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Home My WebLink About1982-017NO W- / AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 25-49 OF CHAPTER 25 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PERTAINING TO SANITARY SEWER SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES, AMENDING SECTION 25-60 OF CHAPTFR 25 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PERTAINING TO WATER RATES AND CHARGES AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I Section 25-49 and Section 25-60 of Chapter 25 of the Code of the City of Denton, Texas are hereby amended so that the same shall hereafter read as follows DIVISION 2 SERVICE RATES Section 25-49 Schedule The rates to be charged by the City of Denton for sanitary sewer service shall be based on water consumption and are hereby amended as follows (a) Residential Rate (S-1 Rate) (1) Monthly Rate Customer Charge $3 00 per 30 day billing period Volume Charge $0 85 per 1,000 gallons Billing shall be based on ninety-eight (98%) Aercent 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 second highest 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 that do not have a full prior nonirrigational history (December through February) will have a maximum bill based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of water consumption or seven thousand (7,000) gallons of water consumption, whichever is less (2) Availability Applicable for single-family residential use Where less than five (5) units of a multiple dwelling are served by a single sewer service line, the minimum bill and the number of gallons in each category shall be multiplied by the number of family or housekeeping units (3) Payment Billing for service hereunder will be at the net monthly rate, payment of which is due on or before the due date shown on the statement There shall be SANITARY SEWER SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES -PAGE ONE a charge of Seventy ($70 00) Dollars for reconnecting such discontinued service (b) Commercial and Industrial (S-2 Rate) (1) Net Monthly Rate Customer Charge $6 50 per 30 day billing period Volume Charge $0 95 per 1,000 gallons Billing based on eighty (80%) percent of water consumption 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 260 mg/l, whichever is greater B is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000393) Su is the tested SS level for user X or 260 mg/l, whichever is greater S is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons ($0 000397) (2) Availability Applicable for commercial and industrial use other than for those users under Rate S-1 (3) Payment Same as S-1 Rate above Where user does not have separately metered water service, sewer charges shall be based on usage of other metered customers of like classification multiplied by the percentage factor necessary to equate sire (c) Sales for Resale (S-3) $0 85 per 1,000 gallons (d) Sales to City Accounts (S-4) $0 90 per 1,000 gallons (e) Effluent Sales To Steam Generating Plant (S-5) $0 25 per 1,000 gallons (f) Customers Outside City Limits Customers outside the city limits shall be charged the appropriate rate schedule as listed above multiplied by one hundred fifteen (115%) percent (g) Church Rates Customer Charge $3 00 per 30 day billing period Volume Charge $0 85 per 1,000 gallons Billing shall be based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of water consumption Maximum billing of March through November shall be based on water consumption during the second highest nonirrigational month (December through February) New church customers that do not have a full prior nonirrigational history (November through March) will have a maximum bill based on ninety-eight (98%) SANITARY SEWER SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES -PAGE TWO percent of water consumption or seven thousand (7,000) gallons of water consumption, whichever is less Section 25-50/25-59 Reserved ARTICLE IV WATER Section 25-60 Rate Schedule The rates to be charged by the City of Denton for water services are hereby established as follows (a) Residential Users Inside of City Limits (W-1 Rate) (1) Monthly Rate Customer Charge $3 25 per 30 day billing period Winter Volume Charge (October -May) All consumption $1 10 per 1,000 gallons Summer Volume Charge (June -September) 0-20,000 gallons $1 10 per 1,000 gallons Above 20,000 gallons $1 30 per 1,000 gallons (2) Minimum Charge $5 00 Commercial Users $8 00 (3) Availability Residential Service Applicable for single-family residential use Where less than five (5) units of a multiple dwelling are served by a single water service line, the minimum bill and the number of gallons in each category shall be multiplied by the number of family or housekeeping units (4) Payment Billing for service hereunder will be at the net monthly rate, payment of which is due on or before the due date shown on the statement Sections 95-4 and 25-6 of this Chapter will apply to service users having overdue bills (b) Commercial and Industrial (W-2) (1) Monthly Rate Customer Charge Volume Charge (2) Minimum Charge (c) Sales for Resale (W-3) Customer Charge Volume Charge (d) Utility Operations (W-4) Customer Charge Volume Charge $7 25 per 30 day billing period $1 05 per 1,000 gallons $110 00 per 30 day billing period $ 1 00 per 1,000 gallons $7 25 per 30 day billing period $1 10 per 1,000 gallons SANITARY SEWER SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES -PAGE THRFE (e) Sales to City Accounts (W-5) Customer Charge $7 50 per 30 day billinq period Volume Charge $1 10 per 1,000 gallons (f) Sales to Steam Generating Plant (W-6) Volume Charge (g) Fire Service (W-7) $0 25 per 1,000 gallons (1) Rate and monthly charge Each commercial or industrial establishment requiring a standby fire service line (unmetered) to serve sprinklers or other private fire -fighting equipment shall pay for this service each month as follows For each six-inch fire service line $ 8 25 For each eight -inch fire service line $11 00 (2) Availability Each fire service line is not to be used for any purpose other than fire fightinq (h) Customers Outside City Limits Except for W-3 Rate Customers, customers outside the city limits shall be charged the appropriate rate schedule as listed above multiplied by one hundred fifteen (115%) percent SECTION II This ordinance shall become effective on /V%A i 1982 PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of t tuzr 1982 C ATTEST CHARLOTTE L EN, CITY SECRETARY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS BY c OF DF TON, TEXAS SANITARY SEWER SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES-PAGF 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