HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 846-98 09-22-1998 ORDINANCE NO. 846-98
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10 "WATER RATES"
AND SECTION 11 "SEWER RATES" OF CHAPTER 11
"UTILITIES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, INCREASING THE RATES
CONTAINED THEREIN FOR WATER TO REFLECT
INCREASES IN CITY COSTS, AND DECREASING THE RATES
CONTAINED THEREIN FOR SEWER TO REFLECT
DECREASES IN CHARGES TO THE CITY FOR WASTEWATER
TREATMENT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, has heretofore
set reasonable rates and charges for water and wastewater service within the City of
Richland Hills, Texas; and
WHEREAS, since that time, the costs to the City for purchasing water have
increased; and
WHEREAS, since that time, the costs to the City for wastewater treatment
services have decreased; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, now finds it
necessary to increase the rates charged for water within the City to reflect the
increased costs to the City for purchase of water, and to decrease the rates charged
• for sewer service to reflect decreased costs for wastewater treatment service, and
hereby finds that the rates set forth hereinbelow are fair and reasonable.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That Subsection A "WATER RATES ENUMERATED" of Section 10 "WATER
RATES" of Chapter 11 "UTILITIES" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland
Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
SECTION 10: WATER RATES
A. WATER RATES ENUMERATED
From and after the 1st day of October, 1998, (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 $14.13 minimum
2,001 - 6,000 gallons $2.64 per 1,000 gallons
6,001 - 10,000 gallons $2.79 per 1,000 gallons
10,001 - 20,000 gallons $3.19 per 1,000 gallons
All over 20,000 gallons $3.94 per 1,000 gallons
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• (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 fourteen
dollars and thirteen cents ($14.13) will be made each month for each
unit, adjusted by an occupancy factor of ninety percent (90%).
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, as amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
SECTION 11: SEWER RATES
A. SEWER RATES ESTABLISHED
From and after October 1, 1998, 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 eleven
dollars and seventy seven cents ($11.77) for the first 2,000 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 one dollar and seven cents ($1.07) 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 one
dollar and seven cents ($1.07) 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 (2) or more residential living units are supplied with water
from one (1) meter, a minimum sewer charge of eleven dollars and
seventy seven cents ($11.77) will be made each month for each unit,
adjusted by an occupancy factor of ninety percent (90%). The
monthly volume charge shall be calculated at the rate of one dollar
and seven cents ($1.07) 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.
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• 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 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.
IV.
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.
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 R ichland H~Is City Coun~il on the 2~d day of September, 1998, by a vote
of ayes, nays, and abstentions.
•~~~„~Nfl ~ APPROVED:
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` ` - C. F. Kelley, Mayor
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ATTEST: ~
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T is, City Secretary
PP .D AST O M AND LEGALITY:
es A. Cribbs, City Attorney
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