HomeMy WebLinkAbout1952-0172 - Ordinance - 06/17/1952ORDINANCE NO. 172
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE SCHEDULE OF UTILITY RATES; GOVERNING PAY-
MENT
AYMENT OF BILLS; PROVIDING FOR DISCONNECTIONS AND RECONNECTIONS;
AND REPEALING ORDINANCES OR PORTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of College Station,
Texas:
SECTION 1. Schedule of Rates. The monthly rates to be
charged consumers for public utility services -- namely, electricity,
water and/or sewerage connections -- shall be in accordance with the
schedules as follows:
(A) Rates for Electricity
For domestic, commercial and/or industrial
consumers using electricity within the
corporate limits of the city:
First 25 KWH .
Next 75 KWH . 0
Next 80 KWH . .
All over 180 KWH
0 0
0
0
O 0 0 0 0 0
O 0 0 0 0 0
O 0 0 0 0 0
O 0 0 0 0 0
Minimum monthly charge $1.00.
(B) Rates for Water
per KWH •
3 -0 per KWH
4 ¢ per KWI•I •
20 per KWH •
For domestic, commercial and/or industrial
consumers using water within the corporate
limits of the city:
First 1,000 gals.
Next 2,000 gals.
Next 3,000 gals. .
All over 6,000 gals.
O 0 0 0 0 0 0 750
O 0 0 ` 0 . . 0 0.00 per M..
0 . 0 0 0 . 250 per M. .
. . . 0 . 0 200 per M. •
Minimum water charge $1.00.
(C) Rates for Sewerage Service:
1. For consumers using sewerage services for
household or office within the corporate limits
of the city:
1 water closet connection . , , 500
2 water closet connections . . , 75¢
3 or more water closet connections . , $1.00-
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2. For consumers using sewerage services
for apartments and rooming houses within
the corporate limits of the city:
1 water closet connection . . 50¢ -
Each additional water closet connection 25¢ •
3. For consumers using sewerage services
for commercial and/or industrial business
establishments within the corporate limits
of the city:
First 7,000 gals. or fraction thereof
of water used 50¢
Each additional 7,000 gals. or ,fraction
thereof or water used • . • • 25¢
Where it can be shown that any considerable part
of the water used by commercial and/or industrial
consumers does not reach the sewers, the city
council may make such adjustments in their rates
as shall be deemed just and equitable.
SECTION 2. Payment of Bills:
(A) All charges due the city from consumers of
public utilities services shall be based on bills
rendered by the city to the consumer,.. and such bills
shall be due and payable not later than the 15th
day of the month next succeeding the month during
which these services were rendered.
(B) Bills which are not paid by the 15th day of
the month in which they are due shall be subject
to a penalty of ten per cent (10%) of the
total utility bill due for that period.
SECTION 3. Disconnections and Reconnections:
(A) All electric, water and sewerage connections
shall be severed for any consumer of public utilities
services who fails to pay all or any part of his total
bill for such services within 15 days after the same
shall be due and payable as provided above.
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(B) When connections for public utilities services have
been severed the same shall be restored only when all
amounts due the city shallhave been paid in full, and
an additional fee of $2.00 shall also have been paid
to partially cover the expenses of the restoration for
any or all services to be reconnected.
SECTION 4. Any ordinance or portion thereof in conflict
with this Ordinance is hereby repealed, and the provisions of
this Ordinance in case of conflict shall govern. If any
portion of this Ordinance shall be declared invalid, such
declaration shall not affect the other portions thereof.
Passed, approved and ordered published this the 17th
day of June, A. D. 1952.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
City Secretary
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