Columbia Computation of sewer charges and fees to users outside city ordinance (§ 22-266)
Chapter 22: Public Works and Improvements · Article VI. Sewers and Sewage Disposal
In short: Sewer users outside Columbia pay the regular section 22-263 charge plus 50 percent in unincorporated areas, or plus 100 percent inside another municipality or an area seeking incorporation. Outside-city connection fees are the section 22-264 fee plus 50 percent.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
Each user of the wastewater system of the city whose property or premises may be located outside the corporate limits of such city and within any unincorporated area, shall pay as a sewage service charge a sum equal to the charge computed under the provisions of section 22-263 of this Code plus fifty (50) percent. Each user of the wastewater system of the city whose property or premises may be located outside the corporate limits of the city and within the corporate limits of any other municipality, or each user in an area whose inhabitants have instituted
proceedings for incorporation as another municipality, shall pay as a sewage service charge a sum equal to the charge computed under the provisions of section 22-263 of this Code plus one hundred (100) percent. Persons owing a connection fee for property located outside the corporate limits of the city shall pay as a connection fee a sum equal to the connection fee computed under the provisions of section 22-264 of this Code plus fifty (50) percent. The amounts computed in accordance with this section shall be considered as additional capital charges.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 22-266
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.