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: ~ ~
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W. H. (Bill) Vincent, Jr., Mayor
AT'~E~T
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Pauline Kempe; City Se retary
APPROVED TO FORM:
aul F. ieneskie, City Attorney