1980-0400
NO Qo - y
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF DENTON BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 25-11 ENTITLED
AVERAGE BILLINGS FOR ELECTRICAL, WATER, SEWER, SANITATION, AND
SERVICES, AND PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF COMPUTING AVERAGE
BILLINGS AND REGULATION THEREFOR
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton
is amended by adding a new Section 25-11 reading as follows
SECTION 25-11 AVERAGE BILLINGS FOR ELECTRICAL, WATER,
SEWER, AND SANITATION, SERVICES
Any residential utility customer of the City may have
billings for electrical, water, sewer, and sanitation services
billed based upon an average bill for the previous twelve (12)
months of service with the City by complying with the following
provisions
(a) Customer must make a written application to the City on
a form furnished by the City requesting average billing and
agree to be bound by the provisions of this section
(b) Upon receipt of such application, the City will compute
the bill of customer each month based on the following
"Customers average billings for electrical,
water, sewer, and sanitation service for the
previous twelve (12) months plus ten (10%)
percent of the balance due which is the total
charges to date less the amounts paid and
billed to date
Customer shall be billed this average billing for the first
eleven (11) billings of each year On the twelfth (12th)
billing, the City will ether credit customer for the amount
billed in excess of the actual twelve (12) months consumption or
bill customer for the amount of actual consumption in excess of
the average billing provided for herein Customer shall have
until the next billing date to pay any additional billings
(c) The City may deny any request for average billing based
upon the absence of a credit rating for customer, customers
credit history with the City, or any other financial reasons
Upon the acceptance and approval of a request for average
billings by a customer, it shall constitute an agreement by
customer to comply with the terms of this section and the
average billing policies of the City
(d) Any customer will be automatically discontinued from the
program if they do not pay their average bill in full by the
next billing date and customer will be billed on the next
monthly bill for all amounts due the City for electrical, water,
sewer, and sanitation service to date of billing Should a
customer be removed from the average billing program for failure
to pay the bill on time, such customer may not requalify for
such program until after the expiration 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
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 406AL day of
1980
i
ARD STE , MO-R
CIT OF DENTON, TEXAS
ATTEST
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VMS HOLT, CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
BY
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