HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 871-99 09-28-1999
• ORDINANCE NO. 871-99
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, DECREASING THE RATES CONTAINED THEREIN FOR
WATER TO REFLECT DECREASES IN CITY COSTS, AND
INCREASING THE RATES CONTAINED THEREIN FOR SEWER
TO REFLECT INCREASES 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 decreased; and
WHEREAS, since that time, the costs to the City for wastewater treatment services have
increased; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, now finds it appropriate to
• decrease the rates charged for water within the City to reflect the decreased costs to the City for
purchase of water, and to increase the rates charged for sewer service to reflect increased 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, 1999, (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:
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• First 2,000 gallons $14.06 minimum
2,001 - 6,000 gallons $2.57 per 1,000 gallons
6,001 - 10,000 gallons $2.72 per 1,000 gallons
10,001 - 20,000 gallons $3.12 per 1,000 gallons
All over 20,000 gallons $3.87 per 1,000 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 fourteen dollars and six cents ($14.06)
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, 1999, 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 twelve dollars and twenty
four cents ($12.24) 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 twelve dollars and twenty four cents ($12.24)
will be made each month for each unit, adjusted by an occupancy factor of ninety
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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.
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
Richland Hills City Cou~~~~,R~„~~e 28 day of Sept• , 1999, by a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and
0 abstentions. \\`\\\~~~~~~pN D
~ ' APPROVED:
J C. F. Kelley, Mayor
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ATTEST: ~~~iiiniusu;
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Terri Willis, Cify Secretary
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• APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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...James Cribbs, City Attorney
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