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1990-138NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR SEWER SERVICE; PRO- VIDING 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 pro- vide or in Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances, are amended to read as follows: SEWER RATE SCHEDULES PAGE SR Residential Sewer Service 2 SC Regular Commercial Industrial Sewer Service 4 SEP Restaurants & Food Service Sewer Service 6 SES Equipment Services Sewer Service 8 SPT Commercial/Industrial Pretreatment Sewer Services 10 SCD Commercial/Industrial Sewer Service with 12 Dedicated Water Meters SSC Wholesale Sewer Treatment Service for a 14 Governmental Agency, Division or Subdivision SG Intra-governmental Sewer Service 16 SGE Sale of Treated Sewer Effluent to Municipal 18 Utility Customers SM Metered Sewer Inside/Outside Corporate Limits 19 SRO Residential Sewer Service to Users Outside 20 of Denton Corporate Limits SRN Residential Sewer Service to Users without City of Denton Water Service 23 SCO Commercial/Industrial Sewer Service Outside the City of Denton Corporate Limits 25 SCHEDULE SR RESIDENTIAL SEWER SERVICE LEffective APPLICATION Applicable for single family residential service, and indivi- dually metered apartments or mobile homes or multi-family facil- ities 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 $4.00/30 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 con- sumption 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 PAYMENT $4.00/30 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. PAGE 2 P PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 bill- ings 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 3 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 3 SCHEDULE SC COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICE E ect ve APPLICATION Applicable to all commercial and industrial sewer service users and to all sewer service users not otherwise classified under Sche- dules SEP, SES, SPT, or SCD. NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge $10.00/30 days (2) Volume Charge $1.85/1,000 gallon effluent Billing based on eighty (80%) percent of monthly water consumption. MINIMUM BILLING $10.00/30 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. PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billings for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 bill- ings annually. PAGE 4 Formula: Actual days in reading period x customer charge 30 ays (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. Actual days in reading period x GAL in rate block x RATE days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 5 SCHEDULE SEP RESTAURANTS & FOOD SERVICE SEWER SERVICE E ective 10/1/901 APPLICATION Applicable to all restaurants and food service operations which prepare and serve food directly to customers and are categorized by Standard Industrial Code Numbers 5812 or 5813. NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge $10.00/30 days (2) Volume Charge $2.45/1,000 gallon effluent Billing based on eighty (80%) percent of monthly water con- sumption. SEP EXEMPTIONS (1) Customers under the SEP rate shall be charged the SC rate if only pre-wrapped and pre-processed foods are served from their premises and no food processing is performed on the premises so that only minimal organic material is discharged to the sanitary sewer. The exemption for the SEP class shall be determined by the City of Denton Environmental Health Services' Food Inspection Division. (2) Customers under the SEP rates shall be charged the SC rate plus an industrial surcharge if the customer: (a) Installs a wastewater sampling manhole on their sanitary sewer discharge line; (b) Agrees to pay for the City to sample and analyze, quarterly, the wastewater discharge for the following parameters; Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), and Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG), based on the actual costs plus administrative charges; and (c) Agrees to pay, based on the industrial surcharge formula, a surcharge on all wastewater discharged that is in excess of 250 mg/l of BOD and TSS as determined by the monitoring performed in Section 2(b). INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE The industrial surcharge calculation that applies to restau- rants and food service claiming the SEP Exemption (2) shall be based on the following formula: PAGE 6 Cu=Vu ([Bu-2501 B + [Su-250] SD Where: Cu is the surcharge for user X. Vu is the billing volume per 1000 gallons for user X. Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/l, whichever is greater. B is the unit cost factor ($0.001386) for treating one unit of BOD per 1,000 gallons. Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater. S is the unit cost factor ($0.001715) for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons. MINIMUM BILLING $10.00/30 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. PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billings for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 bill- ings 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. Actual days in reading period x GAL in rate block x RATE 30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 7 SCHEDULE SES EQUIPMENT SERVICES SEWER SERVICE E ective 1071/901 APPLICATION Applicable to establishments which perform washing, cleaning or servicing of automobiles, trucks, busses or similar equipment and are categorized by Standard Industrial Code Numbers 5541, 7549 or 7542. NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge $10.00/30 days (2) Volume Charge $2.45/1,000 gallon effluent Billing based on eighty (80%) percent of monthly water consump- tion. SES EXEMPTIONS Customers under the SES rates shall be charged the SC rate plus an industrial surcharge if the customer: (a) Installs a wastewater sampling manhole on their sani- tary sewer discharge line; (b) Agrees to pay for the City to sample and analyze, quarterly, the wastewater discharge for the following parameters; Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), and Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG), based on the actual costs plus administrative charges; and (c) Agrees to pay, based on the industrial surcharge formula, a surcharge on all wastewater discharged that is in excess of 250 mg/1 of BOD and TSS as determined by the monitoring performed in Section 2(b). INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE The industrial surcharge calculation that applies to equipment services claiming the SES exemption shall be based on the following formula: PAGE 8 Cu=Vu ([Bu-2501 B + [Su-250] SD Where: Cu is the surcharge for user X. Vu is the billing volume per 1000 gallons for user X. Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whi chever is greater. B is the unit cost factor ($0.001386) for treating one unit of BOD per 1,000 gallons. Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/l, whi chever is greater. S is the unit cost factor ($0.001715) for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons. MINIMUM BILLING $10.00/30 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. PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billings 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. Actual days in readin period x GAL in rate block x RATE 30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 9 SCHEDULE SPT COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT SEWER SERVICES E ect ve APPLICATION Applicable to all major commercial/industrial customers subject to EPA Pretreatment criteria or such other commercial/ industrial customers that have the probability of discharging extra strength wastewater or which may have substances in their wastewater which are listed on EPA's categorical pollutant list. NET MONTHLY CHARGE (1) Facility Charge $30.00/30 days (2) Volume Charge $2.50/1,000 gallon effluent (3) Surcharge 0.001386/mg/l of BOD 0.001715/mg/l of SS Billing shall be based on 80% of water consumption or actual metered sewer. 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-2501 B + [Su-250] SD Where: Cu is the surcharge for user X. Vu is the billing volume per 1000 gallons for user X. Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whi chever is greater. B is the unit cost factor ($0.001386) for treating one unit of BOD per 1,000 gallons. Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/l, whi chever is greater. S is the unit cost factor ($0.001715) for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons. MINIMUM BILLING $30.00/30 days PAGE 10 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) Billings 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. Actual days in readin period x GAL in rate block x RATE 3 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 11 SCHEDULE SCD COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICE WITH LEftective APPLICATION Applicable to all commercial and industrial sewer service users and to all sewer service users not otherwise classified under this ordinance whose wastewater is determined by a meter dedicated to measuring water flow prior to the return of wastewater to the 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 3/4" Meter 1" Meter 1-1/2" Meter 2" Meter 3" Meter 4" Meter 6" Meter 8" Meter (2) Volume Charge (3) Surcharge Billing Per 30 Days $ 15.75 17.25 20.00 22.25 63.00 105.00 135.00 $153.00 $1.85/1,000 gallon effluent $0.001386/mg/l of BOD $0.001715/mg/l of SS Billing based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of the actual gallons measured by the meter. 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-2501 B + [Su-250] SD Where: Cu is the surcharge for user X. Vu is the billing volume per 1000 gallons for user X. PAGE 12 Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater. B is the unit cost factor ($0.001386) for treating one unit of BOD per 1,000 gallons. Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater. S is the unit cost factor ($0.001715) for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 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 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 bill- ings annually. Formula: Actual days in reading period x customer charge 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 3 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 13 SCHEDULE SSC [Effective 1-1-911 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 for its own customers and contracts with the City of Denton for sewer treatment service. NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge (2) Volume Charge (3) Surcharge $125.00/30 days $2.10/1,000 gallon of effluent I 0.001386/mg/l of BOD 0.001715/mg/l of SS 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-2501 B + [Su-250] SD Where: Cu is the surcharge for user X. Vu is the billing volume per 1000 gallons for user X. Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater. B is the unit cost factor ($0.001386) for treating one unit of BOD per 1,000 gallons. Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater. S is the unit cost factor ($0.001715) for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons. PAGE 14 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 bill- ings annually. Formula: Actual days in reading period x customer charge 30 ays (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 EFFECTIVE DATE The charges stated herein shall be applied to all sewer ser- vices provided after January 1, 1991. Until January 1, 1991 applicable charges will be determined by Schedule S3 of Ordinance 89-136. PAGE 15 SCHEDULE SG INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL SEWER SERVICE 0717971- LEffective APPLICATION Applicable to all City of Denton Departments and agencies for all sewer service. NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge (2) Volume Charge (3) Surcharge Billing shall be based on consumption. $10.00/30 days $1.60/1,000 gallon effluent $0.00136/mg/l of $0.001715/mg/l of SSSD eighty (80%) percent of water 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-2501 B + [Su-250] SD Where: Cu is the surcharge for user X. Vu is the billing volume per 1000 gallons for user X. Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/l, whichever is greater. B is the unit cost factor ($0.001386) for treating one unit of BOD per 1,000 gallons. Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater. S is the unit cost factor ($0.001715) for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons. MINIMUM BILLING $10.00/30 days PAGE 16 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 bill- ings 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 3 ays per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 17 SCHEDULE SGE SALE OF TREATED SEWER EFFLUENT TO MUNICIPAL UTILITY CUSTOMERS LEttective 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 $97.00/30 days (2) Volume Charge $ .90/1,000 gallon effluent MINIMUM BILLING $97.00/30 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. PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 bill- ings annually. Formula: Actual days in reading period x customer charge 3 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 3 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 18 SCHEDULE SM METERED SEWER INSIDE/OUTSIDE CORPORATE LIMITS E ective APPLICATION Applicable to any sewer service customer desiring to meter all sewage discharge from a single customer location and not otherwise classified under this ordinance. NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge (Inside Corporate Limits) $130.00/30 days (Outside Corporate Limits) $195.00/30 days (2) Volume Charge (3) Surcharge INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE $1.90/1,000 gals discharge $2.50/1000 gals discharge $0.001386/mg/l of BOD $0.001715/mg/l of SS In addition to the above charge, there will be added to the net monthly rate for commercial and industrial, an industrial surcharge based on the following formula: Cu=Vu ([Bu-2501 B + [Su-250] SD Where: Cu is the surcharge for user X. Vu is the billing volume per 1000 gallons for user X. Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/l, whichever is greater. B is the unit cost factor ($0.001386) for treating one unit of BOD per 1,000 gallons. Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater. S ($0.001715) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons. MINIMUM BILLING (Within (Outside Corporate Limits) Corporate Limits) $130.00/30 days $195.00/30 days PAGE 19 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 readin eriod x customer charge 30 says (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 eriod x GAL e in 0 rate block inRATE 3U days per gallons rate block PAGE 20 SCHEDULE SRO RESIDENTIAL SEWER SERVICE TO USERS OUTSIDE CITY OF DENTON CORPORATE LIMITS LEffective 10/1/901 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 $5.75/30 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 $5.75/30 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 21 PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 bill- ings 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 3 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 22 SCHEDULE SRN RESIDENTIAL SEWER SERVICE TO USERS WITHOUT CITY OF DENTON WATER SERVICE E ecti.ve APPLICATION Applicable to all residential facilities not also receiving metered water service from the City of Denton, including subdivi- sions, for apartments, mobile home parks, or other residential service users. The monthly charge will be based on the maximum number of occupied residential units served during the month, times the volume and facility charge. NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge (Inside Corporate Limits) $ 4.00/30 days (Outside Corporate Limits) $5.75/30 days (2) Volume Charge $ 1.50/1,000 gals $2.25/1,000 gals Minimum volume charge will be for five thousand (5,000) gallons per month. MINIMUM BILLING $11.50 per 30 days $17.00 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. PAGE 23 Formula: Actual days in reading period x customer charge 30 days (b) Billing for the sewer per month to determin to each rate block. Formula: Actual days in reading 30 days effluent shall be based on 30 days e the gallon effluent to be charged period x GAL in rate block x RATE per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 24 SCHEDULE SCO COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICE OUTSIDE CITY OF DENTON CORPORATE LIMITS LEttective 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 $12.75/30 days (2) Volume Charge $2.50/1,000 gallon effluent (3) Surcharge 0.001715/mg/l of SOD Billing based on eighty (80%) percent of monthly water consump- tion. 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-2501 B + [Su-250] SD Where: Cu is the surcharge for user X. Vu is the billing volume per 1000 gallons for user X. Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/l, whichever is greater. B is the unit cost factor ($0.001386) for treating one unit BOD per 1,000 gallons. Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater. S is the unit cost factor ($0.001715) for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons. PAGE 25 MINIMUM BILLING $12.75/30 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 days 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 bill- ings annually. Formula: Actual days in reading period x customer charge i~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 pploGAL in rate block x RATE bck'000 gallons in rate PAGE 26 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 accruing on or after October 1, 1990, except for Schedule SSC, which shall be effective for sewer services provided after January 1, 1991. PASSED AND APPROVED this day of , 1990. _914 A9~6~ ATTEST: JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY BY: APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY BY: 2973L PAGE 27