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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. • • 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 -2- �^ ~ • • 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, -3- • • 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 sta)6( SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney �^ aA)ageL ORRIS I. W ER, Mayor