HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 76-107ORDINANCE No.7 -/b7
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 40-8 (1),
40-8 (4), 40-8 (5) AND 40-8 (7) OF CHAPTER 40 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING RATES, RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR WATER SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE;
PROVIDING FOR A PTAT,TY- PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT BEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Section 40-8 .(1) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 40-8 (1)
The following metered rate for water measured through meters
approved by the Water Utilities Department shall be effective:
(a) Minimum charge, First 1,500 gallons . . . . . . . $ 2.25
(b) Next 98,500 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .68 per M gallons
(c)
Next 100,000
gallons . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . $
.66 per M gallons
(d)
Next 100,000
gallons . . . . . . .
. . . . .... . $
.64'per M gallons
(e)
Next 100,000
gallons . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . $
.62 per M gallons
(f)
Next 100,000
gallons . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . $
.60 per M gallons
(g) Next 500,000 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .55 per M gallons
(h) All over 1,000,000 gallons . . . . . . . . . . . $ .50 per M gallons
Section 2.
That Section 40-8 (4) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 40-8 (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 (10) 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 charges:
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For cutting_ service and locking meters . . . . $ 6.00
For replacing a broken lock . . . . . . $12.00
For removing a meter . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.00
For killing tap (cutting off service at
the main line) . . ... . . . . . . . . . . $50.00
Protest of charges on file with the Water Department shall not in
any manner alter or extend the purposes of -this -:subsection.
That Section 40-8 (5) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 40-8 (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 $25.00; 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.
Section 4.
That Section 40-8 (7) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
Section 40-8 (7)
Where the services are used by more than one dwelling unit and
are served by single meter, or where the dwelling units are not
served by separate meters, a minium charge of $2.25 will be
made for each dwelling unit served, and water used over 1500
gallons per unit per month shall be billed at the appropriate
rate as listed in Section 40-8 (1).
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This ordinance shall become effective with billings beginning
October 1, 1976.
Section 6.
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.
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.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the
day of j�� - , 1976.
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