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Home My WebLink AboutO-1969-829 '.. e e COpy ORDINANCE NO. Q29 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER AND SEWER SERVICE RATES; SETTING TIME OF PAYMENT, METHOD OF BILLING, AND PENALTY FOR LATE PAYMENT; TERMINATION OF SERVICE FOR FAILURE TO PAY; PROCEDURE FOR RECONNECTION; PROVIDING FOR DEPOSITS AND REFUNDS; PROHIBITING SEPARATE PAYMENTS; ESTABLISHING RATES FOR SERVICE OUTSIDE CITY LIlUTS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES TO THE EXTENT OF CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CO~1MISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. Water service charges. The following rates per month shall be charged for water service furnished by the City through meters in every instance in which a different charge is not expressly and clearly pro- vided for elsewhere in this Ordinance: (a) Each single-family dwelling unit individually metered for the conswnption of water shall be charged for water service furnished by the City, the following rates: For the first 2,000 gallons, or part thereof, $1. 00 per 1,000 gallons For the next 3,000 gallons, $0.85 per 1,000 gallons For the next 5,000 gallons, $0.65 per 1,000 gallons For all over the first 10,000 gallons, $0.50 per l,OOO gallons The minimum monthly charge shall be Two Dollars ($2.00), for which 2,000 gallons of water may be used. (b) Crnnmercial connections shall pay for water service furnished by the City through meters, at the same rates as single-f~nily dwellings. (c) The following rates per month shall be charged for water service furnished by the City to duplex units, apartment units, and individual trailer units in trailer courts, with units not individually metered for water, to-wit: (1) The total monthly water consumption for the project will be divided by the number of "occupied units" in the project served by the meter to determine the per-unit water consumption. e e Ordinance No. 829 , Page 2. (2) The per-unit water consumption will determine the applicable charge for each occupied unit based upon the schedule provided in Sub-section (a); (3) The applicable water service charge for each occupied unit will be multiplied by the number of "occupied units" in the project served by the meter to determine the monthly water service charge for the entire project. In the case of multiple-family units, the owner or his designated representative shall certify in writing to the City Administrator, not later than the 15th day of each month, the number of "occupied units" on the 10th day of the month, for purposes of computing the monthly garbage, water,and sewer charges owing to the City. In the event such certificate is not in the hands of the City Administrator by the end of the 15th day of each month, the charge shall be based on the maximum number of units that could be occupied. If the 15th day of the month is a Saturday, Sunday, or other day when the City Hall is closed for business, the certification may be filed on the next business day. Section 3. When payable; penalty for late payment. Water meters shall be read monthly, and each consumer shall be billed monthly. All water bills shall be payable in full at their net amount based upon the rates and schedules provided in this Ordinance, on or before ten (10) days after the date of the mailing of the bill to the consumer. If any bill is not paid in full within such period, there shall be added thereto ten per cent (10%) of the amount thereof (which shall be the total amount of the charges for water, sewer, and garbage service) as a penalty for late payment. There shall be stamped on each consumer's bill, the last date on which the same may be paid without becoming subject to such penalty or there shall be stamped thereupon the date of its mailing, together with a statement to the effect that the bill must be paid within ten (lOJ days from the date or become . e Ordinance No. 829 , P ag e 3. subject to the penalty. For the convenience of the consumers and of those receiving the actual payment of such bills, the amount of the bill, if paid within ten (10) days after it is due, may be indicated or described as the "net" amount of the bill, and the amount payable with the addition of the penalty for late payment may be named or described as the "gross" ~lount of the bill. Section 3. Termination of service for failure to pay. (a) If any ~erson shall refuse or neglect to pay the charges for water service (which bill shall include the total charges for water service, sewer service, and garbage service) furnished by the City, on or before twenty (20) days after the date of the mailing of the bill to the consumer, such water service shall be in~ediately disconnected and further water service shall not be permitted, except by authorized representa- tives of the City. (b) When the water supply to any property or premises has been disconnected or otherwise terminated by the City Water Department for failure of the consumer to pay any water charges due and owing to the City, the water service shall not be resumed until and after all delinquent charges have been fully paid and satisfied, or satisfactory arrangements have been made with the Water Department to pay such delinquent bill, and such delinquent consumer has made any required deposit with the Department. (c) In cases where the water meter has been turned off for non-payment of charges for water, sanitary sewer, and garbage services, and the consumer has complied with the requirements of the City and is entitled to have the water turned on again, if the request for turning on the water service is made by the consumer between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. of any weekday from Monday through Friday (except holidays authorized by the City Commission for City employees), the charge for turning on the meter will be Five Dollars ($5.00). If the request for turning on the meter is made by the consumer . e Ordinance No. 829 , Page 4. and the request 1S complied with by the City at any time other than that stated above, the charge for turning on the meter will be Seven Dollars ($7.00). (d) In cases where any person gives the City a check in payment of water services which is not honored by the drawee bank for any reason, an additional charge of Two Dollars ($2.00) shall be charged to the person giving such check. Any or all of the foregoing charges and fees may be included in regular or special billing of the City Water Department, and shall be in addition to all other charges, fees or penalties which may be provided by this Ordinance. Section 4. Water deposits and refunds. Whenever a consumer desires to establish service with the City Water Department, he shall tender to such department, at least one day prior to the time he desires his property to be connected with said water services, the proper deposit. Deposits will be refunded upon discontinuance of service to consumer, after all charges for water service, sewer service, and garbage service, and any other fees, have been fully satis- fied. Such deposit shall be as follows: (a) Owner-occupied single-family residence consumers shall not be required to make a deposit. (b) Other single-family residence consumers shall be required to place on deposit the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00). (c) Commercial water consumers shall make a deposit in an alnourtt to be determined by the City Administrator, which shall be based on the type of service requested, the use of the property to be served, and the experience of the Water Department with similar consumers. This deposit is to be generally comparable to two months water service of commercial businesses similar to that of applicant. (d) Deposits for multiple-family dwellings, including duplexes, apartment houses, and trailer courts, and any other . e Ordinance No. R/Q , Page 5. multiple-family dwelling projects, shall be computed in like manner as corrunercial accounts. Section 5. Sewer service charges. There is hereby established a monthly charge, based upon water usage, for sanitary sewer service furnished by City, which charge shall be included on the water bill: (a) Each single-family dwelling unit individually metered for the consumption of water, shall be charged for sanitary sewer service a basic monthly charge of One Dollar and Twenty- five Cents ($1.25), plus thirty-five per cent (35%) of the "net" water bill. (b) Commercial connections shall pay for sanitary sewer service, at the same rates as single-family dwellings. (c) The monthly sewer service charge for duplex units, apartment units, and individual trailer units in trailer courts, with units not individually metered for water, will be determined by rnul tiplying the rate 'of One Dollar and Twenty-five Cents ($1.25) times the number of "occupied units" in the project served by the water meter, plus thirty-five per cent (35%) of the total "net" water bill for the current month. In determining sewer service charges for such multiple- family units, the provisions of Section I hereof as to certifica- tion of "occupied units" shall apply. Section 6. Sewer service bills. The charge or fee for sanitary sewer service shall be made to the water consumers of the City concurrently with the monthly water bills issued by the City to such consumers. The City shall havethe right to discontinue either or both water and sanitary sewer service, to any person discharging into the sanitary sewers of the City, who fails or refuses to make timely payments of the sewer charges for which he is billed. Section 7. Billing; separate payments prohibited. Rates and charges for water service, sewer service, and e e Ordinance No. 829 , Page 6. garbage service rendered by the City shall be billed to the users or consrnners on the same staternent, and the users or consumers shall not be permitted to make payments for anyone or more services separately, but charges for all services must be paid at the same time. Section 8. Service outside City limits. For water service, sewer service, and garbage service to property located outside the corporate limits of the City, where there is no existing contract with the City precluding the application of the charges established by this Ordinance during the teen thereof, the charges to be made by the City for such service(s) shall be one and one-half (1-1/2) times the amounts of the charges for like service(s) within the City limits. Section 9. All ordinances or parts of ordinances incon- sistent or in conflict with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 10. If any provision, exception, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void, or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their applica- tion to other persons or sets of circumstances, and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 11. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and approval. The rates herein provided shall be effective for all service from and after October 1, 1969. ", Ordinance No. . 829 , Page 7. PASSED and APPROVED, this the 6th A.D. 1969. ATTEST: -.., . .' I I . ..( '..~'.~ ..;........ -...,,'. ("-:, C:j...t'y Clerk APPROVED~ ~ ~torney - e do,~' of October, CITY OJ? LA PORTE By: . ..... I " , . .' . . \ '- Mayor ., ---,/ 281-471-1234 Fax: 281-471-5763 E-mail: baysun@swbell.net ,~ '-1'200'1-1\\')'. 146 Suite 150 P.O. Box 1414 La IJortc, .fcxas 7 IS'll . . re Sun AN ORDINANCE AMEND. ING CHAPTER '74 UTILlT. IES, SECTION 7'4-246 AND 'SECTION 74-276,. AND ,FUTHER AMEND. ING APPENDIX A. FEES , OF THE CODE OF ORDI- , NANCES OF THE CITY ; OF LA PORTE, SECTION ! 74-246 AND SECTION I 74.276, ,BY AMENDING Tf5E FE S ESTABLISH. , '" ': ED IN TO READ ~ ~ A PRO DEO HEREIN; , I, C G A.SERVER. I!to/ I ABILITY LA E; FIND-. / . ING CO LI CE WITH , THE E MEE,II ' K '01 yn Kellogg LAW; " 0 ~Vffi1 - . . AN EFFE IV, 0 , ~llth0"lZed Representatlve HEREO~ 1; CITY OF LA PORTE, sf Norman L. Malone Mayor Ci ty of Ia Porte County fa Harris State of Texas Before me the undersignerl authority, on this date came and appeared Karolyn Kellc:>.;1g, a duly authorized representative of The Bayshore Sun': a semi-,.;eekly newspaper published and generally distributed in the City of Ia Porte, Harris County, Texas, and ,.,ho after being duly S'\,;orn, swears the attached notice ,'laS published in The Bayshore Sun dated 09/13/00 ~C"i~ 2:~~re, Foe this otb..,1I day of ~~,~ Se..ndra E. l3tm'garner ~otaE}' Public Han:is County, Te.xas PUBLIC 'N.o~CE ORDINANCE 1666-1 ATTEST: sf Janis Goulder Assistant, City Secretary APPROVED: s1Knox W: Askins, City Attorney ;;.~ . . 281-471-1234 Fax: 281.471-5763 E-mail: baysun@swbell.net f~ 1200 Hwy. 146 Suite 150 P.O. 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