ORD 1989-23 - Water & Sewer Fees - Sets Rates For 1989-90 09-12-1989ORDINANCE NO. 89 -23
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 WATER AND SEWERS, OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE,
TEXAS, DEFINING COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL WATER AND
SEWER CUSTOMERS; PROVIDING FOR A DEDUCTION TO CERTAIN
CITY SERVICES FOR VACANT RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS;
PROVIDING REPORTING PROCEDURES; AND MAKING OTHER
PROVISIONS AND FINDINGS RELATED THERETO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that:
SECTION 1: Chapter 17, Water and Sewers, of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Huntsville, Texas, is amended by changing Section 17 -4, Water
tapping charges, as follows:
Section 17 -4. Water tapping charges.
a. The following charge shall be assessed and collected by the
water billing department for water taps:
1. Three - fourths -inch water tap $ 225.00
2. One -inch water tap $ 365.00
b. All other water taps and special water connections shall be made
at actual cost as determined by the director of public utilities
or his designee.
SECTION 2: Chapter 17, Water and Sewers, of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Huntsville, Texas, is amended by changing Section 17 -9,
Monthly charges for water, as follows:
Section 17 -9. Monthly charges for water.
a. Commercial rate schedule.
Except as hereafter provided, each commercial user of water,
including churches, financial establishments, hospitals, hotels,
laundries, machine shops, motels, nursing homes, offices,
restaurants, service stations, skating rinks, taverns, theaters
and warehouses, supplied with water service by the City shall be
charged a monthly water service charge based upon the amount of
water consumed by the user and applied to the following rate
schedule:
Gallons of Water Amount or Rate
Used per Month Charged
first 3,000 minimum monthly charge $10.65
all over 3,000, per 1,000 $ 1.80
b. Residential rate schedule.
Except as hereafter provided, each residential user, including
apartments, duplexes, mobile home parks, and single family
residents, supplied with water service by the City shall be
charged a monthly water service charge based upon the amount of
water consumed by the user and applied to the following rate
schedule:
Gallons of Water Amount or Rate
Used per Month Charged
first 3,000 minimum monthly charge $10.65
all over 3,000, per 1,000 $ 1.80
1. Individually metered residential unitsEach 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 residential units.
(a) 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 consumption
charge based upon the amount of water consumed in excess
of three thousand (3,000) gallons times the number of
residential dwelling units, as determined by the meter
reading, applied to the above rate schedule.
(b) "Residential dwelling unit" or "unit" shall mean one
or more buildings, parts of a building, manufactured
homes, mobile homes, or manufactured or mobile home site
within a mobile home park, which building, part of a
building, manufactured home, or mobile home includes or
would normally be designated to include a bathroom,
principal kitchen facilities and living quarters;
provided, however, that every designated manufactured
housing or mobile home site, or trailer site with water
and sewer connections within a mobile home park shall also
be considered a residential dwelling unit.
c. Vacancy means the unit is unoccupied and the owner receives no
rent, lease payment or occupancy fee for the unit for at least
25 days of any calendar month.
A jointly metered residential dwelling unit customer shall be
entitled to apply for a deduction for vacancies in the form of a
credit for future water service with City for prior water
service payments on vacant units under the following conditions:
1. one or more of the residential dwelling units used for the
basis of calculation of the minimum bill was vacant for 25
days or more of the previous calendar month;
2. a notarized statement is presented to the City, on a form
approved by the City, listing the specific vacant
apartments or mobile home sites and stating the period of
vacancy, signed under the penalty of law by the customer;
3. the records of the customer, including lease agreement and
rental receipts, are available for examination by City
staff for purposes of verifying the vacancies;
4. the customer's water bill is paid and proper deposits
exist for water service; and
5. the affidavit is delivered with written receipt
acknowledged, either in person or by certified mail, to
the City Utility Billing Department before the 5th day of
the month following the vacancy, unless the 5th is a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, in which event the
affidavit must be received by the City by the next day
which is neither a Saturday, Sunday, nor a legal holiday.
e. Institutional users. Institutional users, or persons who use
five (5) per cent or more of the total water sold 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:
Gallons of Water Amount or Rate
Used per Month Charged
Each 1,000 ................. ............. $2.70
SECTION 3: Chapter 17, Water and Sewers, of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Huntsville, Texas, is amended by changing Section 17-21.
Monthly charges for sewer, as follows:
Section 17-21. Monthly charges for sewer.
a. Commercial rate schedule.
Except as hereafter provided, each commercial user of sewer
including churches, financial establishments, hospitals, hotels,
laundries, machine shops, motels, nursing homes, offices,
restaurants, service stations, skating rinks, taverns, theaters
and warehouses, supplied with sewer service by the City shall be
charged a monthly sewer service charge based upon the amount of
water consumed by the user and applied to the following rate
schedule:
Gallons of Water Amount or Rate
Used per Month Charged
first 3,000 minimum monthly charge..... $6.85
all over 3,000, per 1,000 $1.35
b. Residential rate schedule.
Except as hereafter provided, each residential user, including
apartments, duplexes, mobile home parks, and single family
residents, supplied with sewer service by the City shall be
charged a monthly water service charge based upon the amount of
water consumed by the user and applied to the following rate
schedule:
Gallons of water Amount or Rate
Used per month Charged
first 3,000 minimum monthly charge $6.85
all over 3,000, per 1,000 $1.35
1. Individually metered residential unitsEach 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, however,
that the maximum sewer bill for each residential unit is
sixteen dollars and 30/100 ($16.30).
2. Jointly metered residential units.
(a) 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 three thousand (3,000) gallons times the
number of residential dwelling units, as determined by the
meter reading, applied to the above rate schedule;
provided, however, that the maximum sewer charge for
multiple residential units shall not exceed the number of
units multiplied by sixteen and 30/100 dollars. ($16.30)
(b) "Residential dwelling unit" or "unit" shall mean one •
or more buildings, parts of a building, manufactured
homes, mobile homes, or manufactured or mobile home site
within a mobile home park, which building, part of a
building, manufactured home, or mobile home included or
would normally be designated to include a bathroom,
principal kitchen facilities and living quarters;
provided, however, that every designated manufactured
housing or mobile home site, or trailer site with water
and sewer connections within a mobile home park shall also
be considered a residential dwelling unit.
c. Vacancy means that unit is unoccupied and the owner received no
rent, lease payment or occupancy fee for the unit for at least
25 days of any calendar month.
d. A jointly metered residential dwelling unit customer shall be
entitled to apply for a deduction for vacancies in the form of a
credit for future sewer service with City for prior sewer
service payments on vacant units under the following conditions:
1. one or more of the residential dwelling units used for the
basis of calculation of the minimum bill was vacant for 25
days or more of the previous calendar month;
2. a notarized statement is presented to the City, on a form
approved by the City, listing the specific vacant
apartments or mobile home sites and stating the period of
vacancy, signed under the penalty of law by the customer;
3. the records of the customer, including lease agreement and
rental receipts, are available for examination by City
staff for purposes of verifying the vacancies;
4. the customer's water bill is paid and proper deposits
exist for water service ; and
5. the affidavit is delivered with written receipt
acknowledged, either if person or by certified mail, to
the City Utility Billing Department before the 5th day of
the month following the vacancy, unless the 5th is a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, in which event the
affidavit must be received by the City by the next day
which is neither a Saturday, Sunday, nor a legal holiday.
e. Institutional users. Institutional users, or persons who use
five (5) per cent or more of the total water sold by the city,
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
Used per Month
Each 1,000
Amount or Rate
Charged
$1.35
f Other charges not affected. Nothing herein shall effect or
alter any other charge for sewer service required by the Code or
the city's industrial waste ordinances.
g. Users without city water. Persons not connected to the
waterworks system of the city shall be billed monthly by the
city for sanitary sewer services at a rate determined by the
utility office supervisor, which rate shall be consistent with
the regular sewer service charge of similar type premises or
users receiving service from the city. If a person desiring
service uses water or maintained premises in such a manner that
a similar type user or premises cannot be found, the utility
office supervisor may recommend for approval to city council
such service charge and conditions as deemed appropriate.
SECTION 4: Chapter 17, Water and Sewers, of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Huntsville, Texas, is amended by changing Section 17 -25,
Sewer tapping charge, as follows:
Section 17 -25. Sewer tapping charge.
a. Except as herein provided, the following charge shall be
assessed and collected by the water billing department for
sewer taps or services:
1. Minimum fee for the location of sewer
stub or any connections to sewer system $ 50.00
2. Four -inch sewer tap $ 220.00
3. Six -inch sewer tap $ 425.00
b. A six -inch or larger sewer tap is required to be made at a
manhole only. If a manhole does not exist, customer is required
to pay the actual cost of the manhole installation.
c. Any tap requiring a bore or tunnel under a state or federal
highway shall be made at cost, except that the City will share
one -half the cost of up to three hundred (300) feet of the line
including the bore or tunnels.
d. All other sewer taps and special sewer connections shall be made
at actual cost as determined by the director of public utilities
or his designee.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption;
provided, however, that the rates change shall take effect for all
bills rendered after November 1, 1989.
APPROVED this J;2., 7n day of
THE CI
by Jar= Monday, Its Mayor
1989.
OF HUNTSVILLE
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ATTEST:
uth DeShaw, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Scott Bo nds, City Attorney