1985-2521020L
NO 11:La.So2-
AN ORDINANCE AMhNDING SECTION 25-6 1 OF THh CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE AVERAGE BILLING
OF UTILITY SERVICES FOR CERTAIN CLASSES OF UTILITY SERVICE
CUSTOMERS, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVh DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That Section 25-6 1 of Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordi-
nances is hereby amended to read as follows
Section 25-6 1 Average billings for services
Any residential utility customer in Customer Classes R1 and
R2, Religious Worship (RW) customers and Local Government (G1)
customers of the City may be billed for electrical, water,
sewer, and sanitation services based upon an average bill for
the customer's previous twelve (12) months of service with the
City at the service address where average billing is requested
in accordance with the following provisions
(a) The customer shall make written application to the
City on a form furnished by the City requesting
average billing in accordance with the provisions
of this section
(b) Upon receipt and approval of the application, the
City will compute the average bill as described
below The customer shall be billed this average
bill for the first eleven (11) billings after
approval of the application On the twelfth
billing, the City will credit the customer's
account for the accumulated amount of the average
bill in excess of the actual twelve (12) months'
consumption, and charges, or bill the amount for
actual consumption and charges in excess of the
average billing provided for herein The customer
shall have until the due date for the twelth (12)
bill to pay any additional billings
(1) Water and Electric The City will compute the
customer's total consumption of water and
electricity for the previous twelve (12)
months These annual consumptions will be
divided by eleven (11) to produce estimated
usages per month for the next twelve (12)
months The water and electric portions of the
average bill will be calculated using these
estimated usages and the rate schedules that
are applicable to the customer at the time the
average bill is computed
(2) Sewer The City will compute the customer's
average monthly water consumption for the
previous three winter months of December,
January, and February that occurred within the
most recent twelve (12) months This average
monthly rate of consumption shall not exceed
twenty-five thousand 25,000) gallons The
monthly average of these three winter months
will be multiplied by twelve (12) and divided
by eleven (11) to produce an estimated effluent
per month for the next twelve (12) months The
sewer portion of the average bill for the next
twelve months will be calculated using this
estimated effluent flow and the rate schedule
applicable to the customer at the time the
average bill is computed
(c) The Cit may provide average billing for utility
service ~a) based upon the customer's credit rating,
the customer's credit history with the City for
utility services, or upon request of the Utility
Account Review Committee as a condition of the
City's contract with the customer for payment of an
overdue account or accounts, or any other financial
reason Upon receipt and approval of credit
rating, the customer's written and signed
application shall constitute an agreement between
the customer and the City to comply with the terms
of this section and the average billing policies of
the City
(d) Any late payment (payment received after the bill
due date) of any average billing which occurs more
than twice in a twelve (12) month period shall be
cause for discontinuation of average billing
Should the customer be removed from the average
billing program for failure to pay bills in a
timely manner (late payment), such customer may not
requalify for such program until the City has
received payments for subsequent billings by the
due date for a period of three (3) months After a
second removal from the program, a customer may not
requalify for such program until after the
expiration of one year
SECTION III
That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
its passage and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this the _a~ day of 1Lz~~ 19 06-
/XICWD TE , MAYOKL/
CIT OF DE TON, TEXAS
ATTEST
CH~~TE~ , CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
DEBRA ADAMI DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY (1(~'l~/1. X~XlI.IL/_ /IIL~CL
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