HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 71-23ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC. 32-8 AND 32-9 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT
ESTABLISHING SEWER SERVICE RATES, RULES AND
REGULATIONS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CITY
LIMITS BY CHANGING SAID RATES AND REGULATIONS AND RULES
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1971; 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 and 32-9 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Beaumont, Texas, are hereby amended, effective
July 1, 1971, and from the effective date hereof 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 waterworks department shall be
effective:
(a) Minimum Charge, First
1,500 gallons . . . . . . .$ 1.50
(b) Next 8,500 gallons. .30 per M gallons
(c) Next 10,000 gallons . . . . .29 per M gallons
(d) Next 10,000 gallons . . . . .28 per M gallons
(e) Next 10,000 gallons . . . . .27 per M gallons
(f) Next 10,000 gallons . . . . .25 per M gallons
(g) Next 50,000 gallons . . . . .24 per M gallons
(h) Next 100,000 gallons. . . . .23 per M gallons
(i) Next 100,000 gallons. . . . .22 per M gallons
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(j) Next 100,000 gallons . . . . .20 per M gallon
(k) Next 100,000 gallons . . .15 per M gallon
(1) All over 500,000 gallons . . .10 per M gallon
"(2) No flatrate 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:
(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 prescribed 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 following applicable
service charge(s):
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 department shall
not in any manner alter or extend the purposes of this
subsection.
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"(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."
"Sec. 32-9. Same -.Outside city limits.
"No -sewer service shall be furnished any subdivision
outside the city limits of the city unless and until a plan,
plat or replat shall have been first approved in the manner
and by the authorities provided for in Article 427b, Tex. Civ.
Stat., and Article 974a, Tex. Civ. Stat. If such a plan,
plat or replat shall have been so approved in accordance
with the said state statutes, the city council may, if it is
deemed advisable, furnish sewer service to premises outside
the city limits of the city, under the following rules:
"(1) Any person residing outside of the city limits
desiring to use sewer service shall make application
to the sewer department requesting service, which
shall state the location of the premises to be
served. Such application shall be made upon blanks
furnished by the city clerk and shall be signed by
the agent or owner of the property to be served,
and he will become liable for charges for sewer
service furnished.
"(2) Sewer service to consumers outside the city limits
shall be rendered at the following rates:
Same as inside the city limits plus
twenty-five per cent each month. When
service is on, a minimum charge of two
dollars per month shall be made. .
"(3) 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
following applicable service charge(s):
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
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"(4) The city council may make contracts with
owners of suburban property for extensions
of mains to such property and for connections
of such mains to the sewer system of the city;
providing nothing in this section shall be
construed to compel the city council to give
service to any customer outside of the city
limits. Sewer service through any suburban
line shall not be sold to customers living
outside the city limits at a rate less than
is charged by the city for service inside the
city limits."
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.
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 b the Cit Council this /day of f/
Y Y �� Y � lGt N e- ,
1971.
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MAYOR