HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-3445 - Ordinance - 09/13/2012 ORDINANCE NO. 20/2 - 3445
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11, "UTILITIES" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, BY AMENDING
SECTION 2(D)(3) AS SET OUT BELOW; PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN SEWER
SERVICE FEES AND VOLUME RATES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1: That Chapter 11, "Utilities" Sections 2(D)(3) of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of College Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit "A ", attached
hereto and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes.
PART 2: That all previous ordinances in direct conflict with this ordinance are hereby
superseded and repealed.
PART 3: That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or
unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way affect the validity of the remaining
provisions or sections of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
PART 4: New rates are effective October 1, 2012.
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PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this J3 ' day of , 2012.
APPROVED:
Nancy Berry,' ayor
ATTEST:
Sherry M. burn, City Secretary
APPRO EDI kid )
City Attar ey
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Exhibit A
D.
Water and sewer rates, usage charges and fees.
(3)
Rates for sewerage service.
(a)
For customers using sewerage service for household purposes, where City
water service is provided with a meter for each residential unit:
Service charge:
$18.78 for first four thousand (4,000) gallons of water metered.
Usage charge:
$3.76 per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water usage for the next
six thousand (6,000) gallons of water metered.
Maximum billing:
$41.34 cap for metered water is ten thousand (10,000) gallons.
(b)
For customers using sewerage service for household purposes, multi - family
residences with kitchen facilities in each residential unit where water service
is provided without a meter for each residential unit:
Monthly charge per household unit: $23.89
(c)
For customers using sewerage service for household purposes, multi - family
residences with more than fifty (50) units without kitchen facilities in each
unit:
Monthly charge per household unit: $14.91
(d)
For customers using sewerage service for household purposes, multi - family
residences having fifty (50) residential units or less without kitchen facilities
in each residential unit, where water service is provided without a meter for
each residential unit such as but not limited to fraternity houses, sorority
houses, boarding houses and privately owned student dorms:
Service charge:
$16.11 per month
Usage charge:
$3.76 per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water usage.
(e)
For customers using sewerage service for commercial and /or industrial
business establishments:
Service charge:
$16.11 per month
Usage charge:
$4.47 per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water usage.
(f)
For customers outside the City water service area (where City water meters
do not exist), using City sewerage service for household purposes, the
customer will be charged the monthly rate as set out in Subsection (a) herein
for ten thousand (10,000) gallons per month, unless the customer
establishes, as determined by the City Manager, that the average rounded
water usage is less than nine thousand one (9,001) gallons per month in
which case the customer will be charged the following:
9,001- 10,000 > gallons per month $41.34
7,001 -9,000 gallons per month $33.81
5,001 -7,000 gallons per month $26.29
0 -5,000 gallons per month $18.78
(g) For customers where sewerage service is provided through a satellite wastewater
treatment plant not connected to the City's main sewer collection and treatment
system (typically outside the corporate limits of the City):
Monthly charge per residential unit: $45.42
(h)
Subject to available capacity under present City demand requirements,
present system capability, anticipated demand requirements, and anticipated
system capability, the City Council may enter into contracts for the sale of
sanitary sewer service to wholesale customers outside the City's corporate
limits.
(i)
All customers receiving sewer service under contract where the sewer rates
are not addressed in the contract shall pay 1.15 times the amounts set forth
above.