HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 678-92 11-10-1992 • ORDINANCE NO. 678
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION A, "WATER
RATES ENUMERATED" OF SECTION 10, "WATER RATES"
AND SUBSECTION A, "SEWER RATES ESTABLISHED" OF
SECTION 11 "SEWER RATES" OF CHAPTER 11, "UTILITIES"
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TO ENUMERATE WATER AND SEWER
RATES FOR METER READINGS AFTER NOVEMBER 12, 1992;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVING CLAUSE; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
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That Subsection A, "WATER RATES ENUMERATED" of Section 10, "WATER
RATES" of Chapter 11, "Utilities" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland
Hills, as amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
A. WATER RATES ENUMERATED
• From and after the twelfth day of November, 1992, (meter readings after
such date) the following water rates and charges shall be in full force and
effect within the City:
(1) All customers with water service shall be charged the following,
unless otherwise provided for:
First 2,000 Gallons - $11.00 Minimum
2,001 - 6,000 gallons - $2.44 per/1000 gallons
6,001 - 10,000 gallons - $2.53 per/1000 gallons
10,001 - 20,000 gallons - $2.62 per/1000 gallons
Over 20,000 gallons - $2.72 per/1000 gallons
(2) Charges for apartment houses shall be as follows:
When two (2) or more residential living units are supplied with
water from one (1) meter, a minimum water service charge of
$11.00 will be made each month for each unit, adjusted by an
occupancy factor of ninety (90) percent.
II.
That Subsection "A", "SEWER RATES ESTABLISHED" of Section 11 "SEWER
RATES" of Chapter 11, "Utilities", of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland
Hills, Texas is hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
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• A. SEWER RATES ESTABLISHED
From and after November 12, 1992, 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 $11.00 for
the first 2000 gallons of actual water used or wastewater produced
during the monthly billing periods.
(2) The monthly volume charge for all industrial; and commercial
customers shall be $1.03 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
$1.03 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 $11.00 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 $1.03 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.
III.
Saving 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.
IV.
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 and
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.
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V.
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 10 day of rrOV 1992, by a vote
of 5 ayes, ~ nays, and ~ abstentions.
APPROVED:
C. F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Pauline Kempe, City Secretary
• AP OVED AS TO FORM:
Paul F. Wienes ie, City Attorney
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