HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 71-39ORDINANCE NO. (-
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC. 40-8
OF CHAPTER 40 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY
OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING RATES, RULES
AND REGULATIONS FOR WATER SERVICES 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. 40-8 of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Beaumont, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"Sec. 40-8. Rates, rules, regulations—Service
Inst e City.
"The following rates, rules and regulations are
hereby established and shall be enforced and
collected by the City Council for water services
furnished within the corporate limits of the City:
"(1) The following metered rate for water measured
through meters approved by the waterworks
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 gallons
.48 per M Gallons
.47 per M Gallons
.43 per M Gallons
.42 per M Gallons
.41 per M Gallons
.40 per M Gallons
.37 per M Gallons
.33 per M Gallons
"(2) No flat -rate connections shall be made to the
mains of the waterworks system except for
private fire lines.' Private fire line rates
are as follows:
(a) Minimum Charge, 4" tap
or smaller ............... $ 4.00 per month
(b) Minimum Charge, 5" tap ...
5.00 per month
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(c) Minimum Charge, 6" tap ... $ 6.00 per.month
(d) Minimum Charge, 8" tap ... 8.00 per month
(e) Minimum Charge, 10" tap 10.00 per month
(f) Minimum Charge, 12" tap .. 12.00 per month
"(3)'All bills shall be computed at the herein
prescribed rates and shall be payable within
thirty (30) 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 water 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 services 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 the main
line) ...................... 35.00
Protest of charges on file with the water depart-
ment shall not in any manner alter or extend the
purposes of this subsection.
"(5) The water department, or its authorized agents,
may require from any applicant for water service
a cash deposit to secure payment of water, sewer
and sanitation charges, or any other charges that
may accrue, and when such deposit is made it
shall be not less than fifteen dollars; provided,
however, additional deposits may be required from
any applicant to pay charges accrued or to accrue
for these services. Failure to pay additional
deposit will forfeit right to water, sewer and
sanitation services and same may be discontinued
five (5) days after notice to pay such additional
deposit.
"(6) Each building containing one or more dwelling
units shall be served by a separate meter of a
size to be determined by the water department.
Accessory buildings, including servants quarters,
may be served by the same meter as serves the
main.building. Motels, motor hotels and trailer
camps are not included and may be served by a
single meter.
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11(7) Where the services are used by more than
one (1) dwelling unit and is served by a
single meter, or where the dwelling units
are not served by separate meters, a minimum
charge of one dollar and fifty cents will be
made for each dwelling unit served, and water
used over fifteen hundred gallons per unit
per month shall be billed at the appropriate
rate as li.sted in paragraph (1) hereof."
2.
That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance
shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Sec. 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 by the City Council this J/ day of
1971.
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