HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 900465 - Sewer RatesAN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23, "UTILITIES AND SERVICES" OF THE
CITY OF GEORGETOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING
SECTION 23-1 "RATES AND CHARGES FOR CITY SERVICE - SCHEDULES"
SUBSECTION (C) "SEWER RATES"; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE,
PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Georgetown will construct a
wastewater treatment plant at Dove Springs during the 1990-1991 fiscal year;
and
WHEREAS, additional
revenues required to cover the anticipated
operating
and debt service related
to
the Dove Springs Plant are not otherwise
provided
for in the operating budget
above sewer charges.
of the City of Georgetown for the 1990-1991
fiscal
year; and
under
WHEREAS, the rates
for
wastewater service to customers of the
City of
Georgetown must therefore
be
increased;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown, Texas, that:
SECTION I.
The City Council adopts the recitals set forth above as true and correct
and are adopted herein verbatim as if fully set forth at length.
SECTION II.
Subsection (C) of Sec. 23-1 "Rates and Charges for City Services --
Schedules/1 of Chapter 23 is hereby amended as follows:
(C) Sewer Rates
Water Use
In Gallons
First 3,000
Balance per 1,000
Maximum billing
Residential
Rates
$5.00
$1.55/15000
$43.75
Non -Residential
Rates
$10.00
$1.80/11000
No maximum
The above charges are computed using the average number of gallons of
water used monthly for a three month winter period (December -January -
February). The winter average will be calculated annually.
Customers may request in writing that the
average. The City Manager shall use a basis
provided herein when such other basis results i
equitable to both the customer and the entire
made annually.
City Manger calculate a winter
or calculation other than that
an average which is fair and
ystem. Such requests shall be
Anyone
receiving
City water
service
and connected
to City sewer
system
must pay the
above sewer charges.
Anyone
whose home is
both vacant and
under
contract to sell will be exempt from paying for sewer service upon application
for exemption with the Utility Office.
SECTION III.
All Ordinances, parts of Ordinances, or Resolutions in conflict herewith
are expressly repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION IV.
If any article provision,
paragraph or part of
a paragraph
of this
Ordinance is held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by
a court of
competent
jurisdiction, the same shall not
invalidate or impair
the validity,
force or
effect of any other article, paragraph
or part of a paragraph
of the
remainder
of
this
Ordinance.
SECTION V.
This Ordinance shall become effective for full month billing periods
beginning after September 30, 1990.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on first reading this 11441 day of
_, 1990.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on second reading this ASA4 day of
, 1990.
APPROVED:
City of Georgetown
ATTEST:
y
Elizabeth Gray
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM.
Marianne Landers Banks
City Attorney