City of Ramona
Box 84, Ramona, KS 67475
Ordinance No. 182
Be it ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Ramona, Kansas:
Section 1. That commencing on October 1, 2004, and thereafter, there shall be made a charge of $6.00 per month or any portion thereof for the use of the City Sewage Disposal System to be paid by the owners of property connected to the system.
Amended 6-12-06
Section 1: That commencing October 1, 2006, and thereafter, there shall be made a charge of $10 per month, or any portion thereof, for the use of the City Sewage Disposal System to be paid by the owners of property connected to the system.
Section 2. The sewer charge provided for herein shall be payable semi-annually on the 30th day of April and the 31st day of October of each year beginning October 31, 2004. All payments shall be made to the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall notify each recipient of sewer service of the amount due on his service as the service charge becomes payable.
Section 3. In the event that any person, firm or corporation using the City Sewage Disposal System neglects, fails or refuses to pay the charges fixed herein, said charges shall be by the City Clerk, certified to the Country Clerk of Marion County, Kansas, to be placed on the tax roll for collection subject to the same penalties and collected in like manner as other taxes are by law collectible and shall become a lien upon the real property served by the sewer connection.
Section 4. The revenue derived from the charges for the use of the City Sewage Disposal System as provided for herein, shall be placed in the City Treasury and kept in a separate fund and shall be paid out and distributed as follows:
First: To pay for the operation, maintenance and renewal of the sewage disposal system of Ramona.
Second. To pay for the salaries of employees engaged in operating said sewage disposal system.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall be in full force and take affect on and after October 1, 2004, and its publication once in the Marion County Record, the official newspaper of the City of Ramona, Kansas.
Amended 6-24-10
SECTION 6. Any uninhabited, defunct dwelling or structure within city limits, which is without utilities (electricity, water, gas), is exempt from sewer fees, upon notifying the City Clerk. If a dwelling or building, which has been inhabited since 2004 (when the sewer ordinance was enacted), wishes to disconnect from the City Sewer, that person, firm or corporation, may cap the sewer line on their property, and have it verified that it is no longer in use, by the City Maintenance person.
SECTION 7: If, in the future, a person, firm or corporation, that has capped a sewer line, wishes to reconnect to the Ramona sewer line, they must fill out a Sewer Connection Form with the City Clerk, pay a fee of $25 for reconnection and inspection by the City of Ramona Maintenance personnel.
Signed: Mayor Pat Wick
Attested: Clerk, Jessica Gilbert
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Pat Wick, Mayor
ATTEST: J. Gilbert, Clerk
First Published in the Marion County Record September 8, 2004
Passed and approved this 20th day of July, 2004.
Amended June 12, 2006
Amended June 14, 2010