250.233. Charges for sewer services--notice and public hearing required.
Charges for sewer services--notice and public hearing required.
250.233. Any city, town or village operating a seweragesystem or waterworks may establish, make and collect charges forsewerage services, including tap-on fees. The charges may be setas a flat fee or based upon the amount of water supplied to thepremises and shall be in addition to those charges which may belevied and collected for maintenance, repair and administration,including debt service expenses. Any private water company orpublic water supply district supplying water to the premiseslocated within said city, town or village shall, at reasonablecharge upon reasonable request, make available to such city, townor village its records and books so that such city, town orvillage may obtain therefrom such data as may be necessary tocalculate the charges for sewer service. Prior to establishingany such sewer charges, public hearings shall be held thereon andat least thirty days' notice shall be given thereof.
(L. 1983 H.B. 371)(1991) Duty to provide at least thirty days' notice of public hearings to establish sewer charges requires city to use traditionally accepted procedures of publishing legal notices in newspaper of general circulation. The attention of the local media does not substitute for the notice required by this section. City of Lexington v. Seaton, 819 S.W.2d 753 (Mo.App.).