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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 590-88 10-24-1988 ORDINANCE NO. 590 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION "A" OF SECTION 11 OF CHAPTER 11, UTILITIES, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS TO ENUMERATE SEWER RATES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, THAT, I. That Subsection "A" of Section 11 of Chapter 11, Utilities, of the Code of Ordinances City of Richland Hills, Texas is hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows: A. SEWER RATES ESTABLISHED From and after November 1, 1988, the following sewer charges shall be made to customers on the Richland Hills sewer system: (1) The monthly minimum charge for all customers shall be $10.20 for the first 2000 gallons of actual water used or wastewater produced during the monthly billing period. (2) The monthly volume charge for all industrial and commercial customers shall be $0.89 per 1,000 gallons of actual water used or wastewater produced during the monthly billing period over the first 2,000 gallons. (3) The monthly volume charge for all single-family residential customers shall be based on the individual customer's average monthly water usage during the preceding winter quarter months of December, January and February and calculated at the rate of $0.89 per 1,000 gallons of actual water used or wastewater produced during the monthly billing period over the first 2,000 gallons, but in no event shall the volume used to compute this monthly charge exceed 10,000 gallons. When no preceding winter quarter average is available from records, an estimated average monthly volume of 10,000 gallons shall be used. (4) When two or more residential living units are supplied with water from one meter, a minimum sewer charge of $10.20 will be made each month for each unit, adjusted by an occupancy factor of ninety per cent. The monthly volume charge shall be calculated at the rate of $0.89 per 1,000 gallons of actual water used or wastewater produced during the monthly billing period after subtracting 2,000 gallons for each minimum included in the occupancy factor. • II. SAVINGS CLAUSE. That Chapter 11 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance. III. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas. PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the Richland Hills City Council on the 24 day of October 1988; by a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays and 0 abstentions. APPROVED: ~ ~ l W. H. (Bill) Vincent, Jr., Mayor AT'~E~T ~ Pauline Kempe; City Se retary APPROVED TO FORM: aul F. ieneskie, City Attorney