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1987-1971965L AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING NEW SEWER RATE SCHEDULES, PROVIDING 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 provided for in Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances, are hereby amended as follows SEWER RATE SCHEDULES PAGE Si Residential Sewer Service 2 S1R Religious Worship Sewer Service 4 S2 Commercial/Industrial Sewer Services 6 S2A Commercial/Industrial Sewer Services 8 S3 Wholesale Sewer Treatment Service for a Governmental Agency, Division or Subdivision 10 S4 Intragovernmental Sewer Service 12 S5 Sale of Treated Sewer Effluent to Municipal Utility Customers 14 S6 Metered Sewer 15 S7 Residential Sewer Service to Users Outside of Denton Corporate Limits 17 S8 Residential Sewer Service to Users without C~ty of Denton Water Service 19 S9 Commercial/Industrial Sewer Service Outside the City of Denton Corporate Llmlts 21 S10 Metered Sewer Outside City L~m~ts 23 SCHEDULE SI 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 February shall be based on actual consumption New residential customers who do not have a full prior non-lrrlgatlonal history (December through February) will have a maximum b~ll based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of water consumption or ten thousand (10,000) gallons of water consumption, whichever is less until a non-lrrlgatlonal 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 fac~lltles in order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to the special facllltles rider PAGE 2 PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Bllllng for the Faclllty charge shall be based on 12 b~llmngs annually Formula Actual days ~n reading per~od x customer charge 30 days (b) Bllllng 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 ~n reading per~od x GAL ~n rate block x RATE 30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 3 SCHEDULE SiR 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 perlod March through November shall be based on the average monthly rate of water consumption during the immediately prior months of December through February B~lllngs for the months of December through February shall be based on actual consumption New residential customers who do not have a full prior non-lrrlgatlonal h~story (December through February) will have a maximum b~ll based on nlnety-e~ght (98%) percent of water consumption or ten thousand (10,000) gallons of water consumption, whlchever is less until a non-lrrlgat~onal water consumption history is established MINIMUM BILLING $3 00/30 days PAYMENT B~lls 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 ~n order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to the special facilities rider PAGE 4 PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Bllllng for the Faclllty charge shall be based on 12 b~ll~ngs annually Formula Actual days ~n reading per~od x customer charge 30 days (b) Blll~ng 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 ~n reading per~od x GAL in rate Dlock x RATE 30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 5 SCHEDULE S2 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICE APPLICATION Applicable to all commercial and ~ndustr~al sewer service users and to all sewer service users not otherwise classified under thls ordinance Not applicable for sub-billing or other utility billing by service user ~n any event NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facll~ty Charge $6 50/30 days (2) volume Charge $1 60/1,000 gallon effluent B~ll~ng based on e~ghty (80%) percent of monthly water consumption INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE In addition to the adore charge for commercial and ~ndustr~al, 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 ~s the surcharge for user X Vu is the b~ll~ng volume for user X Bu ~s the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000590) 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 000596) is the unlt cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons MINIMUM BILLING $6 50/30 days PAGE 6 PAYMENT Bllls are due when rendered, and become past due if not pa~d w~th~n 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 sub]ect 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 ~n 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 ~n reading per~od x GAL in rate block x RATE 30 days per 1,000 gallons ~n rate block PAGE 7 SCHEDULE S2A COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICES APPLICATION Applicable to all commercial and ~ndustr~al sewer service users and to all sewer service users not otherwise classified under this ordinance whose waste ~s measured by a meter dedicated to water which ~s returned ~nto the wastewater collection and treatment system Not applicable for sub-billing or other utility billing by service user ~n any event NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Facility Charge $6 50/30 days (2) volume Charge $1 60/1,000 gallon effluent B~ll~ng based on n~nety-e~ght (98%) percent of monthly water consumption INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE In addltlon to the above charge for commercial and ~ndustrial, there wlll be added to the net monthly rate an ~ndustrial surcharge based on the following formula Cu=Vu ([Bu-260] B + [Su-260] SI) Where Cu ~s the surcharge for user X Vu is the b~ll~ng volume for user X Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever ~s greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000590) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit Su ~s the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever ~s greater S ($0 000596) ~s the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons PAGE 8 MINIMUM BILLING $6 50/30 days PAYMENT Bills are due when rendered, and become past due if not paid w~thln 15 calendar days from date of ~ssuance SPECIAL FACILITIES All services which require special facilities ~n order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to the special facilities rider PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) B~ll~ng for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 billings annually Formula Actual days ~n reading period x customer charge 30 days (b) Bllllng 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 da~s ~n reading period x GAL ~n rate block x RATE 30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 9 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 55/1,000 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-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 tor user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000590) 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 000596) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons 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 speclal facilities in order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to the special facilities r~der PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billing for the Faclllty charge shall De 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 ~erlod x GAL ~n rate block x RATE 30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 11 SCHEDULE S4 INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL SEWER SERVICE APPLICATION Applicable to all City of Denton Departments and agencies for all sewer service NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Fac~llty Charge $6 50/30 days (2) Volume Charge $1 60/1,000 gallon effluent Bllllng shall be based on e~ghty (80%) percent of water consumption INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE In addition to the above charge for commerclal and industrial, there wlll 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 ~s the surcharge for user X Vu is the b~ll~ng volume for user X Bu ~s the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000590) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit Su is the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever ~s greater S ($0 000596) is the unlt cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons MINIMUM BILLING $6 50/30 days PAGE 12 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 rlder PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Bllllng for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 billings annually Formula Actual days in reading per~od x customer charge 30 days (b) Bllllng 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 ~n reading per~od x GAL in rate block x RATE 30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 13 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 $97 00/30 days (2) Volume Charge $ 75/1,000 gallon effluent MINIMUM BILLING $97 00/30 days PAYMENT B1lls 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 facll~tles ~n order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to the special faclllt~es rider PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) B~lllng for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 billings annually Formula Actual days in reading period x customer charge 30 days (b) B1lllng 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 da~s in readln~ ~erlod x GAL in rate block x RATE 30 days per 1,000 gallons ~n rate block PAGE 14 SCHEDULE S6 METERED SEWER APPLICATION Application to any 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 Facll~ty charge $130 00/30 days volume charge $ 1 60/1,000 gallon effluent INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE In addition to the above charge for commercial and ~ndustr~al, there w~ll be added to the net monthly rate an lndustrlal surcharge based on the following formula Cu=Vu ([Bu-260] B + [Su-260] S]) Where Cu ~s the surcharge for user X Vu is the b~lllng volume for user X Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever 1s greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000590) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit Su ~s the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever is greater S ($0 000596) 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 pa~d w~th~n 15 calendar days from date of ~ssuance PAGE 15 SPECIAL FACILITIES All services which require special facilities in order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to the special facilities r~der PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 b~ll~ngs annually Formula Actual days In reading period x customer charge 30 days (b) Bllllng 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 ~er~od x GAL in rate block x RATE 30 days per 1,000 gallons ~n rate block PAGE 16 SCHEDULE S7 RESIDENTIAL SEWER SERVICE TO USERS OUTSIDE CITY OF DENTON CORPORATE LIMITS APPLICATION Applicable for slngle family resldent~al sewer customers lndlv~dually metered apartments or mobile homes or mult~-famlly facllltles 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 ~mmed~ately prior months of December through February Blll~ngs for the months of December through February shall be based on actual consumption New res~dentlal customers who do not have a full prior non-~rrlgatlonal history (December through Pebruary) will have a maximum ~111 based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of water consumption or ten thousand (10,000) gallons of water consumption, whichever is less until a non-1rr~gat~onal water consumption history is established MINIMUM BILLING $4 50/30 days PAYMENT Bllls are due when rendered, and become past due ~f not paid w~thln 15 calendar days from date of ~ssuance SPECIAL FACILITIE~ Ail services which require special facilities in order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to the special fac~llt~es rider PAGE 17 PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billing for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 billings annually Formula Actual days in readln~ perlo~ 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 30 days per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 18 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_divisionsv for apartmentst mobile home parks, or other residential service users The monthly charge w~ll be based on the maximum number of resldentxal units in the area served during the month t~mes the volume and facility charges NET MONTHLY RATE In Corporate Outside Corporate L~m~ts Llm~ts (1) Facility Charge $ 2 25/30 days $ 3 35/30 days (2) Volume Charge $ 1 50/1,000 gals $ 2 25/1,000 gals volume charge w~ll be for five thousand (5,000) gallons per month MINIMUM BILLING $ 9 75 per 30 days/ $14 60 per 30 days/ per resident unit per resident unit PAYMENT B~lts are due when rendered, and become past due ~f not paid w~thln 15 calendar days from date of ~ssuance SPECIAL FACILITIES All services which require special facilities ~n order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided sub]ect to the special facilities r~der PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) B~ll~ng for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 bxll~ngs annually Formula Actual days in read~n~ ~er~od x customer charge 30 days PAGE 19 (b) Bllllng 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 da~s in read,n9 ~er~od x GAL ~n rate block x RATE 30 days per 1,000 gallons ~n rate block PAGE 20 SCHEDULE S9 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICE OUTSIDE CITY OF DENTON CORPORATE LIMITS APPLICATION Applicable to all commercial, industrial or any other facility not otherwise covered under th~s ordinance outside the corporate l~m~ts of the City of Denton and receiving sewer service from the C~ty of Denton NET MONTHLY RATE (1) Fac~llty Charge $9 75/30 days (2) volume Charge $2 40/1,000 gallon effluent Billing based on e~ghty (80%) percent of monthly water consumption INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE In addition to the above charge for commercial and ~ndustr~al, there will be added to the net monthly rate an ~ndustr~al surcharge based on the following formula Cu=Vu ([Bu-260] B + [$u-260] SI) Where Cu is the surcharge for user X Vu ~s the b~ll~ng volume for user X Bu is the tested BOD level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever ~s greater B BOD per 1,000 gallons ($0 000885) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit Su ~s the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever ~s greater S ($0 000894) is the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons MINIMUM BILLING $9 75/30 days PAGE 21 PAYMENT Bllls are due when rendered, and become past due if not pa~d w~th~n 15 calendar days from date of ~ssuance SPECIAL FACILITIES All services which require special facilities ~n order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to the spec,al facilities r~der PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) Billing for the Faclllty charge shall be based on 12 billings annually Formula Actual days in readln~ ~erlo~ x customer charge 30 days PAGE 22 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 th~s ordinance NET MONTHLY RATE Facllity Charge $195 00/30 days volume Charge $ 2 40/1,000 gallon effluent INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE In addition to the above charge for commerclal and industrial, there w~ll 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 ~s the b~lllng volume for user X BU ~s 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 ~s the tested SS level for user X or 250 mg/1, whichever ~s greater S ($0 000894) ~s the unit cost factor for treating one unit of SS per 1,000 gallons MINIMUM BILLIN~ $195 00/30 days 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 PAGE 23 SPECIAL FACILITIES, All services which require special facilities ~n order to meet customer's service requirements shall be provided subject to the speclal faclllt~es r~der PRORATION OF UTILITY BILLS (a) B~ll~ng for the Facility charge shall be based on 12 b~lllngs annually Formula Actual days ~n readln~ ~erlod x customer charge 30 days (b) B~lllng for the sewer effluent shall De based on 30 days per month to determlne the gallon effluent to be charged to each rate block Formula Actual days in read~n~ ~erlod x GAL ~n rate block x RATE 30 days - per 1,000 gallons in rate block PAGE 24 SECTION II That if any sectlonv subsectlonv paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in th~s ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held ~nvalld by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining port~ons of this ord~na~ce~ and the City council of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares ~t would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity SECTION III That the schedule of Rates hereln adopted shall be effective, charged and applied to the f~rst regular b~ll~ng cycle on or after October 1, 1987 PASSED AND APPROVED thls ~ day of ~, 1987 ATTEST APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY PAGE 25