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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING NEW SEWER RATE SCHEDULES, PROVIDING FOR A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That the Rate Schedules for sewer service as
provided for in Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances, are hereby
amended as follows
SEWER RATE SCHEDULES
PAGE
S1
Residential Sewer Service
2
S1R
Religious Worship Sewer Service
4
S2
Commercial/Industrial Sewer Services
6
S2A
Commercial/Industrial Sewer Services
8
S3
Wholesale Sewer Treatment Service for a
Governmental Agency, Division or Subdivision
10
S4
Intragovernmental Sewer Service
12
S5
Sale of Treated Sewer Effluent to Municipal
Utility Customers
14
S6
Metered Sewer
15
S7
Residential Sewer Service to Users Outside
of Denton Corporate Limits
17
S8
Residential Sewer Service to Users without City
of Denton Water Service
19
S9
Commercial/Industrial Sewer Service outside
the City of Denton Corporate Limits
21
S10
Metered Sewer Outside City Limits
23
SCHEDULE S1
RESIDENTIAL SEWER SERVICE
APPLICATION
Applicable for single family residential service, and
individually metered apartments or mobile homes or multi -family
facilities with less than 4 units
Not applicable for sub -billing or other utility billing by
service user in any event
NET MONTHLY RATE
(1) Facility Charge $3 00/30 days
(2) Volume Charge $1 50/1,000 gallon effluent
Billing shall be based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of
water consumption but shall not exceed a maximum of twenty-five
thousand (25,000) gallons Monthly billings for the period March
through November shall be based on the average monthly rate of
water consumption during the immediately prior months of December
through February Billings for the months of December through
February shall be based on actual consumption New residential
customers who do not have a full prior non -irrigational history
(December through February) will have a maximum bill based on
ninety-eight (98%) percent of water consumption or ten thousand
(10,000) gallons of water consumption, whichever is less until a
non -irrigational water consumption history is established
MINIMUM BILLING
Facility Charge $3 00/30 days
PAYMENT
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to
the special facilities rider
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PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 11
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in reading period x customer charge
30 days
(b) Billing for the sewer effluent shall be based on 30 days
per month to determine the gallon effluent to be charged
to each rate block
Formula
Actual days in reading period x GAL in rate block x RATE
30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate
block
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SCHEDULE S1R
RELIGIOUS WORSHIP SEWER SERVICE
APPLICATION
Applicable to all facilities used primarily for religious
worship and/or education and not for residence or commercial or
industrial enterprise
Not applicable for sub -billing or other utility billing by
service user in any event
NET MONTHLY RATE
(1) Facility Charge $3 00/30 days
(2) Volume Charge $1 50/1,000 gallon effluent
Billing shall be based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of
water consumption but shall not exceed a maximum of twenty-five
thousand (25,000) gallons Monthly billings for the period March
through November shall be based on the average monthly rate of
water consumption during the immediately prior months of December
through February Billings for the months of December through
February shall be based on actual consumption New residential
customers who do not have a full prior non -irrigational history
(December through February) will have a maximum bill based on
ninety-eight (98%) percent of water consumption or ten thousand
(10,000) gallons of water consumption, whichever is less until a
non -irrigational water consumption history is established
MINIMUM BILLING
$3 00/30 days
PAYMENT
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided sub3ect to
the special facilities rider
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PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in reading period x customer charge
30 days
(b) Billing for the sewer effluent shall be based on 30 days
per month to determine the gallon effluent to be charged
to each rate block
Formula
Actual days in reading period x GAL in rate block x RATE
30 days per 11000 gallons in rate
block
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SCHEDULE S2
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICE
APPLICATION
Applicable to all commercial and industrial sewer service
users and to all sewer service users not otherwise classified
under this ordinance
Not applicable for sub -billing or other utility billing by
service user in any event
NET MONTHLY RATE
(1) Facility Charge $6 50/30 days
(2) Volume Charge $1 60/1,000 gallon effluent
Billing based on eighty (80%) percent of monthly water
consumption
INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE
In addition to the above charge for commercial and
industrial, there will be added to the net monthly rate an
industrial surcharge based on the following formula
Cu=Vu ((Bu-2601 B + [Su-2601 S1)
Where Cu is the surcharge for user X
Vu is the billing volume for user X
Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
B HOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000590) is the unit
cost factor for treating one unit
Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
S ($0 000596) is the unit cost factor for treating
one unit of SS per 11000 gallons
MINIMUM BILLING
$6 50/30 days
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PAYMENT
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided sub3ect to
the special facilities rider
PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in reading period x customer charge
30 days
(b) Billing for the sewer effluent shall be based on 30 days
per month to determine the gallon effluent to be charged
to each rate block
Formula
Actual days in reading period x GAL in rate block x RATE
30 days per 11000 gallons in rate
block
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SCHEDULE S2A
COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL_ SEWER SERVICES
APPLICATION
Applicable to all commercial and industrial sewer service
users and to all sewer service users not otherwise classitied
under this ordinance whose waste is measured by a meter dedicated
to water which is returned into the wastewater collection and
treatment system
Not applicable for sub -billing or other utility billing by
service user in any event
NET MONTHLY RATE
(1) Facility Charge $6 50/30 days
(2) Volume Charge $1 60/1,000 gallon effluent
Billing based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of monthly water
consumption
INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE
In addition to the above charge for commercial and
industrial, there will be added to the net monthly rate an
industrial surcharge based on the following formula
Cu=Vu ([Bu-2601 B + [Su-260) S1)
Where Cu is the surcharge for user X
Vu is the billing volume for user X
Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000590) is the unit
cost factor for treating one unit
Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
S ($0 000596) is the unit cost factor for treating
one unit of SS per 11000 gallons
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MINIMUM BILLING
$6 50/30 days
PAYMENT
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to
the special facilities rider
PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in reading period x customer charge
30 re:
(b) Billing for the sewer effluent shall be based on 30 days
per month to determine the gallon effluent to be charged
to each rate block
Formula
Actual days in reading period x GAL in rate block x RATE
30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate
block
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SCHEDULE S3
WHOLESALE SEWER TREATMENT SERVICE FOR A GOVERNMENTAL
AGENCY, DIVISION OR SUBDIVISION
APPLICATION
Applicable to any municipal corporation, or other
governmental agency or subdivision which operates a sewer
collection system and contracts with the City of Denton for sewer
treatment service
NET MONTHLY RATE
(1) Facility Charge $125 00/30 days
(2) Volume Charge $1 55/1,000 gallon of effluent
Billing shall be based on one -hundred (100%) percent of
actual gallons measured by meter at one point
MINIMUM BILLING
$125 00/30 days
INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE
In addition to the above charge for commercial and
industrial, there will be added to the net monthly rate an
industrial surcharge based on the following formula
Cu=Vu ([Bu-2601 B + [Su-260) S))
Where Cu is the surcharge for user X
Vu is the billing volume for user X
Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000590) is the unit
cost factor for treating one unit
Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
S ($0 000596) is the unit cost factor for treating
one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons
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PAYMENT
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to
the special facilities rider
PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in reading period x customer charge
30 days
(b) Billing for the sewer effluent shall be based on 30 days
per month to determine the gallon effluent to be charged
to each rate block
Formula
Actual days in reading period x GAL in rate block x RATE
30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate
block
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SCHEDULE S4
INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL SEWER SERVICE
APPLICATION
Applicable to all City of Denton Departments and agencies
for all sewer service
NET MONTHLY RATE
(1) Facility Charge $6 50/30 days
(2) Volume Charge $1 60/1,000 gallon effluent
Billing shall be based on eighty (80%) percent of water
consumption
INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE
In addition to the above charge for commercial and
industrial, there will be added to the net monthly rate an
industrial surcharge based on the following formula
Cu=Vu ([Bu-260] B + [Su-260] S])
Where Cu is the surcharge for user X
Vu is the billing volume for user X
Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000590) is the unit
cost factor for treating one unit
Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
S ($0 000596) is the unit cost factor for treating
one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons
MINIMUM BILLING
$6 50/30 days
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PAYMENT
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to
the special facilities rider
PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in reading period x customer charge
30 days
(b) Billing for the sewer effluent shall be based on 30 days
per month to determine the gallon effluent to be charged
to each rate block
Formula
Actual days in reading period x GAL in rate block x RATE
30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate
block
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SCHEDULE S5
SALE OF TREATED SEWER EFFLUENT TO
MUNICIPAL UTILITY CUSTOMERS
APPLICATION
Applicable on sales of treated sewer effluent to any
municipal utility
Not available for resale in any event
NET MONTHLY RATE
(1) Facility Charge
(2) Volume Charge
MINIMUM BILLING
PAYMENT
$97 00/30 days
$ 75/1,000 gallon effluent
$97 00/30 days
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to
the special facilities rider
PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in reading period x customer charge
30 days
(b) Billing for the sewer effluent shall be based on 30 days
per month to determine the gallon effluent to be charged
to each rate block
Formula
Actual days in reading period x GAL in rate block x RATE
days per 1,000 gallons in
rate block
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SCHEDULE S6
METERED SEWER
APPLICATION
Application to any sewer service customer desiring to meter
all sewage net monthly rate effluent from a single customer
location and not otherwise classified under this ordinance
NET MONTHLY RATE
Facility Charge $130 00/30 days
Volume Charge $ 1 60/1,000 gallon effluent
INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE
In addition to the above charge for commercial and
industrial, there will be added to the net monthly rate an
industrial surcharge based on the following formula
Cu=Vu ([Bu-2601 B + [Su-260] $))
Where Cu is the surcharge for user X
Vu is the billing volume for user X
Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000590) is the unit
cost factor for treating one unit
Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
S ($0 000596) is the unit cost factor for treating
one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons
MINIMUM BILLING
$130 00/30 days
PAYMENT
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
PAGE 15
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to
the special facilities rider
PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in reading period x customer charge
30 days
ll be
ed on 30 days
(b) Bilperling monthotothe sewer determineetheuent gallonaeffluentsto be charged
to each rate block
Formula
Actual days in reading period x GAL in rate block x RATE
30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate
block
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SCHEDULE S7
RESIDENTIAL SEWER SERVICE TO USERS
OUTSIDE CITY OF DENTON CORPORATE LIMITS
APPLICATION
Applicable for single family residential sewer customers
individually metered apartments or mobile homes or multi -family
facilities with less than 4 units outside of the corporate limits
of the City of Denton and also receiving water from the City of
Denton
NET MONTHLY RATE
(1) Facility Charge $4 50/30 days
(2) Volume Charge $2 25/1,000 gallon effluent
Billing shall be based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of
water consumption but shall not exceed a maximum of twenty-five
thousand (25,000) gallons Monthly billings for the period March
through November shall be based on the average monthly rate of
water consumption during the immediately prior months of December
through February Billings for the months of December through
February shall be based on actual consumption New residential
customers who do not have a full prior non -irrigational history
(December through February) will have a maximum bill based on
ninety-eight (98%) percent of water consumption or ten thousand
(10,000) gallons of water consumption, whichever is less until a
non -irrigational water consumption history is established
MINIMUM BILLING
$4 50/30 days
PAYMENT
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to
the special facilities rider
PAGE 17
PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in readi_na _period x customer charge
30 days
(b) Billing for the sewer effluent shall be based on 30 days
per month to determine the gallon effluent to be charged
to each rate block
Formula
Actual days in reading period x Gin000te block inRATE
30 days Per
rate
block
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SCHEDULE S8
RESIDENTIAL SEWER SERVICE TO USERS WITHOUT
CITY OF DENTON WATER SERVICE
APPLICATION
Applicable to all residential facilities not also receiving
metered water service from the City of Denton, including
sub -divisions, for apartments, mobile home parks, or other
residential service users The monthly charge will be based on
the maximum number of residential units in the area served during
the month times the volume and facility charges
NET MONTHLY RATE
(1) Facility Charge
(2) Volume Charge
In Corporate
Limits
$ 2 25/30 days
$ 1 50/1,000 gals
Outside Corporate
Limits
$ 3 35/30 days
$ 2 25/1,000 gals
Volume charge will be for five thousand (5,000) gallons per
month
MINIMUM BILLING
$ 9 75 per 30 days/ $14 60 per 30 days/
per resident unit per resident unit
PAYMENT
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to
the special facilities rider
PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in reading period x customer charge
30 days
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Bil
ing
he sewer
ent
ll be
ed on 30 days
(b) perlmonthototdetermineetheugallonaeffluentsto be charged
to each rate block
Formula
Actual days in reading period x GAL in rate block x RATE
30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate
block
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SCHEDULE S9
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICE
OUTSIDE CITY OF DENTON CORPORATE LIMITS
APPLICATION
Applicable to all commercial, industrial or any other
facility not otherwise covered under this ordinance outside the
corporate limits of the City of Denton and receiving sewer
service from the City of Denton
NET MONTHLY RATE
(1) Facility Charge $9 75/30 days
(2) Volume Charge $2 40/1,000 gallon effluent
Billing based on eighty (80%) percent of monthly water
consumption
INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE
In addition to the above charge for commercial and
industrial, there will be added to the net monthly rate an
industrial surcharge based on the following formula
Cu=Vu ([Bu-2601 B + [Su-260) S))
Where Cu is the surcharge for user X
Vu is the billing volume for user X
Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
B BOD per 11000 gallons ($0 000885) is the unit
cost factor for treating one unit
Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
S ($0 000894) is the unit cost factor for treating
one unit of SS per 11000 gallons
MINIMUM BILLING
$9 75/30 days
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PAYMENT
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to
the special facilities rider
PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in reading period x customer charge
30 days
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SCHEDULE S10
METERED SEWER OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
APPLICATION
Application to any sewer service customer desiring to meter
all sewage effluent from a single customer location and not
otherwise classified under this ordinance
NET MONTHLY RATE
Facility Charge $195 00/30 days
Volume Charge $ 2 40/1,000 gallon effluent
INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE
al
nd
In additionthere willtbe added to he above charge
net monthly rate a
rate an
industrial,
industrial surcharge based on the following formula
Cu=Vu ([Bu-2601 B + [Su-2603 S])
Where Cu is the surcharge for user X
Vu is the billing volume for user X
Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1,
whichever is greater
B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000885) is the unit
cost factor for treating one unit
Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/l,
whichever is greater
S ($0 000894) is the unit cost factor for treating
one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons
MINIMUM BILLING
$195 00/30 days
PAYMENT
Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid
within 15 calendar days from date of issuance
PAGE 23
SPECIAL FACILITIES
All services which require special facilities in order to
meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to
the special facilities rider
PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS
(a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12
billings annually
Formula
Actual days in reading period x customer charge
30 days
ll be
ed on 30 days
(b) Bilperling monthotothe sewer determineetheuent gallonaeffluentsto be charged
to each rate block
Formula
Actual days in reading period x GALper in000te block x RATE
30 ays
rate
block
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SECTION II
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any
person or circumstances is held invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the
City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such
remaining portions despite any such invalidity
SECTION III
That the Schedule of Rates herein adopted shall be effective,
charged and applied to the first regular billing cycle on or
after October 1, 1987
PASSED AND APPROVED this day of 1987
ATTEST
JE IFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY
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