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Home My WebLink About1978-024NO ' 3 - a `f' AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, PROVIDING NEW WATER AND SEWER TAPPING FEES AND NEW SERVICE RATE CHARGES FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICE REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSF AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas,is hereby amended and changed in the following particulars (1) Chapter 25, Article I, Section 25-7 is hereby amended by providing new rates for "Water Tapping Fees", "Water Meter Loops" and "Sewer Tapping Fees" as follows Size of Tap 3/4 inch 1 inch 1 1/2 inch 2 inch WATER TAPPING FEES (including meter loop) Paved Street $365 00 395 00 595 00 700 00 Unpaved Street $320 00 340 00 540 00 645 00 Taps over two (2) inches will be cost of material labor and equipment 3/4 inch 1 inch 1 1/2 inch 2 inch WATER METER LOOPS SEWER TAPPING FEES Size of Tap Paved Street 4 inch $290 00 6 inch 295 00 8 inch 315 00 10 inch 325 00 $ 90 00 150 00 265 00 350 00 Unpaved Street $235 00 240 00 260 00 270 00 Tapping fees in addition to other fees The tapping fees established herein shall be in addition to pro rats, cost charges or any other charges provided by ordinance -2- (2) Chapter 25, Article III, Division 2 "Service Rates" Section 25-49 is hereby amended by amending the following subsections "Section 25-59 - 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) (1) New Monthly Rate 0-2,000 gallons $2 95 above 2,000 gallons 53 per 1,000 gallons Billing based on 98% of water consumption Maximum billing of April through October shall be based on second highest non irrigation month (November through March) water consumption (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 After the due date shown on the statement, a penalty for non-payment of the bill will be assessed and charged The penalty shall be the net amount multiplied by ten (10) per cent, and a gross amount will be shown on the statement as the net amount plus the ten (10) per cent penalty Service to users having overdue bills may be discontinued, at the discretion of the utility, without notice to the customer There shall be a charge of seventy ($70 00) dollars for reconnecting such discontinued service (b) COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL (S-2) (1) Net Monthly Rate 0-4,000 gallons $5 00 above 4,000 gallons 60 per 1,000 gallons Billing based on 80'/ of water consumption In addition to the above charge for commercial and industrial, there will be added to the net monthly rate an industrial surcharge based on the following formula Cu = Vu [(Bu - 260) B + (Su - 260) S] Where Cu is the surcharge for user X Vu is the billing volume for user X Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 260 mg/l, whichever is greater B is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of BOD per 1,000 gallons ($ 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 ($ 000397) (c) SALES FOR RESALE (S-3) $ 58 per 1,000 gallons (d) SALES TO CITY ACCOUNTS (S-4) 58 per 1,000 gallons (e) EFFLUENT SALES TO STEAM GENERATING PLANT (S-5) 12 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) per cent except for (S-3) above (3) Chapter 25, Article IV, Section 25-60 is hereby amended by amending the following subsections "Section 25-60 - RATE SCHEDULE The rates to be charged by the City of Denton for water services are hereby amended as follows (a) RESIDENTIAL USERS (W-1) (1) Monthly rate Customer Charge $2 10 per month 0-10,000 gallons 90 per 1,000 gallons 10,000-50,000 gallons 75 per 1,000 gallons above 50,000 gallons 70 per 1,000 gallons (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 After the due date shown on the statement, a penalty for non-payment of the bill will be assessed and charged The penalty shall be the net amount multiplied by ten(10) per cent, and a gross amount will be shown on the statement as the net amount plus the ten (10) per cent penalty Service for users having overdue bills may be discontinued, at the discretion of the utility, without notice to the customer There shall be a charge of four ($4 00) dollars for recon- necting such discontinued service (b) COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL (W-2) Customer Charge $5 00 per month Volume Charge 68 per 1,000 gallons (c) SALES FOR RESALE (W-3) Customer Charge $93 00 per month Volume Charge 61 per 1 000 gallons (d) UTILITY OPERATIONS (W-4) Customer Charge $3 35 per month Volume Charge 90 per 1,000 gallons (e) SALES TO CITY ACCOUNTS (W-5) Customer Charge $6 95 per month Volume Charge 90 per 1,000 gallons (f) SALES TO STEAM GENERATING PLANT (W-6) Volume Charge $ 12 per 1 000 gallons -4- (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 $3 65 For each eight -inch fire service line $4 20 (2) Availability Each fire service line is not to be used for any purpose other than fire fighting (h) 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) per cent except for (pW-3) above PART II That is 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 That this ordinance shall become effective on the 1st day of July, 1978, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published twice in the Denton Record - Chronicle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage PASSED AND APPROVED on this 30th day of June, 1978, A D 1978 N"00%&'t- JMITCHEC'�' ILL, MAYOR TY OF DENTON, TEXAS ATTEST Bi(00ff HOLT, CITY SECRETARY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM — C �e �:. �� I . C: �Z� PAUL C ISHAM, CITY ATTORNEY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS