HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 71-40ORDINANCE NO. 11- 0
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC. 32-8 OF CHAPTER 32
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING SEWER SERVICE
RATES, RULES AND REGULATIONS INSIDE THE CITY
LIMITS BY CHANGING SAID RATES, RULES AND
REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY.; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS:
1.
That Sec. 32-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont, Texas, is hereby amended, and shall read as follows:
"Sec. 32-8. Service rates, rules and regulations—
Inside City Limits.
"The following rates, rules and regulations are
hereby established and shall be enforced and collected
by the City Council for sewer service furnished within
the corporate limits of the city:
"(1) The following metered rates based upon water
measured through meters approved by the water-
works department shall be effective:
(a) Minimum Charge, First
1,500 gallons ................ $ 1.50
(b) Next 48,500 gallons ..........
(c) Next 50,000 gallons ..........
(d) Next 100,000 gallons .........
(e) Next 100,000 gallons .........
(f) Next 100,000 gallons .........
(g) Next 100,000 gallons .........
(h) Next 500,000 gallons .........
(i) All over 1,000,000 ...........
.24 per M gallons
.23 per M gallons
.21 per M gallons
.19 per M gallons
.17 per M gallons
.15 per M gallons
.10 per M gallons
.07 per M gallons
11(2) No flat rate connections shall be made to the sewer
system of the city except in those instances in
which sewer service is available and water service
from the waterworks system of the city cannot be
made available to the customer by an extension of
three hundred (300) feet of water line, or less,
in which cases the following rates shall be
effective:
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(a) $3.50 per month for each single-family
residence or each dwelling unit in
multiple dwelling units.
(b) $10.00 per month for each commercial
customer.
(c) The rate for each industrial customer will
be determined by 'the sewer department,
based upon the amount and strength of the
effluent to be received by the sewer system
from such customer as determined by the
metered return flow, which metering shall
be at customer's expense.
"(3) All bills shall be computed at the herein pre-
scribed rates and shall be payable within thirty
days from the date of such bills, which is also
the date of reading the meter.
"(4) Failure or refusal by any customer to pay any
bill to the sewer department, or its authorized
representatives upon demand, shall constitute a
breach of contract, and water and sewer service
may,'within ten days from notice of such failure,
be discontinued to the customer, and, at the
discretion of the Director of Water Utilities,
such service shall not be renewed until the
customer has paid all delinquent bills,,plus the
applicable service charge(s) as follows:
For cutting service and
locking meter ............. $ 4.00
For replacing a broken
lock...................... 7.00
For removal of a meter .... 12.00
For killing tap (cutting
off service at main
line) ..................... 35.00
Protest of charges on file with the sewer depart-
ment shall not in any manner alter or extend the
purposes of this subsection.
11(5) In computing the charge where a single water
meter services more than one dwelling unit,
the total consumption of water, as measured by
the meter, shall be divided by the number of
units served and the rates set forth in the
schedule in subsection (1) of this section shall
then be applied as though each unit had a
separate meter in making the charge; provided,
however, that a minimum charge of one dollar
and fifty cents per unit per month shall be made."
2.
That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance
shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of
the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
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3.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance or the application of same to a particular
set of persons or circumstances should for any reason be held to be
invalid, such invalidity shall in no wise affect the remaining portions
of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions
of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
4.
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED by the City Council this % day of
1971.
Mayor -
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