ORD CC 1980-40 - Increase water-sewer rates• •
ORDINANCE NO. 80 -40
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE,
TEXAS, INCREASING RATES FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICE FURNISHED
BY THE CITY; MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED
THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT.ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS:
Section 1: Chapter 17, "Water and Sewer," of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Huntsville, Texas, is hereby amended by the repeal of Section
17 -9 as presently constituted, and by the adoption of a new Section 17 -9
that shall read as follows:
Sec. 17 -9. Monthly charges for water
a. Basic rate schedule. Except as hereafter provided,
each residential and commercial user of water situated
within the corporate limits of the City of Huntsville
and supplied with water service by the City shall be
charged a monthly water service charge based upon the
amount of water consumption attributed to the user,
as determined herein, and applied to the following
rate schedule:
Gallons of Water Amount or Rate
Used per Month to be Charged
First 3,000, minimum monthly charge 7.02
All over 3,000, per 1,000 1.02
b. Unit billing for residential dwellings
(1) Individually metered units.
Each residential dwelling unit individually metered
and billed for consumption of water shall be charged
for and owe each month a water service charge based
upon the amount of water consumed, as determined by
the meter reading, applied to the above rate schedule.
(2) Jointly metered units.
Each multifamily dwelling unit project shall be
charged for and owe each month a water service charge
as follows:
A minimum bill equal to total number of units multiplied
by the minimum monthly charge, plus a consumption charge
based upon the amount of water consumed in excess of
3,000 times the number of units, as determined by the
meter reading, applied to the above rate schedule.
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c. Institutional Users
Institutional and contract users (Sam Houston State
University, Texas Department of Corrections, and Elkins
Lake Municipal Utility District) shall be charged a
monthly water service charge based upon the amount of
water consumption attributed to the user, as determined
herein, and applied to the following rate:
Gallons of Water Amount or Rate
Used per Month to be Charged
each 1,000 $1.59
d. Users outside the City
Each residential and commercial user of water situated
outside the corporate limits of the City of Huntsville
and supplied with water service by the City shall be
charged a monthly service charge based on water consump-
tion attributed to the user, as determined herein, except
that the charges shall be double the rates charged to a
user situated within the City limits.
Section 2: Chapter 17, "Water and Sewers," of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Huntsville, Texas, is hereby amended by the repeal of Section
17 -21 as presently constituted and by the adoption of a new Section 17 -21
that shall read as follows:
Section 17 -21. Monthly charges for sewer
a. Basic rate schedule. Except as hereafter provided, each
residential and commercial user of water situated within
the corporate limits of the City of Huntsville and supplied
with sewer service by the City shall be charged a monthly
sewer service charge based upon the amount of water consump-
tion attributed to the user, as determined herein, and applied
to the following rate schedule:
Gallons of Water Amount or Rate
Used per month to be Charged
First 3,000, minimum monthly charge $3.45
All over 3,000, per 1,000 65
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b. Unit billing for residential dwellings
(1) Individually metered units
Each residential dwelling unit individually metered and
billed for consumption of water shall be charged for
and owe each month a sewer service charge, based upon
the amount of water consumed, as determined by the meter
reading, applied to the above rate schedule, provided
that the maximum sewer bill for each residential unit
is $8.00.
(2) Jointly metered units
Each multifamily dwelling unit project shall be charged
for and owe each month a sewer service charge as follows:
A minimum bill equal to the total number of units multiplied
by the minimum monthly charge, plus a consumption charge
based upon the amount of water consumed, in excess of 3,000
times the number of units, as determined by the meter read-
ing, applied to the above rate schedule, provided that the
maximum sewer charge for multiple residential units shall
not exceed the number of units multiplied by $8.00.
c. Insitutional users
Institutional users (Sam Houston State University and Texas Department
of Corrections) shall be charged a monthly sewer service charge
based upon the amount of water consumption attributed to the user,
as determined herein, and applied to the following rate:
Gallons of Water Amount or Rate
used per month to be charged
Each 1,000 65
d. Users outside the City
Each residential and commercial user of water outside the corporate
limits of the City of Huntsville and supplied with sewer service
by the City shall be charged a monthly service charge based on
water consumption attributed to the user, as determined herein,
except that the rates shall be double the rates charged to a user
situated within the city limits,
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e. Other charges not affected
Nothing herein shall affect or alter any other charge for sewer
service required by the Code or the City's industrial waste
ordinances.
Section These rates provided for herein will be effective on all bills
rendered after October 20th, 1980,
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately after its adoption
by Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. D. 1980.
H DE S ^W , ity Secretary
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SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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ORRIS I. W ER, Mayor