HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 907-01 09-11-2001 ORDINANCE NO. 907-01
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A "FEE
SCHEDULE" IN CONNECTION WITH SECTION 86-250
"WATER RATES" AND SECTION 86-111 "SEWER
RATES" 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 herein below are fair and
reasonable.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That Appendix A "FEE SCHEDULE" in connection with Section 86-250 "WATER RATES"
of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to
hereafter be and read as follows:
86-250 Water rates:
From and after the 1st day of October, 2001, (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 $14.08 minimum
2,001 - 6,000 gallons $2.59 per 1,000 gallons
• 6,001 - 10,000 gallons $2.74 per 1,000 gallons
10,001 - 20,000 gallons $3.14 per 1,000 gallons
All over 20,000 gallons $3.89 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 eight cents
($14.08) will be made each month for each unit, adjusted by an occupancy factor
of ninety percent (90%).
II.
That Appendix A "FEE SCHEDULE", in connection with Section 86-111 "SEWER RATES"
of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to
hereafter be and read as follows:
86-111 Sewer rates:
From and after October 1, 2001, 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 fifteen dollars and thirty
two cents ($15.32) 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 fifteen dollars and thirty two cents ($15.32)
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
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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 Appendix A 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 Council on thellthday of Sept. , 200x, by a vote of 4 ayes, ~ nays,
and ~ abstentions.
APPROVED• .a ~
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C. F. Kelley, Mayor
.ATTEST:
Terri Willis, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
James A. Cribbs, City Attorney
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