HomeMy WebLinkAbout1945-0086 - Ordinance - 12/13/1945ORDINANCE NO. 86
AN. ORDINANCE FIXING THE SCHEDULE OF UTILITY RATES GOVERNING PAYMENT 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 tp be charged consumers
for public utility services -- namely, electricity,.watei., and/or sewerage
connection -- shall be in accordance with the schedules as follows:
(A) Rates for electricity
1. For domestic consumers using electricity in households
or offices only:
1st 20 KWH 8¢ per KWH
Next 40 KWH 5¢ per KWH
Next 40 KWH .4¢ per KWH
Next 80 KWH .3¢ per KWH
All in excess of 180 KWH .2¢ per KWH
Minimum charge for Domestic Lighting. . . . . •. $2.00
2. For commercial or industrial consumers. using electricity
in business establishments:
1st 25 KWH
Next 400 KWH
Next 1000 KWH
All over 1425 KWH
Minimum charge for Commercial Lighting
. . . . .
10¢ per KWH
5¢ per KWH
4¢ per
2¢ per
KW -
$2.00',
(B) Rates for water, domestic and commercial consumption:
1st 1,000 gals 75¢ .
Next 2,000 .gals 400 per M.
Next 3,000 gals 25¢'per M.
All over 6,000 gals 20¢ per M.
Minimum water charge $1.00
(C) Rates for sewerage service:
1. For domestic consumers using
holds or office only:
sewerage services for house -
1 Water Closet connection 500
2 Water Closet connections . . . . . . ... . 750
3 or more Water Closet connections 1 00
2. For apartment and rooming houses using sewerage
1 Water Closet connection
Each additional Water Closet connection
services:
50¢
250
3'. For commercial or industrial consumers using sewerage
services for business establishments:
1st 7,000 gals. or fraction thereof of water used . . . . 50¢
Each additional 7,000 gals. or fraction thereof of water
used 250
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Where it can be shown that any considerable part of the
water used by commercial and 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) A11 charges due the City from consumers of public utilities
services shallbe 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) "A11 bills shall be discounted in the amount of 10 per cent under
the rates specified in the schedules appearing in Section 1 of this
Ordinance,' provided, but provided only, that such bills exceed one
($1.00) dollar in amount and are paid within the 15 -day period set
forth in Article (A) above.
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 in Article (A)
of Section 2 above.
(B) When connections for public utilities services have been
severed, as provided in Article (A) of this Section, the same shall
be restored only when all amounts due the City shall have been
paid and an additional fee of $1.00 shall also have been paid to
cover the expenses of the restoration for each type of service 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 and approved this 12 day of December, A. D. 1945.
APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
Asstt. City Secretary
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