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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-1038 - Ordinance - 08/31/1976ORDINANCE NO. 1038 AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE SCHEDULE OF UTILITY RATES, GOVERNING PAYMENT OF BILLS, PROVIDING FOR DISCONNECTIONS AND RECONNECTIONS; AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 974 AND 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, water and/or sewerage connections -shall be in accordance with the schedules as follows: (A) Rates for Water For domestic, commercial and/or industrial consumers using water within the corporate limits of the city: First 2,000 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.25 Next 3,000 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.89 per M Next 3,000 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.79 per M Next 7,000 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.69 per M Next 55,000 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.60 per M Over 70,000 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.57 per M Minimum Charger per Month $3.25 (B) Rates for Sewerage Service 1. For consumers using sewerage service for household purposes within the corporate limits of the city: Monthly Charge per Family . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.00 2. For consumers using sewerage service for apartment houses within the corporate limits of the city: Monthly Charge per Apartment Unit 1 water closet connection . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.00 3. For consumers using sewerage service for commercial and/or industrial business establishments within the corporate limits of the city: First 7,000 gallons or fraction thereof of water $3.00 Each additional 7,000 gallons or fraction there- of of water used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.70 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: �Iww (A) All charges due the city from consumers of all public utilities services shall be based on bills rendered by the city to the consumer. Ten per cent of the total bill, but not to exceed $5.00, shall be added after the due date. � 1 05 ORDINANCE NO. 1038 SECTION 3. Disconnections and Reconnections: Page 2 (A) All water and sewerage connections shall be severed for any consumer of public utilities 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. (B) When connections for public utilities services have been severed, the same shall be restored only when all amounts due the city have been paid in full, and an additional fee of $'-!.00 per meter reconnection shall also have been paid. (C) All connections, reconnections and disconnections shall be made only by an authorized representative of the city. SECTION 4. In view of the fact that the city must have access to the meters for reading and service no authorized city representative shall be denied access to the meter. QFrTTnW7 C This rate shall be effective on all invoices submitted by the City of College Station to users on or about September 1, 1976. SECTION 6. Any ordinance or portion thereof in conflict with this ordinance is hereby I, repealed, and the provisions of this ordinance, in case of conflict, shall govern. If any portion of this ordiannce shall be declared invalid, such declaration shall not affect the other portions thereof. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this the 31st day of August, 1976. ATTEST CityiSecretary n AP OVED Mayor