HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-3620 - Ordinance - 12/18/2014 ORDINANCE NO. 2014-3620
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 A NEW RATE CATEGORY; 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superseded and repealed.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 January 1, 2015.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this /o IL day of , 2014.
APPROVED:
Nancy Berry, Mayor U
ATTEST:
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Sherry Maslurn, City Secretary
APPROVED:
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Exhibit A
Chapter 11 UTILITIES
Sec. 11-2. Water and sewer services.
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 commercial and/or industrial business establishments the customer will be charged
the monthly rate as set out in Subsection (e) herein, based on average rounded water use for the
previous twelve (12) months:
Service charge: $16.11 per month
Usage charge: $4.47 per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water usage, based on average
monthly water use for the previous twelve (12) months.
(g) 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
(h) 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
(i) 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.
(j) 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.