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1989-1362756L NO 89_11. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR SEWER SERVICE, 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 prow a or n Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances, are amended to read as follows SEWER RATE SCHEDULES PAGE S1 Residential Sewer Service 1 SIR Religious Worship Sewer Service 3 S2 Commercial/Industrial Sewer Services 5 S21 Commerical/Industrial Sewer Services 9 S3 Wholesale Sewer Treatment Service for a Governmental Agency, Division or Subdivision 11 S4 Intragovernmental Sewer Service 13 S5 Sale of Treated Sewer Effluent to Municipal Utility Customers 15 S6 Metered Sewer 16 S7 Residential Sewer Service to Users Outside of Denton Corporate Limits 18 S8 Residential Sewer Service to Users without City of Denton Water Service 20 S9 Commercial/Industrial Sewer Service Outside the City of Denton Corporate Limits 22 S10 Metered Sewer Outside City Limits 24 SCHEDULE S1 RESIDENTIAL SEWER SERVICE APPLICATION Applicable for single family residential service, and individually metered apartments or mobile homes or multi-family facilities 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 $3 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 consumption during the immediately prior months of December through February Billings for the months of December through rebruary 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 $3 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 PAGE 1 PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 billings annually Formula Actual days in readin period x customer charge 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 ays per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 2 SCHEDULE S1R RELIGIOUS WORSHIP SEWER SERVICE APPLICATION Applicable to all facilities used primarily for religious worship and/or education and not for residence or commercial or industrial enterprise Not applicable for sub-billing or other utility billing by service user In any event NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge $3 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 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 (98/0) 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 $3 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 customers service requirements shall be provided subject to the special facilities rider PAGE 3 PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 billings annually Formula Actual days in readin period x customer charge gy8 (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 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 4 SCHEDULE S2 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICE S2) REGULAR COMMERCIAL APPLICATION Applicable to all commercial and industrial sewer service users and to all sewer service users not otherwise classified under S2A, S2B, or S2C listed herein or Schedule S21 NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge $7 25/30 days (2) Volume Charge $1 78/1,000 gallon effluent Billing based on eighty (80%) percent of monthly water consumption S2A) EATING PLACES 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 $7 25/30 days (2) Volume Charge $1 95/1,000 gallon effluent Billing based on eighty (80%) percent of monthly water consumption S2B) EQUIPMENT SERVICES 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 $7 25/30 days (2) Volume Charge $1 95/1,000 gallon effluent PAGE 5 Billing based on eighty (80%) percent of monthly water consumption EXEMPTIONS (1) Customers under the S2A rate shall be charged the S2 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 S2A class shall be determined by the City of Denton Environmental Health Services' Food Inspection Division (2) Customers under the S2A or S2B rates shall be charged the S2 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) The Industrial Surcharge shall be based on the following formula Cu-Vu ([Bu-250] B + [Su-250] S]) Where Cu is the surcharge for user X Vu is the billing volume foi Bu is the tested BOD level whichever is greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons cost factor for treating Su is the tested SS level whichever is greater S ($0 000751) is the unit one unit of SS per 1,000 user X for user X or 250 mg/1, ($0 000743) is the unit one unit for user X or 250 mg/l, cost factor for treating gallons PAGE 6 S2C) PRETREATMENT APPLICATION Applicable to all 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 (2) Volume Charge $7 25/30 days $1 90/1,000 gallon effluent 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 for user X Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000743) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater S ($0 000751) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 g allons MINIMUM BILLING $7 25/30 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 7 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 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 readin period x GAL in rate block x RATE ays per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 8 SCHEDULE S21 COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICES APPLICATION Applicable to all major commercial and industrial sewer service users and to all sewer service users not otherwise classified under this ordinance whose waste is measured by a meter dedicated to water which is returned into the wastewater 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 $7 25/30 days (2) Volume Charge $1 78/1,000 gallon effluent Billing based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of monthly sewage flow as measured by the wastewater discharge flow 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 for user X Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000743) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater S ($0 000751) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 g allons PAGE 9 MINIMUM BILLING $7 25/30 days PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due it 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 period x customer charge day(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 readin period x GAL in rate block x RATE ays per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 10 SCHEDULE S3 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 and contracts with the City of Denton for sewer treatment service NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge $125 00/30 days (2) Volume Charge $1 95/1,000 gallon of effluent 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-250] B + [Su-250] 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 250 mg/1, whichever is greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000743) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/l, whichever is greater S ($0 000751) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 g allons PAGE 11 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 36 aye (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 ays per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 12 SCHEDULE S4 INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL SEWER SERVICE APPLICATION Applicable to all City of Denton Departments and agencies for all sewer service NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge $7 50/30 days (2) Volume Charge $1 60/1,000 gallon effluent Billing shall be based on eighty (80%) percent of water consumption 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-250] B + [Su-250] 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 250 mg/1, whichever is greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000743) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater S ($0 000751) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons MINIMUM BILLING $6 50/30 days PAGE 13 PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid within 15 calendar days from date of issuance SPECIAL FACILITIhS 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 (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 14 SCHEDULE S5 SALE OF TREATED SEWER EFFLUENT TO MUNICIPAL UTILITY CUSTOMERS 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 (2) Volume Charge MINIMUM BILLING $97 00/30 days $ 75/1,000 gallon efiluent $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 billings annually Formula Actual days in reading period x customer charge 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 3 ays per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 15 SCHEDULE S6 METERED SEWER APPLICATION Applicable to any major sewer service customer desiring to meter all sewage net monthly rate effluent from a single customer location and not otherwise classified under this ordinance NET MONTHLY RATE Facility Charge $130 00/30 days Volume Charge $ 1 90/1,000 gallon effluent 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 for user X Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000743) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater S ($0 000751) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons MINIMUM BILLING $130 00/30 days PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid within 15 calendar days from date of issuance PAGE 16 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 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 a~ys per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 17 SCHEDULE S7 RESIDENTIAL SEWER SERVICE TO USERS OUTSIDE CITY OF DENTON CORPORATE LIMITS 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 $4 50/30 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 $4 50/30 days PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid within 15 calendar davs 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 18 PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 billings annually Formula Actual days in readin period x customer charge 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 3~3ays per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 19 SCHEDULE S8 RESIDENTIAL SEWER SERVICE TO USERS WITHOUT CITY OF DENTON WATER SERVICE APPLICATION Applicable to all residential facilities not also receiving metered water service from the City of Denton, including sub-divisions, for apartments, mobile home parks, or other residential service users The monthly charge will be based on the maximum number of residential units in the area served during the month times the volume and facility charges NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge In Corporate Limits $ 2 25/30 days Outside Corporate Limits $ 3 35/30 days (2) Volume Charge $ 1 50/1,000 gals $ 2 25/1,000 gals Volume charge will be for five thousand (5,000) gallons per month MINIMUM BILLING PAYMENT $ 9 75 per 30 days $14 60 per 30 days per resident unit per resident unit 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 3 a;; PAGE 20 (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 a s per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 21 SCHEDULE S9 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICE OUTSIDE CITY OF DENPON CORPORATE LIMITS 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 (2) Volume Charge $9 75/30 days $2 40/1,000 gallon effluent Billing based on eighty consumption INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE (80%) percent of monthly water 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 for user X Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000885) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater S ($0 000894) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 g allons MINIMUM BILLING $9 75/30 days PAGE 22 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 3U days PAGE 23 SCHEDULE S10 METERED SEWER OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS APPLICATION Application to any sewer service customer desiring to meter all sewage effluent from a single customer location and not otherwise classified under this ordinance NET MONTHLY RATE Facility Charge $195 00/30 days Volume Charge $ 2 40/1,000 gallon effluent 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] S7) 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 250 mg/1, whichever is greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000885) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater S ($0 000894) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 g allons MINIMUM BILLING $195 00/30 days PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid within 15 calendar days from date of issuance PAGE 24 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 period x customer charge gy8 (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 ays per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 25 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 4, 1989 PASSED AND APPROVED this h5gjday of Q , 1989 SY ;R OR CITY DENTON, TEXAS ATTEST 4JE IFE S, CIEXASTY ECR ARS'-- C OF D NTON, T APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS BY 17 0~ r^~- 1 PAGE 26