HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-3636 - Ordinance - 02/26/2015 ORDINANCE NO. 2015-3636
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 "UTILITIES", SECTION 11-7
"MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM",PART C "RATES", OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,TEXAS,AS SET OUT BELOW;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING A PENALTY; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas CHAPTER 11
"UTILITIES", SECTION 11-7 "MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY
SYSTEM", PART C "RATES", be amended as set out in Exhibit "A", attached
hereto and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes.
PART 2: That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or
unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining
provisions or sections of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect.
PART 3: That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each day such violation shall continue or be
permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense. Said Ordinance, being a
penal ordinance, becomes effective ten (10) days after its date of passage by the
City Council, as provided by Section 35 of the Charter of the City of College
Station.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 2//1 day of ,2015.
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APPROVED:
Mayor
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City Seer
APPROVED:
Attorney
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EXHIBIT "A"
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station,Texas CHAPTER 11 "UTILITIES",
SECTION 11-7 "MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM", PART C "RATES", be
amended to read as follows:
C. Rates.
All charges shall be made in accordance with the classification of properties by the
following categories:
(1) Residential service shall be charged on the basis of a set fee per residential unit.
(a) Each single-family detached residential unit and each duplex residential
unit $5.00 per month.
(b) Each residential unit with two (2) or more attached residential units and all
residential units in a complex identified as a multi-family apartment
complex $2.25 per month.
(2) All other lots, tracts and parcels of land within the City shall be considered and
charged on the basis of commercial use in accordance with the following schedule
of drainage charges which are hereby levied against all such remaining lots, tract
or parcels of land within the City unless covered by exemptions listed herein.
Commercial service shall be calculated on the basis of building square footage.
$2.35/1,000 sq. ft. per month.