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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 CHAPTER 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 $2 50 per month
Volume Charge $0 74 per 1,000 gallons
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 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
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 $5 50 per month
Volume Charge $0 81 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 size
(c) Sales for Resale (S-3), $0 77 per 1,000 gallons
(d) Sales to City Accounts (S-4), $0 83 per 1,000 gallons
(e) Effluent Sales To Steam Generating Plant (S-5), $0 16
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 $2 50 per month
Volume Charge $0 74 per 1,000 gallons
Billing shall be based on ninety-eight (988) 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 (988)
percent of water consumption or seven thousand (7,000)
gallons of water consumption, whichever is less
Section 25-50/25-59 Reserved
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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 00 per month
Winter Volume Charge (October -May)
All consumption $1 00 per 1,000 gallons
Summer Volume Charge (June -September)
0-20,000 gallons $1 00 per 1,000 gallons
Above 20,000 gallons $1 15 per 1,000 gallons
(2) Minimum Charge
Residential Users $4 75
Commercial Users $7 50
(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 25-4
and 25-6 of this Chapter will apply to service users
having overdue bills
(b) Commercial and Industrial (W-2)
Customer Charge
Volume Charge
(c) Sales for Resale (W-3)
Customer Charge
Volume Charge
(d) Utility Operations (W-4)
Customer Charge
Volume Charge
$6 50 per month
$0 94 per 1,000 gallons
$100 00 per month
$ 0 92 per 1,000 gallons
$6 50 per month
$1 00 per 1,000 gallons
(e) Sales to City Accounts (W-5)
Customer Charge $6 95 per month
Volume Charge $1 00 per 1,000 gallons
(f) Sales to Steam Generating Plant (W-6)
Volume Charge $0 18 per 1,000 gallons
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(g) Fire Service (W-7)
(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 $ 7 50
For each eight -inch fire service line $10 00
(2) Availability
Each fire service line is not to be used for any
purpose other than fire fighting
(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
PASSED AND APPROVED this the /44
day
ATTE
AtR5OK8 HOLT, CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY
on May 7, 1981
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