpletio):1 of the" new swwer seyste"m construc;ted'--under
authority or the Ordinance No. 75 of the city of Meridian.
The term "new sewer system" is defined as that part of
the city sewer system constructed and cODwleted under
authority of Ordinance No. 75 of the City of Nieri'dian.
III. :F'U'l'U.RE HOOI~UPS =
All new connections with the sewer system after Kovember ~,
1956 shall pay a hook-up charge as follows:
All connections to the old sewer system shall pay $~.OO
per year or fraction thereof in addition to the regularly
montty.ly charge arLer connecting.
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All connections to the new sewer system shall pay $10.00
per year or fraction thereof in addition to the regularly
monthly charge after connecting.
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This hook-up charge shall apply only to users connecting
with the city sewer system in the future who are riot .
Obligated to pay se'Ner charges as of 'IJove,mber 1, 1956,
under the terms of ttds or-dinance.
IV. PRE-PA:G/1ENT:
Any user shall haveLhe right to prepo;y his entire !;)ro-
portionate cost of the obligation under the sewer bonds
author'; zed by Or-dinance No. 75 of the City of .i\:leridian
in one lump swn as determined by the city cou.ncil upon
applic:3tion to m.al\:e such payment by any user-.
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7-520: CI'I'YMONIES: All monies collected by the City Clerk
under~.the ~rbvisions of this ordiriance shall be paid, received,
disbursed Bnd accounted for'as diracted by Ordinance No. 75 or
t::lis city passed Deceinbe~ 5, 1955.
7- 521: ACyrhORI'l'Y':"TO AMEND :;:mGULATIONS. 'r'athing her ein con-
tained shRll prohibit the Mayor and Council fibm amending, alter-
ing, or adding to the pr-ovisions of this chapter in. relation to.
the sewer service supplied by the city in ~~~ard to rates~ .char-gas,
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expansion, alteration, repair, or any other matter related to the
sewer system, as changed conditions may require from time to-time.
7-522: CONSTRUCTION OF ACT----SAVING CLAUSE: This Drdinance
shall be construed'to fully and effectally cairy out the purposes
and int~nt thereof, and if any part or portion therof be declared
invalid, or the apIllication thereof to any person, circumstance or
thing is declared Invalid, the validity of the remainder of this
act and the applicability thereof to any person, circumstance or
thing shall not be affected thereby, and it is the intention of
the City Council to preserve any and all parts of said ace whereever
possible.
Passed ~y the City Council and'approved by the MayGr of ' the
City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, this 8th day of October, .
1956. .
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