1981-046 NO #81-46
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 25-49 OF CHAPTER 25 OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PERTAINING TO SANITARY SEWER SERVICE
RATES AND CHARGES, AMENDING SECTION 25-60 OF CHAPTER 25 OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PERTAINING TO WATER RATES AND
CHARGES AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
Section 25-49 and Section 25-60 of Chapter 25 of the Code of
the City of Denton, Texas are hereby amended so that the same
shall hereafter read as follows
DIVISION 2 SERVICE RATES
Section 25-49 Schedule
The rates to be charged by the City of Denton for sanitary
sewer service shall be based on water consumption and are hereby
amended as follows
(a) Residential Rate (S-1 Rate)
(1) Monthly Rate
Customer Charge $2 50 per month
Volume Charge $0 74 per 1,000 gallons
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 per~od March through November shall
be based on the second highest monthly rate of water
consumption during the lmmed~ately prior months of
December through February Billings for the months
of December through February shall be based on
actual consumption New residential customers that
do not have a full prior nonlrrlgatlonal history
(December through February) will have a maximum bill
based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of water
consumption or seven thousand (7,000) gallons of
water consumption, whichever is less
(2) Availability
Applicable for single-family residential use Where
less than five (5) units of a multlple dwelling are
served by a single sewer service line, the m~nlmum
bill and the number of gallons ~n each category
shall be multiplied by the number of family or
housekeeping units
(3) Payment
Billing for service hereunder will be at the net
monthly rate, payment of which is due on or before
the due date shown on the statement There shall be
a charge of Seventy ($70 00) Dollars for
reconnecting such discontinued service
(b) Commercial and Industrial (S-2 Rate)
(1) Net Monthly Rate
Customer Charge $5 50 per month
Volume Charge $0 81 per 1,000 gallons
Billing based on e~ghty (80%) percent of water
consumption
In addition to the above charge for commercial and
lndustr~al, there will be added to the net monthly
rate an lndustr~al surcharge based on the following
formula
Cu=Vu [(Bu-260) B + (Su-260) SI
Where Cu is the surcharge for user X
Vu is the bllllng volume for user X
Bu ~s the tested BOD level for user X
or 260 mg/1, whlchever is greater
B is the unit cost factor for
treating one unit of BOD per 1,000
gallons ($0 000393)
Su is the tested SS level for user X
or 260 mg/1, whichever is greater
S is the unit cost factor for
treating one unit of SS per 1,000
gallons ($0 000397)
(2) Availability
Applicable for commercial and industrial use other
than for those users under Rate S-1
(3) Payment Same as S-1 Rate above Where user does
not have separately metered water service, sewer
charges shall be based on usage of other metered
customers of like classlflcatlon multiplied by the
percentage factor necessary to equate s~ze
(c) Sales for Resale (S-3), $0 77 per 1,000 gallons
(d) Sales to City Accounts (S-4), $0 83 per 1,000 gallons
(e) Effluent Sales To Steam Generating Plant (S-5), $0 16
per 1,000 gallons
(f) Customers Outside C~ty Llmlts Customers outside the
city limits shall be charged the appropriate rate
schedule as llsted above multiplied by one hundred
flfteen (115%) percent
(g) Church Rates
Customer Charge $2 50 per month
Volume Charge $0 74 per 1,000 gallons
Billing shall be based on ninety-eight (98%) percent of
water consumption Maximum billing of March through
November shall be based on water consumption during the
second highest non~rrlgatlonal month (December through
February) New church customers that do not have a full
prior nonlrrlgational history (November through March)
will have a maximum bill based on ninety-eight (98%)
percent of water consumption or seven thousand (7,000)
gallons of water consumption, whichever is less
Section 25-50/25-59 Reserved
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ARTICLE IV WATER
Sectxon 25-60 Rate Schedule
The rates to be charged by the C~ty of Denton for water
servxces are hereby establxshed as follows
(a)Resxdentxal Users Insxde of Cxty L~m~ts (W-1 Rate)
(13 Monthly Rate
Customer Charge $5 00 per month
Wxnter Volume Charge (October-May)
All consumptxon $1 00 per 1,000 gallons
Summer Volume Charge (June-September3
0-20,000 gallons $1 00 per 1,000 gallons
Above 20,000 gallons $1 15 per 1,000 gallons
(2) Mxnxmum Charge
Resxdentxal Users $4 75
Commercxal Users $7 50
(5) Avaxlabxlxty
Resxdentxal Serwce Applxcable for sxngle-fam~ly
resxdentxal use Where less than fxve (5) un,ts of
a multxple dwellxng are served by a s~ngle water
serwce lxne, the mxnxmum bxll and the number of
gallons xn each category shall be multxplxed by the
number of famxly or housekeepxng unxts
(4) Payment
Bxllxng for serwce hereunder w~ll be at the net
monthly rate, payment of whxch ~s due on or before
the due date shown on the statement Sectxons 25-4
and 25-6 of thxs Chapter w~ll apply to serwce users
havxng overdue bxlls
(b) Commercxal and Industrxal (W-23
Customer Charge $6 50 per month
Volume Charge $0 94 per 1,000 gallons
(c) Sales for Resale
Customer Charge $100 00 per month
Volume Charge $ 0 q2 per 1,000 gallons
(d) Utility Operations (W-43
Customer Charge $6 50 per month
Volume Charge $1 00 per 1,000 gallons
(e) Sales to Cxty Accounts (W-53
Customer Charge $6 9~ per month
Volume Charge $1 00 per 1~000 gallons
(f) Sales to Steam Generating Plant (W-63
Volume Charge $0 18 per 1,000 gallons
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(g) Fire Service (W-7)
(1) Rate and monthly charge Each commercial or
industrial establishment requiring a standby fire
service line (unmetered) to serve sprinklers or
other private fire-fighting equipment shall pay for
this service each month as follows
For each six-~nch f~re service l~ne $ 7 50
For each elght-~nch fire service line $10 00
(2) Availability
Each f~re service l~ne is not to be used for any
purpose other than f~re fighting
(h) Customers Outside C~ty Limits
Except for W-3 Rate Customers, customers outside the
city limits shall be charged the appropriate rate
schedule as l~sted above multiplied by one hundred
f~fteen (115%) percent
SECTION II
This ordlnance shall become effective on May 7, 1981
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s the/~ day of /~F~/ , 1981
~C~AR~-0~ST~W~T,-~A%~
CIT~ OF DENTON, TEXAS
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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