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1998-263 Note. l~mended by Ordinance No. 99-295 NOte: Amended by Ordinance No. 99-293 9 9WORD ORDINANCE NO ~/~-~b3 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF WATER RATES CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE NO 97-237 FOR WATER SERVICE, AMENDING THE CHARGES FOR TAP AND METER FEES, AMENDING THE WHOLESALE RAW WATER SERVICE RATE TO UTRWD (WRW) CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE NO 98-079, AMENDING THE WHOLESALE TREATED WATER SERVICE RATE (WW2) TO UTRWD CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE NO 98-080, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR ANEFFECTIVE DATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I That the Rate Schedules for water servmce as pro- vlded for in Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances, are amended to read as follows WATER RATE SCHEDULES PAGE WR Residential Water Service 2 WRE Outside Corporate Limits Residential Water Service 4 WC Commercial/Industrial Water Service Rate 6 WCE Outside Corporate L~mlts Commercial & IndustrIal 8 Water Service WG Intra-Governmental Sales of Finished Water 10 WGI Local Government Sprinkler IrrigatIon Rate 12 WGA Local-Government Water Service for Adopt-a-Spot 14 WGU Intra-Governmental Sales of Untreated Water 16 WFH Metered Water From Fire Hydrant 17 WW2 Wholesale Treated Water Service to Upper Trinity 18 Regional Water Dlstr~ct WRW Wholesale Raw Water Service to Upper Trinity Regional 20 Water Dlstr~ct Water Tap and Meter Fees 21 Special Facilities Rider 22 PAGE 1 SCHEDULE WR RESIDENTIAL WATER SERVICE (Effective 10/01/98) APPLIC~uT_~ Applicable for s~nGle famlly residential servlce, and lndlv~dually metered apartments or mobile homes or multi-family facilities w~th less than four units Also applicable where the metered water is not returned to the wastewater system for collection and treatment, · e lawn sprinkler or septic system Not applicable to resale, temporary, standby, or supplementary ser- vice except in con3unct~on w~th applicable rider NET MO~THLYRATE (1) Fac~llty CharGe Bllllng Per 30 Days 3/4" Meter $ 9 55 1" Meter $11 40 1-1/2" Meter $16 25 2" Meter $18 10 (2) Volume CharGe Rate Per 1,000 Gallons RATE BLOCK PER 30 DAYS WINTER SUMMER BllllnG months of B~ll~nG months of NOV through APRIL MAY through OCT 0-15,000 Gals $2 60 $2 60 15,001-30,000 Gals $2 60 $3 50 Over 30,000 Gals $2 60 $4 35 MINIMUM BILLING Faclllty CharGe PAYMENT B~lls are due when rendered, and become past due ~f not pa~d w~th~n 15 calendar days from date of issuance SPECIAL FACILITIES All services which require special facilities ~n order to meet customer's servlce requirements shall be provided subject to the special facll~tles r~der PAGE 2 PRORATION OF FACILITY CHARGE Balllng for the Facallty Charge shall be based on 12 b~llangs annually and prorated for longer or shorter b~ll~ng peraods using the followIng formula Formula Actual days an read~n~ Deraod × customer charge 30 days VL~_~GE Ball~ng for the water consumptaon shall be based on the gallon consumptaon during the ballang per~od Formula G~i an rate block x rate per 1,000 gal an rate block 1000 gallons PAGE 3 SCHEDULE WRE OUTSIDE CORPORATE LIMITS RESIDENTIAL WATER SERVICE (Effective 10/01/98) APPLICATION Applicable for slngle family resldent~al service, and ~nd~v~dually metered apartments or mobile homes or mult~-famlly facilities w~th less than four units outside the corporate limits of the C~ty of Denton, with or w~thout wastewater service NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge B~ll~nG Per 30 Days 3/4" Meter $11 00 1" Meter $13 10 1-1/2" Meter $18 65 2" Meter $20 80 (2) Volume Charge Rate Per 1,000 Gallons RATE BLOCK PER 30 DAYS WINTER SUMMER Bllllng months B~ll~ng months NOV through APRIL MAY through OCT 0-15,000 gals $3 00 $3 00 15,001-30,000 gals $3 00 $4 05 Over 30,000 gals $3 00 $5 00 MINIMUM BILLING Facility Charge PAYMENT Balls are due when rendered, and become past due ~f not pa~d w~th~n 15 calendar days from date of ~ssuance SPECIAb FACILITIES All services which requlre special facilities ~n order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to the special facilities r~der PAGE 4 PRORATION OF FACILITY CHARGE Billing for the Facility Charge shall be based on 12 billings annually and prorated for longer or shorter billing per~ods using the following formula Formula Actual days in readln~ Der~od × customer charge 30 days VOLUME CFIARGE B~lllng for the water consumption shall be based on the gallon consumption during the bllllng period Formula Gal in Rate Block x Rate per 1,000 Gal in Rate Block 1,000 gallons PAGE 5 SCHEDULE WC COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL WATER SERVICE RATE {Effective 10/01/98) APPLICATION Applicable to all commercial and industrial users, or other water users not otherwise classified under this ordinance, for all water provided at one point of delivery and measured through one meter Also applicable where the metered water is not returned to the wastewater system for collection and treatment, 1 e water used in production or irrigation or where the wastewater flow is measured separately Not applicable to resale service in any event, nor to temporary, standby, or supplementary service except in con]unctIon with applicable rider NET MO~ (1) Facility Charge Bllllnq Per 30 Days 3/4" Meter $ 20 20 1" Meter $ 22 20 1-1/2" Meter $ 25 75 2" Meter $ 31 65 3" Meter $ 66 25 4" Meter $122 50 6" Meter $153 00 8" Meter $178 00 10" Meter $214 00 (2) Volume Charge $2 87 per 1000 gallons MINIMUM BILLING Facility Charge PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid within 15 calendar days from date of issuance SPECIAL FACILITIES Ail services which require special facilities in order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to the special facilities rider PAGE 6 PRORATION OF FACILITY CHARGE Billing for the Facility Charge shall be based on 12 billings annually and prorated for longer or shorter billing periods using the following formula Formula Actual days in readln~ period x customer charge 30 days VOLUME CHARGE Billing for the water consumption shall be based on the consumption during,the b~lllng per~od Formula Gallons consumption x rate per 1,000 gallons 1,000 PAGE 7 SCHEDULE WCE OUTSIDE CORPORATE LIMITS COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL WATER SERVICE (Effective 10/01/98) APPLICATION Applicable for all commercIal and industrial users or other users not otherwIse classified under th~s ordinance outside of the cor- porate limits of the City of Denton for all water service provided at one point of delivery and measured through one meter, with or without wastewater service Not applicable to temporary, standby or supplementary service, except in conjunction with applicable rider NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge Blll~nq Per 30 Days 3/4" Meter $ 21 50 1" Meter $ 23 50 1-1/2" Meter $ 29 60 2" Meter $ 34 50 3" Meter $ 75 00 4" Meter $141 00 6" Meter $176 00 8" Meter $205 00 10" Meter $247 00 (2) Volume Charge $3 25 per 1,000 gallons MINIMUM BILLING Facility Charge PAYMENT B~lls are due when rendered, and become past due if not pa~d w~thln 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 PAGE 8 PRORATION OF FACILITY CHARGE Billing for the Facility Charge shall be based on 12 billings annually and prorated for longer or shorter billing periods using the following formula Formula Actual days in readln~ Der~od x customer charge 30 days VOLUME CHARGE Billing for the water consumption shall be based on the gallon consumption during the billing period Formula Gallons Consumption x Rate per 1,000 gallons 1,000 PAGE 9 SCHEDULE WG INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL SALES OF FINISHED WATER (Effective 10/01/98) APPLICATION Applicable to sales of finished water to all City of Denton Departments and accounts supplied at one point of delivery and measured through one meter Not applicable to resale service in any event, nor to temporary, standby, or supplementary service except in con]unction with applicable rider NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge B~lllnq Per 30 Days 3/4" Meter $ 14 85 1" Meter $ 16 60 1-1/2" Meter $ 20 55 2" Meter $ 27 85 3" Meter $ 57 15 4" Meter $ 95 00 6" Meter $127 00 8" Meter $149 00 10" Meter $214 00 (2) Volume Charge $2 81 per 1,000 gallons MINIMUM BILLING Facility Charge PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid w~thln 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 PAGE 10 PRORATION OF FACILITY CHARGE Bllllng for the Facll~ty Charge shall be based on 12 billings annually and prorated for longer or shorter b~lllng perlods using the following formula Formula Actual days an readln~ per~od x Facllzty Charge 30 days VOLUME CHARGE B~lllng for the water consumptzon shall be based on the gallon consumptzon durznG the bzll~nG perzod Formula Gallons Consumption x Rate per 1,000 Gallons 1,000 PAGE 11 SCHEDULE WGI LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPRINKLER IRRIGATION RATE (Effective 10/01/98) APPLICATION Applicable to sales of finished water for lrrlgatlon purposes to all local accounts supplied at one point of delivery and measured through one meter Water will be provided on a non-lnterruptlble basis or on an as available basis, lnterruptlble as needed to meet peak requirements Not applicable to resale service in any event, nor to temporary, standby, or supplementary service except in conjunction w~th applicable rider NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge Bllllnq Per 30 Days (A) Meter Charae 3/4" Meter $ 14 85 1" Meter $ 16 60 1-1/2" Meter $ 20 55 2" Meter $ 27 85 3" Meter $ 57 15 4" Meter $ 95 00 6" Meter $127 00 8" Meter $149 00 (2) Volume Charge (WGN) Non-lnterruptlble $2 81 per 1,000 gallons (WGI) Interruptlble $2 40 per 1,000 gallons MINIMUM BILLING Facility Charge PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due ~f 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 12 PRORATION OF FACILITY CHARGE Bllllngs for the Facility Charge shall be based on 12 b~ll~ngs annually and prorated for longer or shorter billing per~ods using the following formula Formula Actual davs in readlna Der~od x Faclllty Charge 30 VOLUME C__HARGE B~lllng for the water consumption shall be based on the gallon consumption to be charged during the b~ll~ng per~od Formula Gallons Consumption × Rate per 1,000 gallons 1,000 PAGE 13 SCHEDULE WGA LOCAL GOVERNMENT WATER SERVICE FOR "ADOPT-A-SPOT" (Effective 10/01/98) APPLICATION Applicable to sales of finished water to all local government ac- counts supplied at one point of delivery and measured through a meter with a quick coupler and hose b~b for the Keep Denton Beautiful Board's Adopt-A-Spot program Not applicable to resale service in any event, nor to temporary, standby, or supplementary service except in con]unction with applI- cable rider NET ANNUAL RATE (1) Facility Charge Per Bllllnq 3/4" Meter $ 9 55 1" Meter $11 40 1-1/2" Meter $16 25 2" Meter $18 10 (2) Volume Charge $2 81 per 1,000 Gallons MINIMUM BILLING Facility Charge PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid w~thln 15 calendar days from date of issuance SPECIAL FACILITIES All services which require special faczlltles in order to meet custom- er's service requirements shall be provided subject to the special facilities rider FACILITY CHARGE Billing for the Facility Charge shall be based on three billings annually in the months of October, April and July PAGE 14 VOLUME CHARGE Billing for the water consumptIon shall be based on the gallon consumption during the b~lllng per~od Formula Gallons ConsumDtlon x Rate per 1,000 gallons 1,000 PAGE 15 SCHEDULE WGU INTRA-GOVERNMENTALSALES OF UNTREATED WATER (Effective 10/01/98) APPLICATION Applicable to all City of Denton Departments and accounts for untreated water supplied at one point of delivery and measured through one meter Not applicable for resale except in con]unctIon with applicable rider NET MO LY TE (1) Facility Charge $154 00 per 30 days (2) Volume Charge $1 50 per 1,000 gallons MINIM_U~_B_ILLING Facility Charge PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due ~f not pa~d w~th~n 15 calendar days from date of ~ssuance SPECIAL FACILITIES Ail services which require special facilities ~n order to meet custom- er~s service requirements shall be provided subject to the special facIlities rider PRORATION OF FACILITY CHARGE Blll~ng for the Pacll~ty Charge shall be based on 12 billings annually and prorated for longer or shorter billing periods using the following formula Formula Actual davs in read,nc Der~od × customer charge 30 days VOLUME CHARGE Billing for the water consumption shall be based on the gallon consumptIon during the b~lllng per~od Formula Gallons Consumption x Rate per 1,000 gallons 1,000 PAGE 16 SCHEDULE WFH METERED WATER FROM FIRE HYDPJkNT (Effective 10/01/98) Applicable for all water taken through a fire hydrant or other direct distribution line source at one location for private or commercial use not associated with fire fighting Customers must complete, sign, and agree to all terms and conditions stated in the "Fire Hydrant Meter Use Agreement" DEPOSIT $800 00 per meter User shall place a deposit each time a City's hydrant meter(s) is requested Deposit will be returned when meter is returned and final blll is pa~d NET RATE Volume Charge $2 87 per 1,000 gallons Monthly volume shall be computed by subtracting the beginning meter reading from the ending meter reading divided by 1,000, and multiplied times the volume charge, upon the monthly return of the meter to the Water Department for reading Per the ~Flre Hydrant Meter Use Agreement", failure by the customer to return the meter to water utlltles by the 3rd of each month for reading, results in acceptance by the customer to pay a monthly b~lllng equal to 100,000 gallons of water usage for the month FACIL TY CHARGE $32 50 per 30 days PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid within 15 calendar days from date of Issuance PAGE 17 SOHEDUI~ WW2 WHOLESALE TREATED WATER SERVICE TO UPPER TRINITY REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT (Effective 10-1-98) APPLICATION Applicable to all treated water sales to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD). Not applicable ~or temporary, standby, or supplementary service. MONTHLY CF3kRGES The monthly charge for service shall be expressed as a facility charge, a volume price per 1,000 gallons and a demand price per m~lllon gallons per day (MDG) of demand (1) Facility Charge $ 176 00 per month (2) Water Volume Rate $ 0 30 per 1,000 gallons (3)* Subscribed Demand Rate $ 359,500 00 per MGD (Annual) 12 (Paid Monthly) * Annual Water Demand AdDustments As determined in the last month of each fiscal year (September), the annual water demand adjustment charges, if applicable, shall be included on the monthly billing for the following month of October. Water demand adjustment charges shall be billed and payable in full, in accordance with the payment provisions provided for below. MINIMUM BILLING The minimum monthly b~lllng shall be the sum of the monthly facility charge plus the monthly subscribed demand rate charge WATER.DF/~AND The demand will be billed on a monthly basis at the Subscribed Water Demand Rate for the subscribed MGD demand level. Annual water demand charges will be ad]usted up if ending the fzscal year, the actual peak demand required during the f~scal year, as established by the highest rate of flow controller setting for any one day during the fiscal year, is greater than the peak demand subscribed and billed during the fiscal year If the actual peak demand has a varzance PAGE 18 greater than .1 MGD from the subscribed demand, the annual water demand charge wlll be adjusted up and b~lled at the actual peak demand level using the subscribed demand rate BILL PAYMENT DELINQUENCY Denton shall render bills on the tenth (10th) day of each month B~lls shall be due and payable when rendered B~lls are considered delinquent if not paid within 20 calendar days of the date a bill for servlce ~s rendered There shall be a ten percent per annum interest charge on the amount due, from the date when due until paid, if not pald w~th~n 20 calendar days of the date a b~ll for service ~s rendered PAGE 19 SCHEDULEWRW W~OLESALE RAW WATER SERVICE TO UPPER TRINITY REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT (Effective 10/01/98) APPLICATION Applicable to all raw water sales to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD) per the Interim Sale of Wholesale Raw Water ContraCt MONTHLY CHARGES The monthly charge for service shall be expressed as a volume price per 1,000 gallons Volume Charge $0 3532 per 1,000 gallons PAYMENT Denton shall render bills by the tenth (10~n) day of each month Bills shall be due and payable within 20 calendar days of the date a bill ~s rendered BILL PAYMENT DELINOUENCY B~lls are consIdered delinquent if not pa~d within 20 calendar days from the date a bill for service is rendered There shall be a ten percent per annum interest charge on the amount due, from the date when due until paid, ~f not paid within 20 calendar days of the date a b~ll for service is rendered PAGE 20 WATER TAP ANDMETER FEES (Effective 10/01/98) APPLICATION This schedule applies to the installation, removal, or relocation of water taps and meters by the City of Denton Utility department at the request of a person, firm, association or corporation TAP AND METER FEES Any person, association of persons, or corporation that requests that a water main tap, water meter or water meter loop, be removed, installed, or relocated by the Utility Department shall pay in advance to the Utility Department the following applicable fees WATER TAPS WITH METER Size of Tap and Meter Paved Street Unpaved Street 3/4 inch $1,150 00 $ 500 00 1 inch $1,350 00 $ 625 00 1/2 inch $1,750 00 $ 950 00 2 inch $1,950.00 $1,250 00 WATER METER FEES Size of Tap 3/4 inch $ 280.00 1 Inch $ 345 00 1/2 inch $ 450 00 2 inch $ 580 00 WATER METER RELOCATIONS Size of Tap and Meter Relocation of 10 Feet or Less 3/4 inch $ 210 00 1 inch $ 260.00 1 1/2 inch $ 310 00 2 inch $ 360 00 FEES FOR INSTALLATION NOT LISTED For installation of a tap, loop or meter for which a fee is not specified, the requestor shall pay in advance a deposit based upon the estimated cost of such installation, or similar work, plus an administration charge of 20% Upon completion of the installation, the applicant shall be billed at actual cost, as determined by the Utility Department, plus a 20% administrative charge The installation charges may be waived by the utility department for a request to install taps exclusively dedicated to fire sprinkler systems. PAGE 21 SPECIAL FACILITIES RIDER (Effective 10/1/98) Ail service shall be offered from available fac~lltles If a customer service characteristic requires facilities and devices whzch are not normally and readily available at the location at which the customer requests service, then the Czty shall provzde the service subject to paragraph 2 of this schedule The total cost of all fa¢lllt~es necessary to meet the customer's speczal requzrements whzch are ~ncurred by the City shall be subject to a special contract entered ~nto between the C~ty and the customer Th~s contract shall be s~gned by both parties prior to the Czty provldlng servlce to the customer PAGE 22 ECTI~ That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sen- tence, clause, phrase or word ~n th~s ordinance, or application thereof to any person or c~rcumstances is held invalid by any court of competent ~urlsdlctlon, such holding shall not affect the valid- ity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Coun- cil of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares ~t would have enacted such remalnlng port~ons despite any such ~nvalldity ~ That the Schedule of Rates herein adopted shall be effective, charged and applied to all water consumption occurring on or after October 1, 1998, and a copy of said rates shall be maintained on file in the Off~ce of the City Secretary JACK~LER, MAYOR ATTEST JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY PAGE 23