HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 77-122ORDINANCE NO. % % - / ,� Z
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 32
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT TO AMEND --SEWER RATES FOR RESIDEN-
TIAL AND COMMERCIAL -INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING
FOR REPEAL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEALZ04T:
THAT Chapter 32, Section 32-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as
follows:
Section 32-8 (a) Residential customers shall be charged
the following sewer rates based upon metered
water used: there shall be a minimum charge
of $1.75 to all residential dwelling units.
A charge of $.50 per 1,000 gallons based on
metered water as specifically set forth
hereinafter shall be assessed. Sewer charges
for the months of December, January and
.February will be based on actual metered water
usage. Sewer charges for the months of March
through November will be computed based on the
average of the monthly water.usage appearing
on the December, January and February bills, or
the actual usage for the months of March through
November, whichever is less. Where no preceding
December, January and February monthly average
volume is available from records, the Director
of Water Utilities shall establish an average
monthly volume based on the average monthly
water use of all residential water users in each
particular billing cycle for the winter months
set out above.
`(b) Commercial -industrial customers shall
be charged the following sewer rates based
on metered water use: there shall be a mini-
mum charge of $1.75 to all commercial -industrial
customers. The monthly charges to commercial -
industrial customers shall be $.50 per 1,000
gallons of total metered water used. Charges
to commercial -industrial users in accordance
with established rates may be based on the amount
of metered return flaw as measured by a meter
approved by the Water Utilities Department and
furnished and 'installed at the users expense.
(c) Failure or refusal by any customer to pay
any bill to the Sewer Department, or its auth-
orized representatives upon demand, shall.con-
stitute a breach of contract, and water and
sewer service may, within ten (10) 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 delin-
quent bills,plus the applicable service charge
as provided herein. Protest of charges on file
with the department shall not in any manner
alter or extend the purposes of this subsection.
(d) Where a building containing more than one
dwelling unit is served by a single meter, or
where there is not a separate water meter for
each dwelling unit, each unit shall be charged
a minimum base charge.
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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.
Section 3.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this
the A,;g, day of „�� 1977.
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